I own a Ford Cortina Mk5. It is a 1982 and it is Blue. I picked it up from a Town Market (In my Village) for £100 in 2006. It is really fun to drive and it has a Great Sound Track.
the pinto engines were not that great,biggest problem was premature camshaft wear due to lack of oil,not much go either. i had a few,easy to work on though.
I loved the MK5 Cortina, they were quite good looking cars back then, and the MK5 was better made than the MK4, they were easy to work on, the seats on the MK5 were very comfortable. While other cars may have been better in certain areas, the Cortina did everything well, not class leading in any one area, but competent in them all, that were the Cortina's strengths.
Just look how good this looks compared to today's bloated, over-styled, vulgar cars. The Mk4 & 5 Cortinas were very elegant designs. It's a shame some car snobs ridicule them and boy racers tart them up these days.
@VOLVORULEZ1995 The Vauxhall Cavalier mk2 was britains most scrapped car as was the Morris Marina/Ital. the Cortina was the 5th most scrapped car with 2,000 mk4/5s on the road, i bet their are more Cortinas locked away in barns, sheds, lock ups, Their are always mk4 and 5s on ebay.
@WAYNE1977100 Probably you're right. Father Ted had a nice blue one like. It looked rather immaculate, its still on the road, I've seen it and after at least 29 years, it still looks perfect.
"As solid as a rock, as reliable as time..." yeah, right. That solidity and reliability is the reason Ford Australia turned to Mazda in Japan for its small and medium cars in the early eighties.
I wish that Ford would bring back the Cortina, I would buy a new Cortina if it was on sale today. All these modern 'cars' have no sole, they are just like buying a dvd player or tv (use it for 5 years then scrap it) they are just plastic crap. Bring back the Escort, Orion, Cortina, Granada mk1,2,3, mk1/2 Transit, Consul GT, Sierra, Vauxhall Cavalier mk2,3, Vauxhall Carlton mk1,2, Vauxhall Senator mk1,2. I love old cars and if i won the lottery i would have an aircraft hanger full of Cortinas.
As I'm sure you know, this video is from Pre-September 1982. After that Ford launched the Sierra across Europe and the cortina looked VERY old VERY quickly.
@ascolti 100% Agree. The Ford Cortina did seem to date very fast. Car styling changed a hell of a lot from cars that were on sale at the start of the 1980,s to the end of the 1980,s.
In Australia these things came out standard with 3.3 or 4.1 litre straight sixes lifted from the ford falcons of the time, I had two of em in my earlier years, they where a god damn burnout machine.
they only advertised this to try and get rid of the cortina's because the sierra had come out and they sold the cortina's off cheaply ford also made an advert to get rid of the sierra aswell to make way for the new Mondeo
@jamie88694 Yes you are correct. When this advert went out in 1982 they were indeed advertising an "obsolete car" But to be fair anyone buying a brand new car would OR SHOULD have done there "Homework" on the model they are about to buy. If Ford sold them off cheaper and you like the styling on the car then I would still buy it and accept the fact I was buying a car soon to become obsolete.
@matsui2001 i would too they were a great car can you imagine getting a new cortina for a few grand you could still boast you had a new car for very little money if i did buy one back in 1982 it would be the 2.3 V6 Ghia . the thing about buying obsolete cars is many items are roushed like the paintwork i had a Mk2 mondeo one of the last V reg mondeo's there was runs in the paint and some trim not fitted properley there was a crease in the plastic cover near the glass on the front doors
@jamie88694 The 2.3 Ghia V6 was great. I should imagine they are a bit thirsty on petrol
I had a look on eBay UK a few moments ago and there is a very tidy V reg one for sale FTT551V is the reg number. However it is only a 1.6GL and the seller wants a bit too much money for the car. It is not worth £1995.
If you were going to buy one you would have to get one with some spec like the Ghia
Most of the ones that survived until 2010 were "Wax-oiled" from new. They were a great car.
@jamie88694 Another good "Old school" car to consider is the Ford Sierra. As long as you dont want the Cosworth and XR4 versions you can pick these up 2nd hand for peanuts. Ford done a 2.0GT version on a K reg plate just before they were replaced by the Mondeo. It is a forgotten gem. It had the 2.0L Pinto engine fitted. Most of them were silver. I saw a totally "bog standard" 2.0GT last week in Newcastle. It looked like it had avoided being abused by boy racers. I would have had it I tell you.
