Ford Torino

The Torino was a muscle car marketed by Ford in the sixties and seventies. It was named after a city in Italy often Anglicized to Turin. The Torino competed in the Grand National alongside the Ford Thunderbird and Ford Fairlane. A special edition known as the Ford Talladega was also made, named for Talladega Speedway in Alabama, site of the famous Talladega 500 NASCAR race (now defunct).