1961 Ford Falcon (North America)

The 1961 model year introduced an optional 101 horsepower, 170 cubic inch six, and two new models: the Futura, a bucket seat and console sedan in a higher trim level, and a sedan delivery. The Falcon brochure featured Charlie Brown and Lucy from the Peanuts comic strip, who stayed until 1965, and the television marketing gave the characters their first animated appearances, boasting the good fuel economy of the sixes.