Any ford Orion fans?

[minisprint]

Got one up for auction good home wanted ! No previous owners 32,222 miles super clean
eBay item 252725482490
Start 700 no reserve

[NobbyClark]

That's a beauty!!

[pistonpopper]

Always thought these should've been a two door coupe.

[rattlecan]

Jan 16, 2017 18:26:39 GMT pistonpopper said:

Always thought these should've been a two door coupe.

That'll be an Escort then.. pretty much. That was kind of the idea of the Orion, it filled the 4 door hole that Ford had at the time.
I bought a brand new injection Ghia in 88 & while I would have liked the 2 door XR3, it didn't fit my needs, I had a 1 yr old at the time & what was basically an XR3 with 4 doors & a good boot was perfect for me, great car actually

[njw]

My mates first car was an Orion in a very faded version of that burgundy, he twatted it into a curb at a good speed one night and it never drove in a straight line after, turns out he twisted the chassis (it was ever so slighly rotten!) so it was promptly part-exed for a Nova, I had to go with him when he picked the Nova up and stand in front of the completely rotted through rear arch when the guy had a look around it.

[minisprint]

114 watcher what will it sell for! I'm not a ford man but it's the smartest ford I've seen for a long time ! If it was a mini or British made car it wouldn't be for sale! Want it to go to a good home!

[fordperv]

Jan 16, 2017 18:26:39 GMT pistonpopper said:

Always thought these should've been a two door coupe.

You want a vw apollo then

[pistonpopper]

I didn't before I saw that one!! I take it this was made for another market.

[njw]

South America, they look like a Saph from the back as they use Sierra lights;

[mondeogrd]

That Apollo is messing with my head!

Now that is a 2 door Orion is it? How come VW came about making that?

[mondeogrd]

Ok, Just wikied it!

[bmcnut]

Jan 17, 2017 20:07:51 GMT mondeogrd said:

That Apollo is messing with my head!

Now that is a 2 door Orion is it? How come VW came about making that?

I wouldnt question it, i just want to 'orion' it.

[pistonpopper]

I really like that Apollo, I understand that you could get one complete with the blue oval called the Verona.



Where can I find one for sale.

[mondeogrd]

After ive found mine!

[Littlepixel]

Gotta say that judging by side windows it's got a bit of Fiesta in it's blood somewhere too

[njw]

I was trying to figure out why that rear window looked so familiar, it looks like they robbed it from a mk2 Fiesta. In fact, if you took a mk4 2-door Escort front, stuck a mk2 Fiesta in the middle and then added the back end of a Sapphire then you've got the above picture!