For a Date with Cleopatra, Your Chariot Must Be a 1974 Ford Gran Torino Brougham

The Ford Torino began life as a trim level for the 1968 Fairlane, but it wasn't long before it replaced the Fairlane (just as the Chevrolet Malibu did with the Chevelle a bit later). Then, in 1972, the Gran Torino name appeared on a luxed-up version of the Torino—and the law in Detroit at that time was that you needed a Brougham-badged version of any such car. Here's a television commercial for the 1974 Ford Gran Torino Brougham, featuring a snazzy-looking hardtop coupe.

The protagonist in this advertisement has a hot date with an Egyptian queen who would have been 2044 years old at the time. He seems understandably nervous, what with the age difference and all, but his brand-new Gran Torino Brougham coupe pleases her greatly. This car's price tag started at $3485 (about $22,155 in 2022 dollars), but we're pretty sure it must have had the optional 217-buck AM/FM stereo radio.