@matsui2001 yeah the sierra is good too my dad had 2 of them an F reg 1.6 GL and a 1.8 LX which was J reg both great cars we replaced them for a mondeo which was also good towards the end ford injected the sierra engines which made them crap they never used to last my grandad's granada had the 2.0i engine which was injected that blew up at 70k
Can't be 1984, the Cortina had been totally replaced by the Sierra in 1982. My dad had a Cortina Mk V, 1980 model...best car he ever had, would go all day flat out in top gear...foot to the floor...and never complain.
I had a Ford Cortina a 1979 Mk4 1300 and it was actually a very good car, it had been rustproofed from new and i garaged it and the body was still immaculate when i traded it in at 6 years old...for a Capri.
I'm a former mechanic, it such a good car on the old days, solid chassis (i can even sit on bonnet), reliable engine (made of Cast Iron). But their are two defects, heavy steering wheel and gear shift may came off if the bushes worn off.
@gearsection Also as a qualified mechanic I 100% agree. These were a DREAM to work on. The repairs were so easy. Even a tough job like changing a cam belt was a doddle on this engine. Modern cars are a nightmare to fix. I say modern cars. Anything made after 1991 for some reason. This is when they started to add stupid electronic shit on the car. It was just so "Jo bloggs" on the street could not repair the car. You have to plug new cars into a computer to tell you the fault. Very sad indeed
This is one of my favorite cars and i have had a few,if one came up for sale i would buy it,they have style and comfort,1600 big enough for what i wanted it for,and never had a days problem with them
Solid reliable and comfortable?? HA!! not for long,i can tell you.! I had a Cortina,and so did my dad.Fords age badly,only buy one if your favourite hobby is welding.A car like this will not fare well in todays modern traffic.Oh,and god help you in a traffic jam on a hot summers day!
@blaster2012 I am still driving it ... a 2dr Taunus from 81 to be precise - it is really comfortable - the front suspension on bumps or holes in the road is way better than in my 2006 Mondeo - you don't feel them so much. In todays modern traffic this is a fantastic car but with 1600 or bigger engine - the 1300 is too slow. Hot summer days ? What is the problem ? Open the roof and enjoy ... You got to have balls to drive it in the winter :-) No 3 letter systems and rear wheel drive !
@wyrazowfkp A Taunus?Thats the European version.Probably not made in Dagenham for a start.The Cortinas had the nickname "Dagenham Dustbins" because of rust problems.Like many cars of that era,Cortinas don't like standing in traffic jams when it's hot,as they have a tendancy to overheat and boil over,due to the cooling fan being belt driven from the cam,so when the engine ticks over,so does the fan and it can't shift enough air to keep it cool.Electric fans seem to have eliminated that problem.
i just got me a mint mk 5 cortina and it's the meanest, first thing i had to do was pop the bonnet & in the last week it's only broken down twice, why own anything else :)
I wouldn't mind owning one either, I passed my driving test in a 2 litre MK3. The problem is that there's only about 2000 Mk4 and Mk5 models left out of the 1.3 million or so that were sold, largely because they rusted so badly, as did most other cars of that era to be fair. Because of this, surviving original Mk4's and 5's are getting hard to find, especially really mint ones and so prices are on the up.
@Paulph04 You know what you are talking about. They did indeed rust so badly. As did most cars from this era. Back then you could repair the cars easy, So they had to build the cars to last just a set amount of time. Now you see 15 Year old cars without a spot of rust on them, This was unheard of back then. BUT modern cars have built in electronic crap, so the car can only be fixed by plugging it into a laptop with VERY expensive software to tell you the fault. Car manufactures know the score!
Until the Mark 2 Cavalier arrived in the autumn of 1981, the Mark V Cortina had the company car market sewn up, Yes there were more reliable Japanese rivals, but the dealers usually weren't big enough to do fleet deals, and the British opposition consisted of the vile Morris Marina/Ital, the underrated Mark 1 Cavalier and the rust prone and badly made Talbots, so the Cortina was the main deal. A mostly reliable, easy to maintain and nice to drive and good looking car, owners liked them.
My last Cortina was a MKV 2L Ghia - the same as in this ad. I sold it about 7 years ago for £500 - now it would be worth £2000 beause it was in top condition. Only problem was i sold it to a mate and it got nicked and burnt out .....cuntz.
Actually it's not a Mark IV or a Mark V (or even a Mark IV series 2).
