World must recognise Granada greats

Re the Granada buying guide (PC, Spring 2017). Working for Ford Motor Company (sales & marketing) when the Granada/scorpio was new I have to take issue with Richard Dredge’s introductory chapter. The Granada MKIII was a fine car – particularly in 2.0 and 2.9 Ghia specification. We have to appreciate that it was a fleet/ corporate product and was rarely purchased by the retail customer. It’s replacement the Scorpio was not well received (for its looks), but no replacement was planned as buyers were defecting to the likes of BMW and the other premium marques at the expense of the Granada.

E segment cars from Citroën (XM:19892000), Ford (Granada/ Scorpio), Peugeot (605:1989-1999), Renault (25: 19831992) were never big sellers in the UK market much beyond the mid 1990s (Ford had bought their own premium brands: Jaguar in 1989 and Volvo a decade later). The only volume E segment car that still enjoyed sales success post millenium was the Vauxhall Omega.

My daily driver is a Ford Mondeo and classics include BMW, Mercedes-benz and Volvo. John Foster, Louth