Robbo
THIRTY-NINE YEARS later, Wheels’ infamous March 1980 ‘lemon-on-wheels’ cover remains the most controversial in the magazine’s history. Ford assumed the beautiful new XD Falcon would romp home in COTY. But this ignored the reality of the XD being little more than a reskin of the XC: still with leaf rear springs, manual steering with almost 5.5 turns lock-to-lock, and mediocre ride and handling.
