1966 Lotus Cortina - The God Father
Genesis Of The Sports Sedan
By Michael Febbo, Photography by Robert Hallstrom ...
PH Heroes: Lotus Cortina
PH Heroes Christmas Special: Ford Transit
PH Heroes: Ultima GTR
PH Heroes: Lotus Esprit Turbo HC
PH Heroes: Audi RS2
PH Heroes: Renault Clio V6 255
PH Heroes: Vauxhall Astra GTE 16V
PH Heroes: Noble GTO 3R ...
And so it remained for another thirty years, until the idea of owning something prestigious, something aspirational, suddenly for Joe Public became do-able in 1963, when Ford introduced the Lotus Cortina.
The Twin Cam used the Lotus Cortina engine in a specially strengthened Escort bodyshell and led to the establishment of the Ford Advanced Vehicles Operation at Aveley in the UK in 1970 to hand assemble high-performance versions of the Escort at a ...
Think back to the original Ford Cortina GT and Ford Lotus Cortina. In those days VWs still had sluggish flat-four engines in the boot.
 See also: Lotus, Ford, Ford E, Ferrari, BMW
  
|
RSS
