While Ford has offered innumerable U.S.-market sporty models over the years, only the Mustang has really entered our public consciousness. Not so on the other side of the Atlantic, where the “fast ...

Launched in 1962, the Cortina went on to become one of Ford's most iconic European nameplates. But more importantly, it spawned the Lotus Cortina, a race-prepped version engineered by Colin Chapman, ...

This 1980 example is believed to be the only one left Last year, Paul Barnes’s 1980 Ford Cortina Mk5 constantly drew attention from various Ferraris, Lamborghinis and early Jaguar E-Types at the ...

A landmark nameplate for the Ford Motor Company, the Cortina is many things to many people, especially in the United Kingdom because it was designed and primarily built there. This particular example ...

According to its seller, today's Nice Price or No Dice Cortina GT is "mostly there." As an obvious project car, we'll need to decide if it's worth saving and, if so, at what cost. One of the main ...

In 1945, young Henry Ford II was handed the keys to the empire that his grandfather built (and nearly ran out of business, twice). With the help of a handful of Ivy Leaguers known as the "Whiz Kids," ...

Forget the little yellow badge on the rear quarter panel - this isn't an original Ford Cortina Lotus. It's got the same sweet two-tone red-on-gold color scheme found on some real Lotus Cortinas, and a ...

Ford and Lotus held hands for a brief time during the previous century, with their relationship resulting in the birth of the first-gen Lotus Cortina. Assembled in the United Kingdom from 1963 to 1970 ...

In the 1960s, North America got the Ford Mustang, and Europe... also got the Ford Mustang, sort of. But in addition to the quintessentially American pony car, Ford of Europe offered the Ford Cortina, ...

Ford is one of the oldest carmakers in the world. It has been making cars since 1896, with the first vehicle having bicycle wheels. The Model T, introduced by Henry Ford in 1908, was Ford's major hit, ...

A ski run in Italy, a supermarket manager in Luton, a sandwich bar in London EC2, Arena opens the bonnet of the Ford Cortina, Britain's most popular, most stolen, and most misunderstood car. 'Dagenham ...