Ford Cortina GT500
| Ford Cortina | |
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Ford Cortina Super 2 door saloon ("Mark 1")
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| 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")
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| Overview | |
| Production | 1962–1966 |
| Assembly |
Ford Dagenham assembly plant (Dagenham, Essex, England) Ford Lio Ho (Zhongli, Taoyuan, Taiwan) Amsterdam, Netherlands Broadmeadows, 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 GT Mark II 2-door Saloon
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| 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 Broadmeadows, 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.
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| 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 Broadmeadows, 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
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| Overview | |
| Production | 1976–1979 |
| Assembly |
Ford Dagenham assembly plant (Dagenham, Essex, England, United Kingdom) Ford Lio Ho (Zhongli City, Taoyuan County), Taiwan) Broadmeadows, Victoria, Australia Lower Hutt, New Zealand Ulsan, South Korea |
| Designer | Uwe Bahnsen |
| Body and chassis | |
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| 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
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| Overview | |
| Production | 1979–1986 |
| Assembly |
Ford Dagenham assembly plant (Dagenham, England, United Kingdom) Ford Lio Ho (Zhongli City, Taoyuan County (now Zhongli District, Taoyuan City), Taiwan) Broadmeadows, Victoria, Australia Lower Hutt, New Zealand Ulsan, South Korea Port Elizabeth, South Africa |
| Body and chassis | |
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| 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 |
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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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