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Cortina
The Story of Ford's Best-Seller
| Author: Graham RobsonFormat: Paperback, 160 Pages Item: 146308 ISBN: 9781845841430 Publisher: Veloce Specs Illustrations: 180 b/w & color ill Size: 8.0 x 10.0 x .5 Weight: 1.438 lb. Published: February 1st 2008 DC: AE List Price: $34.95 $26.21 All discounts based on list price. No trade discounts available from sale price. In Stock |
In the 1960s the Cortina was an entirely new type of British car, light yet strong, cheap to buy yet roomy. It established a new class of car - the Cortina Class - and Fords rivals had to rush to compete. Not only was the Cortina the first, it was the best, too; a fascinating, ever-evolving project around which Ford-Europe's planning always revolved. |
totalkitcar.com, February 2008
UK website ezine and quarterly magazine
On its launch, in 1962, the Ford Cortina changed the face of the British motor industry, and by the time the last car rolled off the production line in 1982 more than four million examples had been sold.
Even before production stopped, the Cortina had become an icon, with TV programs having been made about it, London’s Victoria & Albert Museum organized an exhibition around it, and most of Ford’s rivals had developed models to compete with it. More recently the Cortina has starred in the hit BBC1 TV series – 'Life on Mars.'
Here is the fully illustrated story of the Cortina, and its closest relations, through twenty years of production and five generations of models and it’s a fascinating insight to the behind-the-scenes story and evolution through five marques.
Written by expert and former Ford-employee, Graham Robson, this is an excellent and sure-to-be popular book.
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