The first two generations of the car were also sold through American Ford dealers in the 1960s. The Cortina competed fairly successfully there against most of the other small imports of its day, including GM's Opel Kadett, the Renault Dauphine, and the just-appearing Toyotas and Datsuns, although none of them approached the phenomenal success of the Volkswagen Beetle. The Cortina was withdrawn from the US market when Ford decided to produce a domestic small car in 1971, the Ford Pinto, though it continued in Canada until the end of the 1973 model year.
it won the 1964 great safari rally. 3200 miles of insanity.
the history went on to reveal one of fords big mistakes, avoiding world class, the cortena was scrapped for a pinto.
bad decisions all along the years. Today? they ride the reputation of a mustang, the falcon derivative, the falcon drawn on a napkin by a noble american.
the history ...oh the history... :
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