The 1966 Ford Cortina Lotus looked like a tidy family saloon, yet it kept humiliating purpose-built race cars that were louder, lower and far more obviously aggressive. What caught rivals off guard ...

8 Apr 2025, 14:20 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea // Ford sold over a million second-generation Cortinas, but only two wagons were transformed into ambulances. Just one survived. Long-Lost Ford Cortina GT ...

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 ...

Left-hand-drive, two-speed Fordomatic automatic transmission. Yet more evidence that rare does not always equal valuable. As far as I know, Ford didn't paint their Cortinas British Racing Green. This ...

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 ...

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 ...

His automotive adventure started reporting on various motorsport events as a sports writer before moving onto a full-time auto career with various sites, including This Week In Motors and ...

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, ...