Mustang?
PT Cruiser?
HHR?

But shhhhh! Some people here are still in denial that Camaro is retro

 

It ain't retro.

 

Camaro is retro and actually looks ok. Mustang is retro and doesn't.

Not a fan of the chop.

 

I agree that it would have to be a bigger car like te charger for the torino name. A girl i went to college with had a 71 torino with a 351 cleveland she used to let me drive all the time. Poor car got t-boned with my friend driving up the races in philly on 61st street, happened right in front of me.

I prefer the 70/71 look more than that big central grille look like teh later ones.
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Searching for this pic reminded me that her car was a GT too, wit hthat hood. That is, until her dad took it off and put it on his non-GT torino that he had partially restored. That's how she ended up with that car, iirc, the whole reason he got it for her was to get the hood (well and she needed a car anyway, but he got his value, lol)

 

So said the dyed in the wool chevy fan

This chop really needs some red paint, a big ol' white stripe down the roof and flanks as well as some polished slots, then baby we are talk'n!

 

Looks more Buick than Ford, but still ugly.

 

actually, what the chop really needs is to be a little less half@$$...

it might be onto something... but as is, my vote goes in the ugly pile as well.

 

In case anyone here wasn't around when the Gran Torino was out, and doesn't quite know what we're talking about (it dawned on me we're talking about a car over 30 years old):

 

I think most people saw the new Starsky and Hutch movie

I've always been indifferent about the Gran Torino as far as its styling goes, but I have to admit it sure looked awesome in the movie.

 

The '71 and later cars were totally different from the original 68/69/70 models in stance, appearance, and content.

Check out the 1969 Torino fastback...


The '71 model fastback...


And the last basic version from 1973 to 1976 (most famous one shown)...


Daisy Duke drove a Torino in the Dukes of Hazzard during one season (between the Dodge Satellite and the Jeep CJ I think).

Torinos were very popular in movies and TV from the mid-70's actually.

I'd put the Torino/Gran Torino on par with the Chevelle of the day in so far as bodystyle and target market.

I love the old cars to death, but if Ford had a plan to bring it back, it would need to be as a T-bird replacement for the MN12 bodystyle IMO, making it compete with the current FiveHundred and Fusion.
In the beginning, it was sometimes a 2-door, sometimes 4-door, sometimes wagon, sometimes fastback, sometimes sedan, sometimes 6-cylinder, sometimes 429-SJC Drag-Pak, ... "everything car" that was intended to haul families and/or @ss when required. It was actually more optioned and variable than the Mustang was. We'll never see cars with such variation ever again.

In all fairness, Ford just missed a great marketing opportunity to bring back the Torino nameplate on an import (say a Falcon maybe) when the Starsky and Hutch movie came out last year. That car and the name got more mag covers and press than the actual movie did.

Neat post, and nice to see someone else hasn't forgotten history!

 

Front end is ugly, just like what inspired it. But I like the back half.

 

Detroit would've given St Louis hell had they had a this car as a pitcher...

"Swing and a miss" for me too.

 

Good photo chop but not a good looking car!

 

+1

That is one Gran Torino that I would drive around!

 

I'd like to see Ford with a bigger-than-Mustang coupe, maybe even with the Torino name, but that chop doesn't cut it. I also don't think so much of the 2nd gen Torino style should make its way into a new one. As Chevelle's main competitor, the Torino was an "also ran".