Within Ford this car was known quite specifically as "Cortina 80". And at the time of this advert the Sierra was only months away - which makes their assertions that this car was "the ultimate" rather shallow and deceitful. The advert should have said - The Cortina, the car that's getting discontinued pretty soon.
the correct name for this model was the mk4 series2 but most people called them a mk5 what stood them out from the earlier cars was the higher roof line and a few other changes, a truly great car and very tunable
yes but ford werent gonna tell you that until they'd shifted these. I remember there were some good deals available on the last of the line crusader at the time
One of the good car ever, also one of my dream car when i was kid. heavy and solid chassis, heavy and lasting engine, I like the steelring wheel design but also heavy when making U turn. In Traditional, Heavy = Good !!
cofortable as your favorite armchair and as rusty as your old bucket, you have got to admire ford,the built some junk,vvcarbs (bad) oil stavation (pinto) water leaks (very bad) fuel cosumption (bad) void bushes (bad) 1980,s the fwd escorts (dangerous corrosion)orion (dangerous corrosion) some sierras were good but some were v bad for rot. ive worked on them all. but there not to bad now how ford kept the best selling spot? if that was any other car co top gear and the likes would have roasted it
Ford kept the best selling spot because Vauxhall started using Front Wheel Drive for girls and Austin Rover had long since acquired a dreadful reputation back in the '70s as BL.
I think at the time of the sierra launch though the mk 2 cavalier took the top spot. all the big fleets went to them because Ford had finished making the Cortina they were so in love with
I find the Cortina in any guise to be a stylish, business-like machine. Look at cars like the mondeo and vectra today - like they have been styled by a kid who then put them on gas mark 6 for an hour.
i just bought an original 82 16gl from an old guy imaculate still with the manual and service history ,this car rides better than my ol mans c200 merc 04 ,hahaha
At one time the Cortina was ridiculed. The irony is, they now look stylish & understated compared to modern cars with their bulges, scoops, add-ons & macho spoilers. Great car!
Have you been asleep for the past couple of decades? Alexis Sayle used the Cortina in his Hello John got a new motor video, Maxwell house used a Mk3 with a huge perm on the roof. The list goes on
The Cortina looks far better than modern cars. Its lines are crisp & neat unlike today's cars with their bloated flanks, wobbly snouts & weird headlights. Cortinas are great.
We had a 1983 Cortina 1.6 L (Kent motor). We overhauled the engine, spray-painted it Ford Blue, installed a racing cam, new pistons, Weber twin-barrel carb, mated the engine to a Sierra 5-speed manual transmission and the car went like a bat out of hell. It was one of the first cars I drove.
Well you always fall in love with your first car. In my case it was the 1982 Ford Cortina 1.6GL (reg CAG 742X). Beat the c**p out of my fellow sixth-formers poxy Fiestas and Metros of the time.
It WAS built like a tank. A Montego once reversed into it and smashed itself to bits. Shame about the corrosion. It was much better built than my Sierra on which it was based.
We use to throw our rubbish through the massive rust hole in the floor of my mates parents one when we were kids. Well until it got big enough for us to fall through and they sold it.
This Cortina was never actually called a Mk5, it was really the Cortina "80". Like the Rover SD1, which was actually a Rover 2000 - 2300 - 2600 or 3500 it was one of things that stuck with it!
Indeed - when the replacement (in NZ) Ford Telstar was launched, the head of Ford NZ at the time summarized the Mk5 Cortina by saying that if they had their own way, they would have kept on building the Mk5 - as it was, prior to the end of production Ford NZ scoured the globe for surplus Mk5 CKD packs to build them...
It is interesting to note that the left hand drive version of the Mk5 Cortina, the Ford Taunus was still made in Argentina until 1984 and in Turkey up until 1994! It remained identical to the Mk5 until 1990 and then recieved a restyle and continued in production until 1994.
Ford NZ could have brought in the Sierra hatch as well as the wagon, which, in any event, outsold both the Telstar sedan and hatch. The P100 pickup was sourced from South Africa and dropped when Ford divested.
Definately one of ford's best, The only things I could ever fault them on were the propensity to rust and the appalling fuel consumption. I would love another one. as far as optional extras go, you could have electric windows,mirrors, headlamp washers etc on ghia models but the extra cost was so much you could have a GL granada for the same price. as the majority of cortinas were company cars they were not really ordered with a high spec
The Mk5 Cortina is one of the best looking cars ever produced! They are cool and are fun to drive. If looked after they are reliable and cheap to run.
