Ford Orion

Ford Orion
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Manufacturer	Ford Motor Company
Production	1983 — 1993
Assembly	Halewood, UK Saarlouis, Germany Almussafes, Valencia, Spain General Pacheco, Buenos Aires Valencia, Venezuela
Bouk an chassis
Cless	Small family car
Body style	4-door saloon
Relatit	Ford Escort Ford Verona
Powertrain
Ingine	1296 cc OHV "Valencia/HCS" Straight-4 1296 cc OHC "CVH" Straight-4 1596 cc OHC "CVH" Straight-4 1753 cc OHC "Endura-D" Straight-4 Diesel
Transmission	Ford BC4 4-speed manual Ford BC5 5-speed manual Ford ATX 3-speed automatic
Chronology
Predecessor	Ford Escort (1968-80) Ford Cortina
Successor	Ford Escort Saloon (1993)

The Ford Orion is a saloon caur biggit bi the automaker Ford for the European mercat frae 22 Julie 1983 till 19 September 1993. A tot o 534,239 Orions wur sauld throughoot the caur's 10-year life.

The Orion is based on the Ford Escort, but at the back, insteid o the Escort's hatchback, the Orion features a separate trunk / boot. Visually the Orion's notch-back rear end an greater rear overhang mak it readily distinguishable frae its better sellin sibling.

Interniational variants

The Brazilian Ford Verona wis seemilar tae the Orion (the 1993 model wis identical, except for the bootlid badge), but it uised the Ford CHT ingine pouer unit in place o the CVH an Zetec installed in the Orion.

Ither Ford Orions

• The 2008 model o the muckle rear-wheel drive Ford Falcon FG in Australie, the FG, wis code-named 'Orion'.
• The Orion name wis uised in New Zealand for the seicont generation Ford Telstar, when sauld alangside the replacement third generation Telstar range.