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  • Ferrari 328 GTS set to star at Barons’ sale 18 Oct 2017 (News)
    1969 Porsche 911T 2.0-litre Karmann Coupe - £70,000-£80,000. Also going under the hammer is a 1971 BMW 2002 (£8000-£10,000), a 1966 Ford Mustang Coupe (£14,000-£18,000), a 1968 Ford Cortina Mk2 1600GT Crayford (£8000-£11,000), and 1963 Ford Cortina GT
  • Rare and Original Ford Escort Twin Cam in Historics July Auction 20 Jun 2019 (News)
    . Another contemporary Twin Cam Ford in Historics July sale is this 1970H Lotus Cortina Mk II from the same private collection as the Escort Twin Cam. The Roy Haynes designed Cortina Mk II was bigger and better than the Mk I with a crossflow 1,600cc engine and a closer ratio gearbox giving 60
  • Classic Fords set to raise money for children’s charity 19 Aug 2016 (News)
    Classic Fords will be out in force this weekend to raise money for charity. The North Wales Classic Fords Snowdonia Run takes place 20-21 August and raises money for a children’s hospice. The event, which is now in its seventh year, sees 100 Fords take on the 100
  • Celebrity saloon racing at the Revival 6 Jun 2013 (News)
    pundit Mark Blundell will be making his Revival debut in a Ford-Lotus Cortina, and other headline names already confirmed for the race include reigning World Touring Car Champion Rob Huff, Le Mans legends Tom Kristensen and Derek Bell, plus Kenny Brack, James Martin, Jackie Oliver, Anthony Reid, Stuart
  • Classic Fords head to Gaydon 20 Jun 2016 (News)
    Around 750 classic Fords will converge at the British Motor Museum next month for the UK’s biggest Blue Oval gathering. Held in conjunction with the Ford Y & C Register, the 8th Old Ford Rally takes place on Sunday 17 July. Vehicles including commercials
  • 600 classic Fords set for Midlands rally 15 Jun 2017 (News)
    . As you’d expect, there’ll be plenty of Model Ts on show as well as transport from the pre-war and austerity years. Thames and Ford commercials will be on display, as well as Zephyrs, Zodiacs, Granadas, Cortinas, Anglias, Escorts and Capris. The Midlands’ Meccano Guild will also
  • Heritage centre planned for Ford’s Dagenham site 4 Sep 2017 (News)
    of Cortina . Car production stopped in 2002, but the site went on to become one of Ford's global centres of excellence for diesel engine production.
  • Take a break: Ford Escort Mk2 launch film 4 Feb 2014 (News)
    Got five minutes to spare? Then take a break, and watch this lovely launch film of the Ford Escort Mk2 . This car was consistently the second best seller in the UK (behind the Cortina) for its
  • Top 10: Britain's best-sellers of the last 50 years 27 May 2015 (News)
    The UK’s best-selling cars have changed in style over the decades, with today’s sales charts being dominated by superminis, family hatchbacks and crossovers. But it wasn’t always so. Remember the days when the Ford Cortina was consistently at number one, and foreign
  • Comment: You never forget your first car 19 Dec 2016 (News)
    You never forget your first car. Mine was a metallic green Ford Cortina, and I drove it everywhere. Over the kitchen worktop, along the skirting boards, over and under my pillow and occasionally around the school playground. I got it for Christmas in 1979, in one
  • Goodwood Festival of Speed to celebrate a long list of anniversaries 26 Mar 2013 (News)
    of  McLaren Racing: Half a century of this revered race and sports car maker will be marked with a number of championship-winning cars from Formula 1, Can-Am, Indy and Le Mans. 50 Years of  Mini Cooper S and Ford Lotus Cortina
  • A Grand Monday: Hyundai Pony 24 Apr 2017 (News)
    conventional, rear-wheel-drive, with a live rear axle and a chassis based loosely on that of the Ford Cortina. By the 1990s, though, the Pony was past it. Hyundai, however, was not. It had established a foothold in the European market, and one that today leaves the brand among the top ten car
  • Bank Holiday ‘Barn Find’ Auction Results 3 May 2010 (News)
    DAIMLER MAJESTIC 4.6   Saloon 1961 92,900 £500 sold FORD CORTINA 1.3 MK1 Saloon auto 1966 17,869 £500 sold   FORD CORTINA 1.3 MK1 DE LUXE 1966 scrap 20,169 £200 sold
  • Report: Barons 17th December 2013 23 Dec 2013 (News)
    . Year   Make   Model    Sold @ 1964 Ford Lotus Cortina MKI £48,172 1965 Jaguar E-type S1 4.2 Roadster £36,000 1965 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud III £30,000 1968 Triumph TR250 £19,612 1970 Jaguar E-type S2 2+2 Coupe £17,932
  • Ford Capri V8 Stampede heads to auction 11 Jun 2018 (News)
    the British Saloon Car Championship in a Zephyr. Ford spotted his talent and it wasn’t long before he headed up the competition department. His two most famous models are the Essex V6 engined Cortina Savage, and the V8 Capri Stampede, both of which were sold with Ford’s blessing through
  • Historic touring cars set for Donington 3 Apr 2017 (News)
    2.0-litre Touring Cars. The Ford Lotus Cortina might be the most popular car on the grid but recent winners of this thrills and spills event have included the BMW 1800 TISA and the Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GTA. The races take place before lunch on Saturday and just after the lunch break on Sunday
  • Classic Motor Show to welcome vintage TV classic 1 Nov 2007 (News)
    The car used in the hit BBC television show Life on Mars is to go on display at a vintage vehicle exhibition later this month. From November 9th to 11th, the Classic Motor Show will welcome the 1974 Ford Cortina driven by Sam Tyler and Gene Hunt in the show. And fans
  • Take a break: Vauxhall Cavalier Mk2 launch advert 25 Mar 2014 (News)
    launched in August 1981, just as the Ford Cortina was coming to the end of its life. And it was even better news for GM when the Sierra rolled out in the UK, where it proved rather unpopular with the boys in the fast lane. The big news was that the then-top model, the 1.6-litre (1.8s
  • A Grand Monday: Ford Sierra 2.3 Ghia 1 Apr 2014 (News)
    how in relation with the Cortina, the Ford Sierra is considered by many to be a failure. It might never have sold in the numbers that its predecessor did, but the Sierra was a hugely influential car, that could arguably be described as being better than the sum of its parts. In mainland Europe
  • Ferrari is top of the lots at Autosport sale 16 Jan 2019 (News)
    maintained the strong results we achieved in 2018, generating good returns for our vendors.’ The sale also included a number of impressive competition car sales, including a one of three, 1966 Ford Cortina Lotus ex-works cars with incredible race history. Driven by motorsport legends including
 

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