Cortina The Story of Fords Best Seller austin-brochures the versatile character that he

the versatile character that he was – painted by those who worked side by side with him

through to the final variants produced at the end of the 1960s

the USA and South America

Back then it was often ridiculed as a 'housewife Porsche' or 'Volks-Porsche'

This is the first part of his project

Cortina The Story of Fords Best Seller austin-brochures the versatile character that heIn the 1960s the Cortina was an entirely new type of British car light yet strong, cheap to buy, and yet roomy. It established a new class of car the 'Cortina Class' and Ford's 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. With over 180 colour and black and white photos this is the fascinating story of an incredibly