A different car of the same name was produced by Ford in Europe in the 1970s and early 1980s. A fastback sporting saloon - a couple of inches too much legroom in the back to count as a 2+2 but not enough to use the back seat for any practical purpose - with engines up to 3 litres, it was a favourite of boy racers and police forces in the UK. It combined the worst of all possible worlds: zero carrying capacity and rubbish performance for all but the largest engined versions. Its owners tended to be deeply sad men desperately trying to fight off middle age and proto-yuppies in the jobs before they made the breakthrough to the Porsche.