GRANADA SCORPIO MK3
“FORD’S FLAGSHIP WAS A PLUSH WAY TO TRAVEL”
Diehard Granada fans might have been aghast that their favourite saloon had morphed into a hatchback, but on the Mk3’s March 1985 launch the new Scorpio provided ample reassurance that Ford’s flagship was still a plush way to travel.
“ALWAYS THE PINNACLE OF THE GRANADA RANGE, THE GHIA PASSED THE EXECUTIVE EXPRESS BATON TO THE SCORPIO”
Traditionally, the Ghia had always been the pinnacle of the Granada line-up, but it now passed the executive express baton to the Scorpio. The new pretender was described as ‘A new dimension in luxury motoring’ and aimed to offer an alternative to a Mercedes-Benz or BMW. Pitching the Scorpio against such prestigious Germanic offerings might have seemed a touch optimistic, but Ford blessed it with enough kit to enable it to
