Production chronology1982–1988
Sourced production or model lifecycle range used by the main catalog timeline.
Wikipedia lead ↗7 years
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Ford / Model record
FordEXP
Production1982–1988
Recorded originUnited States
ClassTwo Seaters
Built224,297 units
Background
The Ford EXP is a sport compact coupe that was manufactured and marketed by the Ford Motor Company from 1982 to 1988, across two generations. The first two-seat Ford since the original Ford Thunderbird, the EXP was sold exclusively in North America. For 1982 and 1983, Mercury marketed a badge engineered variant called the LN7.
Text adapted from “Ford EXP” on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ · retrieved 2026-07
Chronology ledger
Dates with their meaning intact
US EPA model years1984–1988
Model years represented in FuelEconomy.gov; a US-market observation, not a worldwide production range.
EPA FuelEconomy.gov ↗Observed bounds
Netherlands RDW first-admission observations1998
First-admission years observed in Dutch vehicle registrations; this is market evidence, not a worldwide production range.
Netherlands RDW ↗1 year