In September 1966, the first of the ‘coke bottle hip’ generation of Ford Falcons was introduced locally. The ‘Falcon’ was released in the US in October 1959 as a compact 6-cylinder, 6-seater with variations manufactured in Argentina, Chile, Canada, Mexico, and Australia. For the 1960 model year only, the Canadian version was not called a Falcon at all. It was called a Ford Frontenac, to make it a separate marque to give Mercury dealers a compact car to sell. The Frontenac had a unique grille, tail lights, trim, and maple-leaf emblems, with no reference to Ford in the badging or advertising, as it was a separate marque like Lincoln and not part of the Ford and Mercury model lines. The Frontenac was named after a 17th century Governor of New France, an area colonised by France in
North America. 

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