1964 Ford Taunus 12M TS Coupé [P4]

1964 Ford Taunus 12M TS Coupé [P4] in Ein Jahr ohne Sonntag, TV Series, 1969-?? Ep. 1.3

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andrepa ◊ 2018-10-11 17:32	1,5l 65HP model origin actually USA as Ford Cardinal but made in Germany https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Ford_12_M_P_4_1965.JPG -- Last edit: 2018-10-11 17:40:47
Buc84 ◊ 2018-10-12 01:38	Never was sold in the US market
dsl ◊ 2018-10-12 02:03	The Cardinal project started as a German proposal for FWD and V4, until Detroit jumped in and took charge by broadening its target to also being made in US, so what had been a minor European development exercise suddenly became a much bigger project for a year or so with potential US production of 300,000 a year. However an incoming new US Ford boss rejected it in 1961, so it went back down to being just a German project. Meanwhile Ford GB decided it was far too complex a layout to work properly and make money, so rush-developed the totally conventional Cortina (Project Archbishop) as their preferred alternative. Given the sales success of the Cortina globally (good volumes across most of Europe and in US, plus assembly in lots of countries), they probably won the argument.

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andrepa

◊ 2018-10-11 17:32

1,5l 65HP model origin actually USA as Ford Cardinal but made in Germany
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Ford_12_M_P_4_1965.JPG

-- Last edit: 2018-10-11 17:40:47

Buc84

◊ 2018-10-12 01:38

Never was sold in the US market

dsl

◊ 2018-10-12 02:03

The Cardinal project started as a German proposal for FWD and V4, until Detroit jumped in and took charge by broadening its target to also being made in US, so what had been a minor European development exercise suddenly became a much bigger project for a year or so with potential US production of 300,000 a year. However an incoming new US Ford boss rejected it in 1961, so it went back down to being just a German project. Meanwhile Ford GB decided it was far too complex a layout to work properly and make money, so rush-developed the totally conventional Cortina (Project Archbishop) as their preferred alternative. Given the sales success of the Cortina globally (good volumes across most of Europe and in US, plus assembly in lots of countries), they probably won the argument.

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