The features mentioned in this ad were available in the UK rather than elsewhere, but few cars were actually fitted with them. No New Zealand Mk5 Cortinas had the steel sliding sunroof, although I have seen one 1983 2.3 Ghia with electric windows.
Would be nice to see a few more restored original Mk5s on the road..
Yes it was - The Cortina in Aussie had optional straight-6 cylinder motors directly from the Ford Falcon, which the Telstar didn't have. What the Telstar also didn't have was the bad reputation (this was only Australia) the Cortina had for reliability and build quality issues. The Aussie Cortina was good in a straight line, but in Australia the Telstar (though the Cortina was a lot better looking) was a much better car for Ford Australia to build.
I`ve never seen any MK4 or MK5 Cortinas... only pictures of them. I believe none ever made it to Finland. I have 3 MK3s, 2 MK2s and 1 MK1 myself... I`m so crazy about Cortinas that I actually bought one of mine twice! :)
wot a retro ad! my grandad has a really nice mk 5 2.0 Ghia orange with black vinya roof and sunroof we loved riding in it! the estate version he bought afterwards never really was the same or as comfortable.
I own a Ford Cortina Mk5. It is a 1982 and it is Blue. I picked it up from a Town Market (In my Village) for £100 in 2006. It is really fun to drive and it has a Great Sound Track.
CstudiosTV 2 months ago
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streesmut70 6 months ago
Umm my english isn't good ever , please tell that voiceover are speak
streesmut70 7 months ago
the pinto engines were not that great,biggest problem was premature camshaft wear due to lack of oil,not much go either. i had a few,easy to work on though.
blade0954 7 months ago
@NotMarkX This is the 1982 Ford Cortina - by 1984 the Cortina looked old hat when parked alongside a Sierra...
joh2 8 months ago
@joh2 But the Sierra always looked ugly where as the Cortina always looked beautiful.
whitbyjet65 1 week ago
Ford gives you more
streesmut70 9 months ago
1981 ad , No 1984 (present to MY '82)
streesmut70 9 months ago
I loved the MK5 Cortina, they were quite good looking cars back then, and the MK5 was better made than the MK4, they were easy to work on, the seats on the MK5 were very comfortable. While other cars may have been better in certain areas, the Cortina did everything well, not class leading in any one area, but competent in them all, that were the Cortina's strengths.
GRAHAM5020 11 months ago
Just look how good this looks compared to today's bloated, over-styled, vulgar cars. The Mk4 & 5 Cortinas were very elegant designs. It's a shame some car snobs ridicule them and boy racers tart them up these days.
whitbyjet65 1 year ago
Right, if these cars are "Solid and Reliable" then why were they voted "Britains most scrapped car".
VOLVORULEZ1995 1 year ago
@VOLVORULEZ1995 The Vauxhall Cavalier mk2 was britains most scrapped car as was the Morris Marina/Ital. the Cortina was the 5th most scrapped car with 2,000 mk4/5s on the road, i bet their are more Cortinas locked away in barns, sheds, lock ups, Their are always mk4 and 5s on ebay.
WAYNE1977100 1 year ago
@WAYNE1977100 Probably you're right. Father Ted had a nice blue one like. It looked rather immaculate, its still on the road, I've seen it and after at least 29 years, it still looks perfect.
VOLVORULEZ1995 1 year ago
"As solid as a rock, as reliable as time..." yeah, right. That solidity and reliability is the reason Ford Australia turned to Mazda in Japan for its small and medium cars in the early eighties.
JBofBrisbane 1 year ago
I wish that Ford would bring back the Cortina, I would buy a new Cortina if it was on sale today. All these modern 'cars' have no sole, they are just like buying a dvd player or tv (use it for 5 years then scrap it) they are just plastic crap. Bring back the Escort, Orion, Cortina, Granada mk1,2,3, mk1/2 Transit, Consul GT, Sierra, Vauxhall Cavalier mk2,3, Vauxhall Carlton mk1,2, Vauxhall Senator mk1,2. I love old cars and if i won the lottery i would have an aircraft hanger full of Cortinas.
