Ford Cortina Makes A Habit Of Winning
A spirited, exciting car tailored for youthful tastes, Cortina makes a steady habit of winning…and winning. In the sales race: Cortina consistently takes the honours as No. 1 seller. On The Track: Cortina’s race, trial and rally record is unequalled by any other light car in the world.. With this outstanding heritage, I follows that Cortina’s top performance,
handling and reliability can be taken for granted.
With several models to choose from and a range of exciting options, Cortina can be anything and everything you want it to be. A luxury, high performance sports machine, or a well equipped family car, economical run-about or smart second-car…with room to stretch, wide track ride, a neat (smallest in its class) 30-foot turning circle, the biggest luggage capacity in its class, and a long list of safety features.
Cortina is an active fun car, designed for sheer driving pleasure with reliability to match.
World Beater In Motor Sport
Ford Cortina's have won more competitive events throughout the world than any other make of car. And the wins include the big ones. East Africa Safari, Alpine Rally, European Touring Car Championship, British Rally Championship, Swedish Ice Race Championship and RAC World Rally Championship. Over 500 wins to date.
What goes into a Cortina that makes it the world beater it is? Cortina started its life being designed by a special team of talented engineers with a 20 year tradition of building winning road-and-track cars. Its overhead valve Cross-Flow engine is so good it is used in thoroughbred racing chassis specials
The suspension is tuned to the car's sporting nature, a long wheelbase and wide track are designed for exceptionally safe handling, and disc
brakes are provided for optimum stopping power.
Here are some of the most noteable successes achieved in recent years in Australia by Cortina:
- 1969
- 1968
- Classic Rally
- Walkerville Trial
- Warana Rally
- Southern Cross Rally
- Alpine Rally
- Australian Rally Championship
- 1967
- North Eastern Trial
- Southern Cross Rally
- Cooper Memorial Trial
- 1966
- Total Rally
- Mobil Economy Run
- BP Rally
- Southern Cross Rally
- 1965
- Armstrong 500
- BP Rally
- Lowood 4 Hour Race
- Blue Ribbon Trial
- Akademos Trial
- Experts Trial
- Begonia Rally
- Victorian Trials Championship
- Two Day Trial