1978 Ford Futura commercial

A dramatic combination of styling and technology for 1978- and beyond!

I wonder if anyone bought this car and then returned it after finding out it in fact could not drive through outer space.

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• 1977
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[TempleTXLive]

Buying an average car today will run ya about $24,000 which means vehicles go up in price an average of $600 a year. In 2039 an average car is going to run ya about $50,000 but minimum wage will still be less than $10 an hr lmao...

[sandman19681012]

A decent car for the times. People today are just a bit spoiled. The 200 cubic inch engine and auto transmission delivered dependable service and surprising fuel economy. It took a while to get it up to speed but what the hell.

[atlatahuac]

In my suburban detroit neighborhood in the late 70's were at least 5 Ford Engineers. Four would share the comment: "I cannot believe the cxxx we are building today! Those Fairmonts aren't going to last 8 years ... " True. Either did the Granadas or the 'Lincoln Versaille" (Pimped up Granada). Took Ford decades to overcome their rep for cxxx, with the doors and trunk lids hung crooked, the speedy rusting out, the Pinto and Escort brands. Only sure winner: Ford stock. $24 in '78, $72 in '84

[superman5ds]

Had a 1978 with a 302 second car I owned. Loved it. Had a full bench seat up front, automatic and at full throttle when it would shift into second gear at 40 mph it would chirp the tires lol... not exactly the 5.0 later to be seen in the mustangs, but for a kid in his twenties it was fun... painted it bright red and I used to get a lot of nice comments on the styling.

[FamilyOfMan1975]

I had a 1980 with a 6cyl engine and 4 speed overdrive transmission.

It was the biggest piece of shit I ever owned. I loved how it looked but most of the time I was looking at it while it was in the garage getting worked on.

[1olrocker]

I have to laugh a little at everyone spinning yards so eloquently about how great this Futura and other old cars were..... if anything, if you got into an accident in one of these cars, even wearing your seatbelt, you were in trouble. At least with today's technology you have a decent shot at getting out of your car with minor injuries. Back then there was no such thing. Let's see what happens when another car T-bones this Futura on the driver's side.

[johneddy98033]

The Futura name has been used by Ford for years. In 1962, the redesigned Falcon, in both the U.S. and Australia, introduced the Futura model. Ford Australia would continue to offer a Falcon Futura long after both the U.S. Falcon and Fairmont models ran their course, right up to the BF bodystyle. By the way, the Fairmont Futura's styling bore similarities to the 1977 Thunderbird.

[CtrlRm]

@TempleTXLive And people like you who only care about cars will do nothing about it.

[djshawn5678]

This was actually my very first car giving to me by my parents on my 16th birthday! Mine was a 1979 Ford Fairmont Futura with no A/C, no cassette tape, 2 door coupe (white with the red stock ford racing stripes between the front and rear side windows that ran all way to to the back end ;) My 79 Ford Fairmont was a really cool car for its day, even though it only had a 4 banger small engine, 4 speed manual stick shift it drove like a dream, until the day it meet a 69 Chevy Nova at 70 mph! :(

[fenix144]

@howsitgoingeh1 yah I'm thinking something along those lines too.

[howsitgoingeh1]

@fenix144 I think by computer modeling they literally mean they looked at a computer, saw it was square, and then designed the car on that principal.