Production chronology1974–1976
Sourced production or model lifecycle range used by the main catalog timeline.
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Ford / Model record
FordElite
Production1974–1976
Recorded originUnited States
ClassPersonal luxury car
Background
The Ford Elite is a personal luxury car produced by Ford and marketed in North America from February 1974 to 1976, using the name Gran Torino Elite for its first model year only then simplified to just Elite for the following two model years.
Text adapted from “Ford Elite” on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ · retrieved 2026-07
Chronology ledger
Dates with their meaning intact
Netherlands RDW first-admission observations1975–1976
First-admission years observed in Dutch vehicle registrations; this is market evidence, not a worldwide production range.
Netherlands RDW ↗2 years