Ford Futura

The Futura was a large Australian built Ford, sold from 1962 until 2008. It began as the Falcon Futura, a luxury sedan added in 1962 to the Falcon XL Series range, was dropped with the XR Falcon of 1966, returned in the XW range of 1969, was discontinued again for the XC Series of 1976 and reappeared in the ED range of 1993. The last Futura, part of the BF Series, was badged and sold simply as the Ford Futura rather than the Falcon Futura, and the FG Series Ford G6 replaced it in 2008. The name has a wider Ford history. It was planned for a North American sedan of the 2006 model year until a trademark dispute with the Pep Boys parts chain, which owned it for a tire line, led to that car being renamed Fusion, and it was also used on the 1955 Lincoln Futura show car, on Falcon and Fairmont coupe submodels and on Dutch special editions.