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Ford Cortina GT

Ford Cortina
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Ford Cortina Super 2 door saloon ("Mark 1")
Overview
Manufacturer Ford UK
Hyundai
Also called Ford Consul Cortina
Production 1962–1982
Body and chassis
Class Large family car (D)
Layout Front-engine, rear-wheel drive
Related Ford Capri
Chronology
Predecessor Ford Consul Classic
Successor Ford Sierra
Ford Telstar
Hyundai Stellar
Cortina Mark I
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1963 Ford Consul Cortina Super 2 door saloon ("Mark 1")
Overview
Production 1962–1966
Assembly Ford Dagenham assembly plant (Dagenham, Essex, England)
Ford Lio Ho
(Zhongli, Taoyuan, Taiwan)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Campbellfield, Victoria, Australia
Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Ulsan, South Korea
Singapore, Malaysia
Designer Roy Brown Jr.
Body and chassis
Body style 2-door saloon
4-door saloon
5-door estate
Powertrain
Engine 1.2 L Kent I4
1.5 L Kent I4
1.6 L Twin-Cam I4
Transmission 4-speed manual
3-speed automatic
Dimensions
Wheelbase 98 in (2,489 mm)
Length 168.25 in (4,274 mm) (saloon)
168.5 in (4,280 mm) (estate)
Width 62.5 in (1,588 mm)
Height 56.5 in (1,435 mm) (saloon)
57.75 in (1,467 mm) (estate)
Curb weight 1,736 lb (787 kg) (De Luxe)
2,072 lb (940 kg) (Estate)
Cortina Mark II
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Ford Cortina 1600E Mark II 4-door Saloon
Overview
Production 1966–1970
Assembly Ford Dagenham assembly plant (Dagenham, Essex, England, United Kingdom)
Ford Lio Ho (Zhongli City, Taoyuan County (now Zhongli District, Taoyuan City), Taiwan)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Campbellfield, Victoria, Australia
Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Ulsan, South Korea
Designer Roy Haynes
Body and chassis
Body style 2-door saloon
4-door saloon
5-door estate
Related Ford Capri Mk 1
Powertrain
Engine
Transmission 4-speed manual
Dimensions
Wheelbase 98 in (2,489 mm)
Length 168 in (4,267 mm) (saloon)
Width 64.9 in (1,648 mm)
Height 55.7 in (1,415 mm)
Curb weight 1,890 lb (857 kg) (De Luxe)
2,032 lb (922 kg) (1600E)
Cortina TC Mark III
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1972 Ford Cortina Mk3 GXL four door.
Overview
Production 1970–1976
Assembly Ford Dagenham assembly plant (Dagenham, Essex, England, United Kingdom)
Ford Lio Ho (Zhongli City, Taoyuan County (now Zhongli District, Taoyuan City), Taiwan)
Amsterdam, Netherlands 1962–1975
Campbellfield, Victoria, Australia
Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Ulsan, South Korea
Body and chassis
Body style 2-door saloon
4-door saloon
5-door estate
2-door coupé utility (P100)
Related Ford Taunus TC
Powertrain
Engine 1.3 L Crossflow I4
1.6 L Crossflow I4
1.6 L Pinto TL16 I4
2.0 L Pinto TL20 I4
2.0 L Essex V4 (South Africa)
2.5 L Essex V6 (South Africa)
3.0 L Essex V6 (South Africa)
3.3 L Falcon 200 I6
4.1 L Falcon 250 I6
Transmission 3/4-speed manual
3-speed automatic
Dimensions
Wheelbase 101 in (2,565 mm)
Length 167.75 in (4,261 mm) (saloon)
171.5 in (4,356 mm) (estate)
Width 67 in (1,702 mm)
Height 52 in (1,321 mm)
Cortina Mark IV
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Ford Cortina Mk IV saloon
Overview
Production 1976–1979
Assembly Ford Dagenham assembly plant (Dagenham, Essex, England, United Kingdom)
Ford Lio Ho (Zhongli City, Taoyuan County), Taiwan)
Campbellfield, Victoria, Australia
Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Ulsan, South Korea
Designer Uwe Bahnsen
Body and chassis
Body style
Related Ford Taunus TC2
Powertrain
Engine 1.3 L Crossflow I4
1.6 L Crossflow I4
1.6 L Pinto TL16 I4
2.0 L Pinto TL20 I4
2.0 L Cologne V6
2.3 L Cologne V6
3.0 L Essex V6
3.3 L Falcon 200 I6
4.1 L Falcon 250 I6
Transmission 3/4-speed manual
3-speed automatic
Cortina Mark V
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Ford Cortina GL Mark V Saloon
Overview
Production 1979–1982
Assembly Ford Dagenham assembly plant (Dagenham, England, United Kingdom)
Ford Lio Ho (Zhongli City, Taoyuan County (now Zhongli District, Taoyuan City), Taiwan)
Campbellfield, Victoria, Australia
Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Ulsan, South Korea
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Body and chassis
Body style
Related Ford Taunus TC3
Powertrain
Engine 1298 cc Crossflow I4
1.6 L Crossflow I4
1.6 L Pinto TL16 I4
2.0 L Pinto TL20 I4
2.3 L Cologne V6
3.0 L Essex V6
3.3 L Falcon 200 I6
4.1 L Falcon 250 I6
Transmission

The Ford Cortina is a car which was built by Ford of Britain in various guises from 1962 to 1982, and was the United Kingdom's best-selling car of the 1970s.

The Cortina was produced in five generations (Mark I through to Mark V, although officially the last one was only the Cortina 80 facelift of the Mk IV) from 1962 until 1982. From 1970 onward, it was almost identical to the German-market Ford Taunus (being built on the same platform) which was originally a different car model. This was part of a Ford attempt to unify its European operations. By 1976, when the revised Taunus was launched, the Cortina was identical. The new Taunus/Cortina used the doors and some panels from the 1970 Taunus. It was replaced in 1982 by the Ford Sierra. In Asia and Australasia, it was replaced by the Mazda 626-based Ford Telstar, though Ford New Zealand did import British-made CKD kits of the Ford Sierra estate for local assembly from 1984.

The name was inspired by the name of the Italian ski resort Cortina d'Ampezzo, site of the 1956 Winter Olympics. As a publicity stunt, several Cortinas were driven down the bobsled run at the resort which was called Cortina Auto-Bobbing.

Using the project name of "Archbishop", management at Ford of Britain in Dagenham created a family-sized car which they could sell in large numbers. The chief designer was Roy Brown Jr., the designer of the Edsel, who had been banished to Dagenham following the failure of that car. The Cortina, aimed at buyers of the Morris Oxford Farina and Vauxhall Victor, was launched on 20 September 1962. The car was designed to be economical, cheap to run and easy and inexpensive to produce in Britain. The front-wheel drive configuration used by Ford of Germany for the new Ford Taunus P4, a similarly sized model, was rejected in favour of traditional rear-wheel drive layout. Originally to be called Ford Consul 225, the car was launched as the Consul Cortina until a modest facelift in 1964, after which it was sold simply as the Cortina.


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