What Is a Ford Cortina?

The Ford Cortina is a compact car that 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. ... This was part of Ford's attempt to unify its European operations. By 1976, when the revised Taunus was launched, the Cortina was identical.

How many Ford Cortinas are left?

Read on to see what are officially now some of the rarest cars in Britain, starting with the Ford Cortina. According to How Many Left, there are now only 3,814 remaining of the 4,154,902 Cortinas of all types produced between 1962 and 1982.

When did they stop making the Ford Cortina?

Although the last Cortina rolled off the production line in the summer of 1982, more than 11,000 models remained unsold until 1983 and the final six examples didn't find homes until 1987.

Maya Lin-Takahashi

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