Editing Ford Zephyr (section)

====Export models====
In November 1966, the manufacturers announced a plan to introduce an "export special" version of the Zephyr Mk IV combining the 3.0-L engine of the Zodiac with other specifications largely following those of the existing Zephyr.<ref name=Autocar196611/> This 3.0-L Zephyr was not offered by Ford on the domestic (UK) market.<ref name=Autocar196611>{{cite journal |editor-last=Smith |editor-first=Maurice A. |title=News and views: Additional Ford for export | journal=Autocar |volume=125 |issue=3692) |page=1102 |date=18 November 1966}}</ref>

This 3.0-litre model was quickly adopted by [[Ford New Zealand]], which had originally launched the Mk IV Zephyr assembled locally from [[Knock-down kit|CKD kits]] with the 2.5-litre V6 (no Zephyr 4 this time) and received complaints it was underpowered for a country where towing boats and caravans was common. Ford New Zealand also introduced optional floor gear shift and bucket seats as an alternative to the standard column shift and bench front seat, and a large number of Zephyrs were built in this form, with other modifications, for New Zealand's traffic police.

The Zodiac was also again assembled in New Zealand with both bench and bucket front seats and Zodiacs from about 1967 also had the walnut dashboard from the U.K. market Executive. An automatic transmission was optional with both the Zephyr and Zodiac. The local Mark IV line did not include the Zephyr Deluxe version available in the UK, was not as popular as the Mark III, and was outsold by the now much wider, locally built Australian Falcon range. Production ended in 1972, and the Consul and Granada replacements introduced in the UK were never officially imported into New Zealand.

South African Zephyrs and Zodiacs all received the 3.0-litre "Export" engine beginning with the 1968 model year. This also included replacing the earlier Zephyr Super with the new Zephyr de luxe, which received the dummy grille as on European cars.<ref name=zaCAR768>{{cite magazine | magazine = CAR | title = Ford Zephyr AT de luxe | editor-last = Wright | editor-first = Cedric | volume = 12 | number = 7 | date = August 1968 | ref = DNLCV | page = 48 | publisher = Central News Agency Ltd. | location = Cape Town, South Africa }}</ref>

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File:Ford_Zephyr_3008E_head.jpg|Ford Zephyr 4 Mark IV
File:Ford_Zephyr_3008E_rear.jpg
File:Ford_Zephyr_3008E_tail.jpg
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File:Ford Zephyr 3008E side.jpg|Ford Zephyr 4 Mark IV: the short tailed long nosed profile recalled Ford's iconic [[Ford Mustang (first generation)|Mustang]]
File:Ford Zephyr VI Mk IV first registered May 1970 2495cc.JPG|Ford Zephyr 6 Mark IV: the deluxe version gained a dummy grille between the headlights
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