On paper, the Ford LTD LX is the stuff dreams are made of and wouldn’t look out of place today. Its premise was simple: take a basic family sedan and throw a big engine up front. The standard LTD was forgettable, a typical big, floaty barge. The LX raised the performance bar a bit.
Aside from slightly different styling, like black trim and a red pinstripe that ran the length of the car, most of the changes were underneath. The LTD LX got front and rear sway bars, a traction lock differential, bigger front disc brakes, Goodyear Eagle GT tires and most importantly, a high output version of the 5.0-liter V8. Output was 165 hp and 240 lb-ft of torque. Ford says just over 5,200 were ever made so they’re relatively rare. Even rarer is the Mercury version called Marquis LTS. It was only available in Canada for 1985 and only 134 were ever made.
