Rare Rides: This Fox-Platform Ghia Concept Wants to Probe Your Bank Account

by Corey Lewis

February 8th, 2017 3:06 PM

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Our august editor Mark pointed out to me how I might bring some of the rare, quirky, and oddball cars I’m always posting to our internal Slack chat to you. So here we are, with a segment I’m going to call Rare Rides.

Here’s our first entry, from a Hemmings listing, is a fantastic looking Ghia Probe I concept from all the way back before automatic transmissions and air conditioning: 1979.

It debuted for the 48th annual Frankfurt International Motor show, and — unlike many concept vehicles — it actually works. It’s powered by the 2.3-liter engine from a contemporary Mustang. Many of you will undoubtedly take issue with this engine, then tell us all about why it’s so awful. The design managed a drag coefficient of just .22, which is both impressive and important in a post-OPEC Crisis world. For comparison, General Motors tells me a 2014 Corvette Stingray has a drag coefficient of .28.

Underneath all the glorious and dramatic coachwork, though, sits Ford’s familiar Fox platform. Sajeev should probably buy it and turn it into a Mark IX Ghia 3.5 EcoBoost. I know it’s possible.

More photos are available at Hemmings.

[Images: Scott Grundfor Co. via Hemmings]

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Sajeev Mehta on Feb 09, 2017

Goodness that would look SO CHOICE next to TTAC's Ford Sierra. FYI: that's not the original motor. When that was new, the only 2.3 available had a blow thru carb. That motor is 1983-ish.

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- Corey Lewis on Feb 09, 2017
  
  Interesting. I wonder who it was who bothered to change it out.
  
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Tsoden on Feb 09, 2017

For some reason, I look at this and all I see is a Chrysler Daytona Shelby that mated with a GM EV1

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