It was then one of the popular car in Philippines during the time of President Marcos. Ford Cortina was imported to Philippines during 1982 considered as small family car in Great Britain, however in Philippines it is considered as big sedan car.
The Ford Cortina was sold to mass market extremely well, it was common to Europe but not in other Asian countries, it was proposed to be distributed in Philippines because of the Spanish influences.
Ford Cortina can accommodate tight maximum passengers for more than 5, and its compartment capacity can accommodate at least 4 large luggage. During 80’s most of this vehicles are used to steel materials by private organizations and even human beings can hide to its huge compartment.
The Ford Cortina was produced in five series models named from Mark I to V (1 to 5) and later the last model was named as Ford Cortina 80. In Europe, Ford Cortina’s design was similar to Ford Taunus where in America it is named as Ford Taurus. Some Body parts are shared by this two models on the market. The Ford Cortina models and variants was sold for over a million amount, some car enthusiast treated Ford Cortina as an extinct model. The Ford Cortina name was inspired by Italian name Cortina D Ampezzo which is a town in Southern Benito in Italy.
The Ford Cortina 1982 is a sudden change in both body and engine, it was adjusted with fuel economy and improvement of power output, full options was also in range market for 2.3V6 Engines and given with electronic ignition. For its body, rust proof where applied to make it a lot better than the old Ford Cortina body variants.
In 1982, the Ford Cortina was Great Britains second best selling vehicle and very popular of large family car. Although today Ford Cortina’s existence to Asian Countries had disappear but in Europe it is now under the ownership of Ford Heritage.
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