During 20 years of production that began in 1962, Ford sold more than 4 million Cortinas worldwide, with sales in the U.K. alone accounting for 63 percent of the total. Over five model generations, ...

The engine and transmission from an Elan are wrapped in a practical package for 1960s-style sport-wagon excellence.

The correct way to drive a Lotus Cortina is on three wheels. Get the car turned in, wait a beat as it takes a set, shifting seemingly all its weight to the outside rear tire, hold the steering steady, ...

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, ...

Lou is a freelance journalist and content writer with a focus on the automotive world. After graduating from Coventry University (Automotive Journalism MA) in 2020, she worked in automotive e-commerce ...

It's built by Ford, but no one uses that name when referring to the first-generation Lotus Cortina. Between 1963 and 1966, Ford and Lotus cranked out over 3,300 of them, and Jay Leno's chief ...

Mihai has even branched beyond the usual confines of an automotive writer from time to time, however, his heart is still close to anything car-related. He's most at home retelling the story of some ...

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, ...