Americans, ID a car my mum saw.

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D-Fence

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Oy fellow FinalGearians,

my parents were on holiday in south Germany and saw a car I have no idea what it was. I _assume_ it was American because there is a huge US Airforce base nearby.

Description according to mum (...):

- Ford in small letters on trunk, no name
- Huge, no Mondeo but bigger
- New-ish (no oldtimer)
- Shaped like CLS or Audi A7 with a huge sweeping back

She said it looked brilliant, and she normally hates Ford ;)

I have no clue tbh. Any ideas?
 
D-Fence said:
Oy fellow FinalGearians,

my parents were on holiday in south Germany and saw a car I have no idea what it was. I _assume_ it was American because there is a huge US Airforce base nearby.

Description according to mum (...):

- Ford in small letters on trunk, no name
- Huge, no Mondeo but bigger
- New-ish (no oldtimer)
- Shaped like CLS or Audi A7 with a huge sweeping back

She said it looked brilliant, and she normally hates Ford ;)

I have no clue tbh. Any ideas?
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New Taurus?
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The cop/fleet version (which it's likely the US government would buy) doesn't have a Taurus or model variant badge on the back.

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If D-fences mother ends up buying a US car I will die laughing :lol:
 
Showed her, nope.

Her comment:

Trunk was more sweeping, not as angled as this and trunklid was "interestingly cut" and might have had LED strip, not sure about this though.

Lines more like this

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Cowboy said:
If D-fences mother ends up buying a US car I will die laughing :lol:
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My mum gives a shit about car marques, she buys what she likes :)

Alfasud
Beetle
3-series (E21)
etc :)
 
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Well, let's back up a bit. Was it two or four door?

If two door... might be an MN12 Thunderbird.
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We owned one of these ... beauties.... (the touring though, not the hideous rear). Didn't have a swooping rear end though ;)
 
Is it possible someone bought a European car and just stuck a Ford badge or lettering to remind him of home or out of american pride?
 
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??????

They are actually quite common those Probe's.

But nevermind, could've been also an Cougar...

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Could it be this?

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I'm not even sure if Americans got them already ... but it could be.
 
Five Hundred?
 
Probe: Definitely bigger
Mondeo: My first guess too, she said bigger.

I have no idea, maybe someone trolled and put a ford badge on it........I am curious because she said it SAID Ford, like in it had Ford in writing on trunk and not the blue oval.
 
Is it a Lincoln with a Ford dealership sticker on it? There were a few nice looking Lincoln in the 90s.
 
Could she be mistaken in thinking that it's new?

Galaxie 500
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I can't think of a modern Ford that had the old style lettering. I think that pretty much disappeared in the 1980's.

Edit: Here is the rear of a 1969 Torino Talladega

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If someone shaved the door handles, put on some modern wheels and figured out a way to make the headlights look more modern, I could see several old Fords as cars that could be mistaken for modern cars.
 
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conan_murder said:
Could it be this?

2013-ford-fusion_100376531_m.jpg


I'm not even sure if Americans got them already ... but it could be.
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Since Ford's European HQ is located in Cologne, it could very well have been a pre-production version on the road.
 
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