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Originally Posted by Crazy Dazz
The VN was a bastardised Opel body, dropped onto VL running gear, with a POS 30yr old Buick pushrod engine. The interiors were terrible, and the car, on the whole, resembled a giant cow-pat.
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No VL running gear in a VN unless you're referring to the suspension. The Buick engine had a total remake in the mid-80, so it wasn't really 30 years old. You could say that the XF 6-cyl was a POS 25-30 year old design too, but 'old' didn't make it 'bad'. The 5.0 litre in the AU was a 35 year old design, but it wasn't an "old POS".
Was the EA interior any better than a VN ?, don't think so. The body on the EA was no better (or worse) than the VN. The cow-pat description could equally apply to the EA, it wasn't Ford's best effort.
The VN sold gangbusters compared to any early Commodore, buyers must have liked some part of it.
Dr Terry