Here is a very good looking 1976 Ford Elite. At the time some referred to the Ford Elite as a Baby Thunderbird because the 1976 Thunderbird was about the same size as Ford’s full-size Galaxie/LTD. Ford introduced the Ford Elite as a distinctive coupe that fit in to the luxury car spirit of the era while offering the buyer both eye catching styling and performance.

The Ford Elite Introduction
Ford found a gap in it’s model lineup. To fill this gap in 1974 the Ford Motor Company designed a dressed up and highly equipped Gran Torino and they could set the price thousands less than the “Big Bird” (Ford’s now larger Thunderbird). Additionally, this new Gran Torino could compete head-to-head with for example Chevy’s M2-102|log>. Afirst,he For" didrred tcafill this nes mod an thw Gran TorinXL Pla