Ford Versailles
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The Ford Versailles is an automobile. Two different vehicles have been sold as the Ford Versailles:
- 1954-1957 in France
- 1992-1996 in Brazil
[edit] France
The former Ford SAF plant in Poissy, since 1954 belonging to Simca, manufactured a large car called Simca Vedette. It was a descendant of the late 1940s/early 1950s Ford Vedette, and was also marketed as Ford Vedette in the Netherlands and Germany until 1957. It was available in four versions, all of which where also marketed as separate model names - Trianon, Versailles, Régence and Marly - hence the "Ford Versailles" appearing in some markets.
[edit] Brazil
In Brazil, the Ford Versailles was a version of the Volkswagen Santana sold in the 1990s when Ford and Volkswagen shared models in South America in a joint venture known as Autolatina. It replaced the Ford Del Rey in 1991, and was available as a sedan (with two or four doors) and station wagon called the Royale, with only three doors, even though the Volkswagen Quantum on which it was based was available with five doors. (It was alleged that Volkswagen did not want the Royale to be available as a five-door model, as this would have posed a competitive threat to the popular Quantum.). In 1995 and 1996, Ford also sold a five-door version of the Royale. It was also sold as the Ford Galaxy in Argentina, where it replaced the Ford Sierra. Both the Versailles and the Galaxy were eventually replaced by the Ford Mondeo.
[edit] See also
- Lincoln Versailles, an upmarket version of the 1970s U.S. Ford Granada
- Volkswagen Apollo
- Volkswagen Pointer
