1980 Ford Cortina MkV
1980 Ford Cortina MkV in Flight of the Ibis, Movie, 1996
Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin: 
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◊ 2024-02-01 19:28 |
1980-82 Taurus/ Cortina. |
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◊ 2024-02-12 11:10 |
Which one would be the most likely in Trinidad & Tobago?  |
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◊ 2024-02-12 11:29 |
It's a RHD country, so probably Cortina then? |
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◊ 2024-02-12 12:01 |
Where did 1980 come from? Cortina MkIV, 1976-79 Cortina MkV, 1979-82. I know the Cortina V began in 1979, because JVT586V, my 2.0GL Estate was a Cortina V. |
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◊ 2024-02-12 12:13 |
Brochure printed October 1979:![[Image: v2024-02-1212_11_47-october1979fordcortinamk5rangeinformation_jonathan_flickr.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/4290/24/v2024-02-1212_11_47-october1979fordcortinamk5rangeinformation_jonathan_flickr.jpg) Clearly says "[...] extra improvements for 1980". |
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◊ 2024-02-12 13:14 |
Proves nothing. The Mark V was definitely on the road in 1979, and how do we know the thing above isn’t a Mark IV? “A look at the 1979 launch brochure for the Ford Cortina Mk V” below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89UX2LwD6I8 -- Last edit: 2024-02-12 13:20:23 |
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◊ 2024-02-12 13:22 |
Easy - the Mark IV has smaller cutouts for the turn signals. Subject car is a Mark V. I wonder if there's any point in showing you further sources as you're always in denial. |
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◊ 2024-02-12 13:26 |
Am I in denial of having owned a 1979 Mk V for two years? It is not I who am wrong. |
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◊ 2024-02-12 13:30 |
I'm not saying you didn't own a 1979 Cortina. Your Cortina may have been registered in 1979, but it was part of a facelift widely known as the Cortina 80. You're entirely free to disagree with sales literature and model years contra calendar years, but it is how we list things on IMCDb. And this is wrong and so on and so forth... |
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◊ 2024-02-12 13:33 |
Model years has never been a British thing, the Mk V was never referred to as the Cortina 80 in my hearing. https://www.cortinaownersclub.co.uk/ford-cortina-mark-v -- Last edit: 2024-02-12 13:37:57 |
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◊ 2024-02-12 18:30 |
wiki says "The Mark V (or TC3) was announced on 24 August 1979. Officially, the programme was code named Teresa, although externally it was marketed as "Cortina 80", but the Mark V tag was given to it immediately on release by the press, insiders and the general public.". There were also launch photos with Cortina 80 plates in PR packs and so on, and I think Autocar/Motor and similar launch reports called it Cortina 80, but as wiki says the name died on its feet, overwhelmed by Mk5 usage. |
