The IKA-Renault Torino was Argentina’s flagship performance car of the 1960s, developed by Industrias Kaiser Argentina on Rambler American mechanical parts and styled by Pininfarina to give the country its own modern sports coupe. For a typical car enthusiast in 2026, the name can be confusing, since the Torino has nothing to do with Ford’s […]
The Ford Torino 500 sat right in the middle of Ford’s early 1970s muscle car strategy, bridging the gap between family-sized intermediates and full-on performance machines with a pony badge on the side. Introduced as Ford pivoted away from the Fairlane name, the Torino grew larger, heavier, and more aggressive, reflecting both NASCAR influence and […]
If you grew up watching gritty cop dramas or late-night detective reruns, this 1970 Ford Torino sedan should look familiar—it’s basically the default “bad guy car” Hollywood ordered in bulk back then. Finished in a shade of green that screams both “government issue” and “criminal accessory,” this four-door packs Ford’s 351 Windsor V8 under the […]
Is that a Ferrari? No…but it is an Italian-American-Argentine. A Pope’s car? Hold on — lemme explain: This is what happens when you combine styling by Pininfarina with AMC build quality in Argentina. Back in the early 1960s, a company called Industrias Kaiser Argentina was building Jeeps under license from AMC, and they wanted something […]
The Ford Torino nameplate was on various intermediate-sized sedans, coupes, fastbacks, or convertibles available from Ford starting in 1968…but the history of the Torino (named after the Italian city of Turin) is somewhat complicated. The Torino name was initially applied to an upscale version of the intermediate Fairlane sedan, but in 1968 the Torino was […]
The 1972 restyle of Ford’s Torino saw the model split into two styles, the basic Torino or the fancy Gran Torino, which featured a bass mouth grill and various bonus luxury items. The significant change under the skin for 1972 was the switch back to body-on-frame construction, but you could still get it in fastback, […]
I don’t think I could get away with wearing mint mojito colored pants with a light camel shirt…but I think I could get away with driving this next classic car. It has a V8 under that shaker hood and a 4-speed manual gearbox, what else do you need to know? Find this 1971 Ford Torino […]
In Episode 2 of Season 9, the guys at Roadkill take a Ford Torino Wagon that is powered by a gigantic Cummins 6BT inline-6 under the hood… well… actually, it doesn’t have a hood. Anyway, the guys at Roadkill didn’t build it, but they did drag race it against another Cummins swapped classic American body-on-frame thing. You can find the episode on streaming on the Motortrend App, or you can watch this low-res bootleg version before it gets taken down. Anyway, that same Torino is now offered with the Cummins diesel and offered for sale. Find this 1972 Ford Torino Wagon offered for $9000 in La Habra, CA via craigslist. Tip from Rock On!
This next car is a very complicated piece of machinery. You know, a lotta ins, a lotta outs, lotta what-have-yous. Getting past the fact that this car was built by the Neanderthals at Gas Monkey Garage isn’t easy, but it does carry all of the charisma and charm of the Dude’s actual ride, plus you’ve got some window stickers to remind people you aren’t homeless, just a huge fan of the Coen brother’s 1998 classic, The Big Lebowski. Or perhaps both, because there is nothing wrong with that. Find this 1973 Ford Gran Torino offered for $6,900 in Richmond, VA via eBay.
The Torino was an intermediate sized sedan, coupe, fastback or convertible available from Ford starting in 1968…but the history of the Torino (named for the Italian city of Turin) is slightly complicated. The Torino name was firstly applied to an upscale version of the intermediate Fairlane sedan, but in 1968 the Torino was a lower […]