The car came with an automatic transmission with column shift and a 302 engine which Magnante clarifies is not the Boss 302 engine. The power this Torino worked with was the same as what would have powered Ford station wagons at the time and is admittedly not particularly exciting.
The Torino also was available with the 428 or 390 engine options, more powerful alternatives to the relatively mundane option powering this car.
The hard-top Torino GT wasn’t extremely popular with consumers and just 17,495 sold during this year. The Torino fastback, by comparison, drew in a greater number of enthusiastic buyers. However, for those concerned with cargo space, the hard top offered significantly more trunk space than the fastback, making it the better option for some.
Despite this Torino GT having the lesser engine in terms of performance and automatic transmission, it still earns its stripes for being a legitimate GT and a piece of Ford’s performance history
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