WAYNE1977100 1 year ago
air bags were optional
100imachristian 1 year ago
As I'm sure you know, this video is from Pre-September 1982. After that Ford launched the Sierra across Europe and the cortina looked VERY old VERY quickly.
ascolti 1 year ago
@ascolti 100% Agree. The Ford Cortina did seem to date very fast. Car styling changed a hell of a lot from cars that were on sale at the start of the 1980,s to the end of the 1980,s.
matsui2001 1 year ago
In Australia these things came out standard with 3.3 or 4.1 litre straight sixes lifted from the ford falcons of the time, I had two of em in my earlier years, they where a god damn burnout machine.
dacptn 1 year ago
they only advertised this to try and get rid of the cortina's because the sierra had come out and they sold the cortina's off cheaply ford also made an advert to get rid of the sierra aswell to make way for the new Mondeo
jamie88694 1 year ago
@jamie88694 Yes you are correct. When this advert went out in 1982 they were indeed advertising an "obsolete car" But to be fair anyone buying a brand new car would OR SHOULD have done there "Homework" on the model they are about to buy. If Ford sold them off cheaper and you like the styling on the car then I would still buy it and accept the fact I was buying a car soon to become obsolete.
matsui2001 1 year ago
@matsui2001 i would too they were a great car can you imagine getting a new cortina for a few grand you could still boast you had a new car for very little money if i did buy one back in 1982 it would be the 2.3 V6 Ghia . the thing about buying obsolete cars is many items are roushed like the paintwork i had a Mk2 mondeo one of the last V reg mondeo's there was runs in the paint and some trim not fitted properley there was a crease in the plastic cover near the glass on the front doors
jamie88694 1 year ago
@jamie88694 The 2.3 Ghia V6 was great. I should imagine they are a bit thirsty on petrol
I had a look on eBay UK a few moments ago and there is a very tidy V reg one for sale FTT551V is the reg number. However it is only a 1.6GL and the seller wants a bit too much money for the car. It is not worth £1995.
If you were going to buy one you would have to get one with some spec like the Ghia
Most of the ones that survived until 2010 were "Wax-oiled" from new. They were a great car.
matsui2001 1 year ago
@matsui2001 yes they were the 2.3 V6 had the economy of a 2.0 now a big huge engine my dad had one and loved it
jamie88694 1 year ago
@jamie88694 Another good "Old school" car to consider is the Ford Sierra. As long as you dont want the Cosworth and XR4 versions you can pick these up 2nd hand for peanuts. Ford done a 2.0GT version on a K reg plate just before they were replaced by the Mondeo. It is a forgotten gem. It had the 2.0L Pinto engine fitted. Most of them were silver. I saw a totally "bog standard" 2.0GT last week in Newcastle. It looked like it had avoided being abused by boy racers. I would have had it I tell you.
matsui2001 1 year ago
@matsui2001 yeah the sierra is good too my dad had 2 of them an F reg 1.6 GL and a 1.8 LX which was J reg both great cars we replaced them for a mondeo which was also good towards the end ford injected the sierra engines which made them crap they never used to last my grandad's granada had the 2.0i engine which was injected that blew up at 70k
jamie88694 1 year ago
@matsui2001 The lower spec models are becoming rather thin on the ground too - not 'up-speccing' them is a selling point.
joh2 8 months ago
cant wait to have my 1979 mk5 2.0 ghia s back from the spray shop
sparge2 1 year ago
i love my mark 5 shes a beast :P
ChopGlass 1 year ago
Can't be 1984, the Cortina had been totally replaced by the Sierra in 1982. My dad had a Cortina Mk V, 1980 model...best car he ever had, would go all day flat out in top gear...foot to the floor...and never complain.
absinthedude 1 year ago
i dont rely like them i prefer the sierra
alexander5860 1 year ago
That's the same incidental music they used to play in Chocky! What's it called?
Perranporth 1 year ago
the 2.0l was the most thirsty car on the planet
celticraider1 1 year ago
@celticraider1 Not as thirsty as my Isuzu trooper 3.0 turbo.
iguanna41 1 year ago
Cortina is such a good name.
ionoMaybe 1 year ago
I had a Ford Cortina a 1979 Mk4 1300 and it was actually a very good car, it had been rustproofed from new and i garaged it and the body was still immaculate when i traded it in at 6 years old...for a Capri.
GRAHAM5020 1 year ago
I'm a former mechanic, it such a good car on the old days, solid chassis (i can even sit on bonnet), reliable engine (made of Cast Iron). But their are two defects, heavy steering wheel and gear shift may came off if the bushes worn off.
gearsection 1 year ago
@gearsection
Also void bushes were a classic flaw of the mark 3 onwards cars.
