Strip away the bright mouldings and the vinyl roof — the latter of which fortunately has been omitted from this example — and you have a simple, three-box shape with minimalist detailing.
Of course, these are just my two cents. The more gingerbread that was added, the more the purity of the design was diluted. The early Fairmont front was perfect, while the quad light set up of Fairmont Futuras and Zephyrs is a bit too blocky. And the Fairmont Futura and Zephyr Z-7 coupes are considerably less clean and a bit oddly proportioned compared to the two-door sedan.
I think the Fairmont was one of those rare, clean designs, devoid of stylistic flourishes like unnecessary feature lines or over-the-top coke bottle contours or any other faddish design element.
What are your thoughts? Do you love it or hate it? I am a fan of the design, but the execution was iffy sometimes…88hp auto combination was awful. Not to mention that those big-ass taillights resulted in a greater liftover height to get into the trunk. That changes the look of the car much more that I expected, gene. Not bad at all. Just needs slimmer taillights.
I do like those wheels on the early Fox body Mustangs however. The Falcon inline-six was offered. You do not want the ci six. It was a miserable power plant.
