My college roommate drove a Granada from age 16 til college graduation. It was a 1975 model with absolutely NO frills. 200ci inline six with a carb butterfly the size of a quarter, three-on-the-tree, no a/c, one gauge (fuel), no power brakes or steering. I think his was voted car of the year by the Amish. You cold literally hold the gas pedal to the floor and dump the clutch in first (or reverse) and it would kill the engine!
It lasted forever (the body was going bad though) and delivered reasonable fuel economy. We still remember it fondly.

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1983 M-B 240D-Gone too.
1976 M-B 300D-Departed.

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