Still a iconic car that i loved.
elli1897 1 year ago
@gearsection Also as a qualified mechanic I 100% agree. These were a DREAM to work on. The repairs were so easy. Even a tough job like changing a cam belt was a doddle on this engine. Modern cars are a nightmare to fix. I say modern cars. Anything made after 1991 for some reason. This is when they started to add stupid electronic shit on the car. It was just so "Jo bloggs" on the street could not repair the car. You have to plug new cars into a computer to tell you the fault. Very sad indeed
matsui2001 1 year ago
yes it is john hurt i had a mk5 cortina on taxis not a problem for this car that was once fords flag shit R I P
transitcoffin 2 years ago
This is one of my favorite cars and i have had a few,if one came up for sale i would buy it,they have style and comfort,1600 big enough for what i wanted it for,and never had a days problem with them
TeddyboyNo1 2 years ago 4
is tht the voice of john hurt by anychance ?
vini0120 2 years ago
circa 84? clearly says 82 in ad! and 82 was last year cortinas were made!
nickthefox72 2 years ago
Solid reliable and comfortable?? HA!! not for long,i can tell you.! I had a Cortina,and so did my dad.Fords age badly,only buy one if your favourite hobby is welding.A car like this will not fare well in todays modern traffic.Oh,and god help you in a traffic jam on a hot summers day!
blaster2012 2 years ago
Are you dum or what?
umulius71 2 years ago
what? How many have you actually owned?
daryl4classic 2 years ago
@blaster2012 I am still driving it ... a 2dr Taunus from 81 to be precise - it is really comfortable - the front suspension on bumps or holes in the road is way better than in my 2006 Mondeo - you don't feel them so much. In todays modern traffic this is a fantastic car but with 1600 or bigger engine - the 1300 is too slow. Hot summer days ? What is the problem ? Open the roof and enjoy ... You got to have balls to drive it in the winter :-) No 3 letter systems and rear wheel drive !
wyrazowfkp 1 year ago
@wyrazowfkp A Taunus?Thats the European version.Probably not made in Dagenham for a start.The Cortinas had the nickname "Dagenham Dustbins" because of rust problems.Like many cars of that era,Cortinas don't like standing in traffic jams when it's hot,as they have a tendancy to overheat and boil over,due to the cooling fan being belt driven from the cam,so when the engine ticks over,so does the fan and it can't shift enough air to keep it cool.Electric fans seem to have eliminated that problem.
blaster2012 1 year ago
@blaster2012 I drive the Cortina's smaller Escort Mk2 counterpart, and it stands up well in modern traffic - including traffic jams on hot days...
I'll agree on the welding point though - the Cortina's rust issues where roadsalt was used sometimes rivalled that of Lancia...
joh2 7 months ago
i just got me a mint mk 5 cortina and it's the meanest, first thing i had to do was pop the bonnet & in the last week it's only broken down twice, why own anything else :)
Oldskoolskidda76 2 years ago 2
Ford Cortina is 1 of my favourite British car! I would like to own one in the future!
Yanamation 2 years ago 2
I wouldn't mind owning one either, I passed my driving test in a 2 litre MK3. The problem is that there's only about 2000 Mk4 and Mk5 models left out of the 1.3 million or so that were sold, largely because they rusted so badly, as did most other cars of that era to be fair. Because of this, surviving original Mk4's and 5's are getting hard to find, especially really mint ones and so prices are on the up.
Paulph04 2 years ago
@Paulph04 You know what you are talking about. They did indeed rust so badly. As did most cars from this era. Back then you could repair the cars easy, So they had to build the cars to last just a set amount of time. Now you see 15 Year old cars without a spot of rust on them, This was unheard of back then. BUT modern cars have built in electronic crap, so the car can only be fixed by plugging it into a laptop with VERY expensive software to tell you the fault. Car manufactures know the score!
matsui2001 1 year ago
A car above comparison but beneath a Mk2 Cavalier
vpole 2 years ago
Until the Mark 2 Cavalier arrived in the autumn of 1981, the Mark V Cortina had the company car market sewn up, Yes there were more reliable Japanese rivals, but the dealers usually weren't big enough to do fleet deals, and the British opposition consisted of the vile Morris Marina/Ital, the underrated Mark 1 Cavalier and the rust prone and badly made Talbots, so the Cortina was the main deal. A mostly reliable, easy to maintain and nice to drive and good looking car, owners liked them.
