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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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’s distinctive Coke bottle Cortina was a 70s fleet favourite and still makes for an excellent practical classic today. Here’s what you need to know When Ford launched its reimagined Cortina in ...

Jonathan loves just about anything with a motor and a steering wheel. As a kid, Jonathan collected any kind of toy car he could lay his hands on, and begged his parents to take him to the monster ...

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," ...

Not only is this an excruciatingly rare left-hand-drive Cortina with no rust, it's an LHD Cortina with a Fordomatic two-speed automatic transmission. Murilee Martin This appears to be the crossflow ...