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[taunusand]

@quarkx
Ford Taunus are from Germany. In England they were sold as Cortina.
Compared to american cars it's very little, it has a nice little V6 engine with 90hp ;-)
It does not look as Ford Taurus, witch is a bit larger.
In Denmark it was one of the larger middle class cars back in the 1970/80'ies.
Pictures of me and my Taunus: Link

[persia]

THe sold the Taurus Ghia here back in the '90s.  Didn't go over very well, I think maybe two years and that's it.  Me I prefer Citroens, but they just haven't been the same since the take-over by Peugeot.

[Dandy]

taunusand wrote:
@quarkx

Ford Taunus are from Germany. In England they were sold as Cortina.
Compared to american cars it's very little, it has a nice little V6 engine with 90hp ;-)
It does not look as Ford Taurus, witch is a bit larger.
In Denmark it was one of the larger middle class cars back in the 1970/80'ies.
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Ford "Taunus" (Ford of Germany):

1939 Ford Taunus (nickname "Buckel" (= "hunchback")) comes into the market as advancement of the Ford "Eifel". The company name now is "Ford Werke A.G.".

1948 On 1rst of October the production of the new "Taunus" starts: The "Buckel" is revived.

1951 At the first post-war IAA (International Motor Show; Frankfurt, Germany) Ford presents the Ford Taunus de Luxe.

1952 The "Taunus 12 M", the car with the globe, comes into the market on January 8th.

1955 The first new developed post-war Ford engine (55 hp) is available for the "Taunus 15M".

1982 In June 1982 production of the "Taunus" ceases in Europe; it gets replaced by the Ford Sierra. Production continues in Argentina until 1984, where a coupé version remaines in the line-up right until the end (while in Germany the coupé was dropped after the 1975 facelift), and at Otosan in Turkey, where a restyled version of the last model continues in production until 1994.