Ford Orion
Ford Orion | |
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Manufacturer | Ford Motor Company |
Production | 1983 — 1993 |
Assembly | Halewood, UK Saarlouis, Germany[1] Almussafes, Valencia, Spain[2] 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[eedit | eedit soorce]
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[eedit | eedit soorce]
- 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.
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- ↑ "Facilities | Ford Motor Company Newsroom". Media.ford.com. Archived frae the original on 2 September 2010. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
- ↑ "Facilities | Ford Motor Company Newsroom". Media.ford.com. Retrieved 21 October 2011.