Glenn1967ful 2 years ago 2
lol and its true the best model is the mk3
fomocoboy 2 years ago
Yeah, the Mk3 is pretty good. I'd go for the Mk4 though, a Mk4 Ghia in a nice metallic colour is a thing of beauty.
Paulph04 2 years ago 2
Best car ever made !
cortina8465 2 years ago 2
Lol, i agree.
daryl4classic 2 years ago
My last Cortina was a MKV 2L Ghia - the same as in this ad. I sold it about 7 years ago for £500 - now it would be worth £2000 beause it was in top condition. Only problem was i sold it to a mate and it got nicked and burnt out .....cuntz.
JABORG666 2 years ago 3
i wish i still had my crusader :-(
marklee1783 2 years ago
In Germany the car was called "Ford Taunus" :-)
interbra32 2 years ago
I drive a black Mk. 5 Cortina estate.
TashkentFox 2 years ago
It says 1982 on the ad twice, so why 1984 in the title. Cortina was replaced by Sierra later the same year.
j4wn 2 years ago 2
I wondered that too ;)
Paulph04 2 years ago
good for father ted so must be a modest car
harry8292 2 years ago 2
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Paulph04 2 years ago
I always interpreted that advert as meaning the Cortina was going to heaven in 1982 as the Sierra was literally a few months away!
RapidAssistant 2 years ago 3
A good cortina with 205 tyres all round corners like on rails.
BFCboi 2 years ago
Did i hear right? solid as a rock? lol..
Nice old cars but solid is not a correct description, my old mans was rotten after a few years.
celtno1 2 years ago
Well they're hardly going to advertise it as a rot box, are they? They were solid cars mechanically. Gave very few problems. They look great today.
digbycurrents 2 years ago 2
Actually it's not a Mark IV or a Mark V (or even a Mark IV series 2).
Within Ford this car was known quite specifically as "Cortina 80". And at the time of this advert the Sierra was only months away - which makes their assertions that this car was "the ultimate" rather shallow and deceitful. The advert should have said - The Cortina, the car that's getting discontinued pretty soon.
usol45 2 years ago 2
the correct name for this model was the mk4 series2 but most people called them a mk5 what stood them out from the earlier cars was the higher roof line and a few other changes, a truly great car and very tunable
kevrs2 2 years ago
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the first car i ever nicked!
missed the last bus home and took one of these that was parked up in knowsley.
the easiest car to nick in history.
steering lock would break as soon as you lean on it and the wires were so simple a 5 year old could start it.
lm145 2 years ago
Bellend
kazimann 2 years ago 2
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All I can say is God bless the Japanese Auto industry from saving us from these.
howee100 2 years ago
this was the highlight of john hurts career with the aids ad coming a close second
n136ha 2 years ago
had an 81 cortina - it was falling to bits! - this was in 1995
michaelleacy 2 years ago
the same could be said of most cars of that era, not just ford. I owned a Lancia in the 80s & it was terrible. My old Cortina was much more reliable.
digbycurrents 2 years ago
tis a mark 5... the year the cortina died :(
postieok7 3 years ago 2
I love these mk4 Cortinas when i was a kid.
jbrian80 3 years ago
the proofs in the pudding , how long was the cortina about,years yet the sierra didnt last to long did it#
DylanOB 3 years ago
The Cortina was discontinued in 1982, stupid, so this advertisment can't be from 1984.
RobertTheDodger654 3 years ago
sort out the image! sheesh....
fishlipsmcgee 3 years ago
Anyone who bought one was a complete mug...a few months later this vastly outdated car was replaced by the far superior Sierra
spencer010973 3 years ago
yes but ford werent gonna tell you that until they'd shifted these. I remember there were some good deals available on the last of the line crusader at the time
mrspivvy 2 years ago
i always thought this car was really ugly
paulhunter123 3 years ago
fuck off
blinkynoo 3 years ago
Monkey magic!
cupcakeflake 3 years ago
Dosn't really show you the car on this advert, clouds ruin it.
trvwatson 3 years ago
circa 1984? He says 1982 twice! Good to see the clip!
PitifulActivity 3 years ago
filmed in narrowscreen
zincdustdust 3 years ago
pah, lol if only they knew lol, ford are shit and dont last even tho thts all i hav owned and still do lol
smitmk3 3 years ago
you obviously are eather unlucky or you dont look after them.
s1njon 3 years ago
the voice-over guy sounds like a serial killer lol...
theeddielang 3 years ago 3
voice over is none other than John Hurt
darrowby1972 3 years ago
00:28: The 1982 Ford Cortina ... I think the information of "circa 1984" can get corrected now ;o)
My uncle had also a Ford Cortina but before of this face lifting. In Germany it was called Ford Taunus.
