Ford’s 428 Cobra Jet Torino arrived at a moment when Detroit was locked in a horsepower arms race and buyers wanted quarter-mile credibility straight from the showroom. By pairing a big-block 428 with ...
In 1968, Ford launched the Torino, a high-end version of the intermediate Fairlane. Two years later, FoMoCo switched nomenclature, making the Torino the model and the Fairlane the trim package. The ...
However, in 1968, Ford introduced Torino as a Fairlane trim level. A two-door, SportsRoof version of the new intermediate is the car that, when ordered as a GT, Cobra, or Cobra Jet, was loaded with ...
The Ford Torino first roared onto the scene in 1968 as a more upscale, performance-oriented sibling of the Fairlane. It arrived the same year Ford unleashed its potent Cobra Jet engine. It entered a ...