Ford Torino

The Torino was a muscle car marketed by Ford in the sixties and seventies. It was named after a city in Italy also known as Turin. There was a Torino Cobra edition, after the legendary Shelby Cobra. There was a Torino GT edition. There was a Ford Talladega model, after the famous Talladega Superspeedway NASCAR racetrack. There was also a Torino 500 edition, a package applied to various other Fords (although it was strangely not applied to the Talladega, as there was a famous NASCAR race called the Talladega 500). The Torino competed in the Grand National, famously driven by Richard Petty. The Torino had been based on the Fairlane. A larger Gran Torino edition was also available.