The Ford Fairmont is a compact car that was introduced by Ford in 1978 for the North American market. The Ford Fairmont was produced for five years till 1983 and is the first vehicle to be built on the Ford Fox platform, which is used as the basis for Thunderbird, American Ford Granada, Mustang, and the Lincoln Continental. The Mercury Zephyr was introduced as a twin model of the Fairmont and Ford used the Fairmont to replace the Ford Maverick. The Ford Fairmont was a successful model for the Ford Motor Company and set a record for production in its first year, 1978.
The Ford Fairmont was available in different variations that include 2-door and 4-door sedan, and 5-door wagon and a specialty coupe with a different roofline known as the Futura. The Ford Fairmont used conventional rear-wheel drive platform and the Fairmont was efficiently packaged and offered excellent passenger and cargo room for its size. The Ford Fairmont Futura used the unusual two-piece vinyl roof parts with an upswept central roof band. The success of the Fairmont was a result of the following features, spacious interior, midsized body parts, lightweight components were used which gave the Fairmont better fuel economy than many other model.