Düsseldorf (RPO). Sie waren Zwillinge. Der Ford Taunus und der auf dem englischen Markt verkaufte baugleiche Cortina präsentierten sich von 1970 bis 1982 ...

The Mk3 was the first Escort with all-independent suspension, plus new 1.3-litre and 1.6-litre OHC engines (mounted transversely rather than fore-aft as in the first two generations) – for the ...

Mit dem Taunus TC "Knudsen" bringt Ford den amerikanischen Zeitgeist der 1970er-Jahre nach Deutschland. Das Design kommt an, die Technik weniger. Eine Fahrt in die Vergangenheit.

It looked so different and was so superior that many questioned why the name Taunus hadn't been used, burying the Cortina's poor public image in the process. In 1980 Ford launched the revised TF.

Ab 1977 folgten der Ford Fairmont und der Mercury Zephyr, diese beiden gab es wieder als Kombis. Womöglich erwog man den Import des für nordamerikanische Verhältnisse kompakten Taunus Turnier ...

Ford Cortina Mk3. The Ford Cortina Mk3 was a massive gamble for Ford. Both the Mk1 and Mk2 Cortinas were compact cars with ...

According to Grant, the Ford engineers were also given advanced warnings on the next generation Cortina design. This meant they could develop a ladder-frame pickup around the new vehicle. A frame ...

Greg's Mark III Cortina is rare car for three reasons. The first is that it's a top of the range XLE, and few were sold to begin with. Second, not many of the mid-sized car have made it through to the ...

Shared chassis with German Ford Taunus. ... Under the hood, the 1974 Ford Cortina MK III 2000E came with a naturally aspirated 2-liter (1993 cc) inline-four engine good for 97 hp ...

I drove several Ford Cortinas in my time so it is with a little bit of shock that I learn the Mk2 series has been on the road for 50 years. For the record, I haven't been driving that long.

The Cortina project was in response to news of German Ford's Taunus 12M, which was a similar size, but front-wheel-drive – not the Ford norm in the spring of 1960.

The Ford Cortina Facelift Mk3 2000GT was one of the last GTs to roll off the production line and was on a 1976 “R” plate.