Ford P7

The Ford P7 was a range of large family saloons produced by Ford Germany between autumn 1967 and December 1971 and sold as the Ford 17M, 20M and 26M. Ford Project 7 was the seventh newly designed German Ford after the Second World War, and the Taunus name was dropped from the 17M for the first time since 1957. At launch the 17M came with four engines from 1.5 to 2.3 litres, with the more lavish 20M on the larger two, and the 26M with a bigger V6 and luxury fittings joined in 1969. Sales were disappointing at first, so a face-lifted car appeared in August 1968, known as the P7b against the earlier P7a. Body styles included two and four-door saloons, Turnier estates and a coupe, and the Consul and Granada replaced it in 1972.