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| Manufacturer | Ford of Britain |
| Production | 1955-1959 17,812 [1] |
| Body style(s) | 2-door estate |
| Layout | FR layout |
| Engine(s) | 1172 cc I4 |
| Transmission(s) | 3 speed manual |
| Wheelbase | 87 in (2209. The automotive industry is the industry involved in the design development manufacture marketing and sale of Motor vehicles In 2007 more than 73 million motor vehicles Ford Motor Company Limited was the manufacturing and sales arm of the Ford Motor Company for the United Kingdom and originally also Ireland Cars can come in a large variety of different body styles. Some are still in production while others are of historical interest only In Automotive design layout specifies where on the car the Engine and Drive wheels are found The straight-4 or inline-4 engine (often abbreviated I4 or L4) is a four cylinder Internal combustion engine with all four cylinders In both road and rail Vehicles the wheelbase is the distance between the centers of the front and rear wheels 8 mm) [2] |
| Length | 142 in (3606. 8 mm) [2] |
| Width | 60. 5 in (1536. 7 mm) [2] |
| Height | 63 in (1600. 2 mm) [2] |
The Ford Squire is a car from Ford for the United Kingdom market built between 1955 and 1959. Ford Motor Company is an American Multinational corporation and the world's fourth largest automaker based on Worldwide vehicle sales, following The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located
It was a two door, four seat estate design, the brother to the Ford Prefect 100E sharing the same 1172 cc Ford Sidevalve 36 bhp engine and other parts and the same interior trim. A station wagon (or simply wagon) in American, Australian, Canadian and New Zealand usage and an estate car (or just estate The Ford Prefect was a line of British cars produced by the UK section of the Ford Motor Company, and a more upmarket version of its direct siblings the The Ford Sidevalve is a side valve ("flathead" Engine from the British arm of the Ford Motor Company. It was substantially shorter than either saloon, and used the short front doors of the four-door model, because the bodyshell was optimized for use as a panel van. The rear door was in two pieces split horizontally. The rear seat could be folded flat to convert from a four seater to a load carrier. Until 1957 there were wood trim pieces screwed to the sides of the vehicle.
The Squire competed in the same market segment as the Hillman Husky and the Austin A30 / A35 based estate: these were significantly more popular in the UK than longer estates at the time. Hillman Husky can refer to several different vehicles produced by British car manufacturer the Rootes group under their Hillman marque The A30 was a Compact car produced by Austin Motor Company in the 1950s Total production was 17,812 cars.
The Ford Escort was a mechanically identical estate car but based on the Ford Anglia which had a lower trim level. The Ford Anglia was a British car from Ford in the UK. It was related to the Ford Prefect and the later Ford Popular. This proved more popular and a total of 33,131 Escorts were produced between 1955 and 1961. [1] Production of the Escort continued until 1961, two years longer than the Squire.
The British Motor magazine tested a Squire in 1955 recording a top speed of 69. The Motor or Motor - not to be confused with an Australian magazine also with the same name - was an English car magazine that was absorbed by its rival Autocar 9 mph (112. 5 km/h) and acceleration from 0-50 mph (80 km/h) in 20. 2 seconds and a fuel consumption of 35. 7 miles per imperial gallon (7. 91 L/100 km/29. 7 mpg US). The test car which had the optional heater cost £668 including taxes. [2]
References
- ^ a b Sedgwick, M. ; Gillies. M (1986). A-Z of Cars 1945-1970. Devon, UK: Bay View Books. ISBN 1-870979-39-7.
- ^ a b c d e "The Ford Squire Estate Car" (December 8 1955). The Motor. The Motor or Motor - not to be confused with an Australian magazine also with the same name - was an English car magazine that was absorbed by its rival Autocar
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