Ford Fairlane (Americas)

Ford Fairlane
1967 Ford Fairlane
Overview
Manufacturer	Ford
Production	1955–1970
Assembly	Somerville, Massachusetts (⧉) Norfolk, Virginia (⧉) Memphis, Tennessee (⧉) Louisville, Kentucky (⧉) Long Beach, California (⧉) Dearborn, Michigan (⧉) Dallas, Texas (⧉) Chicago, Illinois (⧉) Mahwah, New Jersey (⧉) Claycomo, Missouri (⧉) San Jose, California[1] (⧉) Metuchen, New Jersey (⧉) Lorain, Ohio (⧉) Milpitas, California (⧉) Atlanta, Georgia (⧉) Oakville, Ontario, Canada (⧉) Flemington, New South Wales, Australia (⧉) Lower Hutt, New Zealand (⧉) General Pacheco, Argentina (⧉)
Body and chassis
Class	Full-size (1955–1961) Mid-size (1962–1970)
Body style	two-door hardtop two-door convertible two-door sedan four-door sedan four-door hardtop four-door station wagon
Layout	FR layout
Chronology
Predecessor	Ford Crestline[2]
Successor	Ford Galaxie (full-size) Ford Torino (mid-size)

The Ford Fairlane is an automobile model that was sold between the 1955 and 1970 model years by Ford in North America. Taking its name from the Dearborn, Michigan estate of Henry Ford, the Fairlane nameplate was used for seven different generations of vehicles. Through its production, the model line would be marketed in a wide variety of body styles, including two-door and four-door sedans, two-door and four-door hardtops, station wagons, and both traditional and retractable-hardtop convertibles.

Initially introduced as the flagship of the full-size Ford range, the Fairlane marked the introduction of the Crown Victoria and 500 nameplates, both later becoming stand-alone full-size model lines (the latter, as the Ford Five Hundred).

Following the introduction of the Ford Galaxie, the Fairlane 500 (and Fairlane) became Ford's base models, equivalent to the Chevrolet Bel Air and Biscayne respectively, until 1962, when it was repackaged as an intermediate-segment car (today, mid-size) from 1962 to 1970. For 1971, Ford expanded the Ford Torino nameplate across its entire intermediate range, dropping the Fairlane (and Falcon) nameplates in North America. In South America, the sixth generation Fairlane was marketed through 1981; Ford Australia used the nameplate on its own version of the Fairlane (a long-wheelbase Ford Falcon) through the 2007 model year.