BattlefieldDoktor 3 years ago
One of the good car ever, also one of my dream car when i was kid. heavy and solid chassis, heavy and lasting engine, I like the steelring wheel design but also heavy when making U turn. In Traditional, Heavy = Good !!
gearsection 3 years ago
They stopped making Cortinas in 82, so it won't be 1984.
tribecatom 3 years ago 2
cofortable as your favorite armchair and as rusty as your old bucket, you have got to admire ford,the built some junk,vvcarbs (bad) oil stavation (pinto) water leaks (very bad) fuel cosumption (bad) void bushes (bad) 1980,s the fwd escorts (dangerous corrosion)orion (dangerous corrosion) some sierras were good but some were v bad for rot. ive worked on them all. but there not to bad now how ford kept the best selling spot? if that was any other car co top gear and the likes would have roasted it
somote68 3 years ago 2
Ford kept the best selling spot because Vauxhall started using Front Wheel Drive for girls and Austin Rover had long since acquired a dreadful reputation back in the '70s as BL.
rct220 3 years ago
I think at the time of the sierra launch though the mk 2 cavalier took the top spot. all the big fleets went to them because Ford had finished making the Cortina they were so in love with
mrspivvy 2 years ago
The 1982 Cortina...circa 1984?
jawajawa350 3 years ago
aww sooo cute i want one butt i want power tooo :(
smithythefierce 3 years ago 2
I find the Cortina in any guise to be a stylish, business-like machine. Look at cars like the mondeo and vectra today - like they have been styled by a kid who then put them on gas mark 6 for an hour.
potstillbill 3 years ago 8
I agree 100%. Modern cars are all bloated jelly moulds with no panache. The Cortina's lines are actually very understated & elegant.
bluesugarmonkeys 3 years ago 3
if u cats want to sii a real corty .... msg me at samcolley257@hotmail bla bla
elhaych4019 3 years ago
i just bought an original 82 16gl from an old guy imaculate still with the manual and service history ,this car rides better than my ol mans c200 merc 04 ,hahaha
bigboyhova 3 years ago
At one time the Cortina was ridiculed. The irony is, they now look stylish & understated compared to modern cars with their bulges, scoops, add-ons & macho spoilers. Great car!
emeraldxm 3 years ago
when was the cortina ever ridiculed?
imagos 3 years ago
Have you been asleep for the past couple of decades? Alexis Sayle used the Cortina in his Hello John got a new motor video, Maxwell house used a Mk3 with a huge perm on the roof. The list goes on
emeraldxm 3 years ago
The brits can make a Ford looks pretty damn fancy.
aneveningrose 3 years ago
I remember those cars I just totally adored them.
Kylie4Eva 3 years ago
my dad had an X reg 1982 model in mint green
misterinley 3 years ago
There were 1,000,000 Cortina MK4 and MK5 models sold in the UK from 1976 but only 2,000 are left!
MidlandNinja 3 years ago
In 1982 the Sierra was received in Germany?? In GB not??
herrputzich 3 years ago
The Sierra was launched Europe-wide in September 1982, including the UK.
freepieanchips 3 years ago
Yes but did you know that the Cortina was in so many stock numbers that the last 7 brand new ones were sold in 1987 in the UK?
Supermirafiori131 3 years ago
Considering it was a top-seller, I'm surprised that was the case (however I have read this on Wikipedia also)
Come to think of it, the Mk5 based P100 pickup was still being sold in 1987...
joh2 2 years ago
they put an oval around the problem of the boot
FATMAN
bp1mpin 3 years ago
This ad is from 1982 not 1984!
knebworth92 3 years ago 2
bring back the cortina!! how cool would that be just like VW have done with the Sirocco!!
Freddiedambrum 3 years ago
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Complete rubbish -- only good for banger racing!
Bogracer 3 years ago
Your knowledge of cars could clearly be written on the back of a postage stamp.
rct220 3 years ago 4
does anyone have the private life of the ford cortina documentary?
yourdustydoll 4 years ago
I have it. Interested?
knebworth92 3 years ago
Relative to the competition, I still prefer the Mk III but back then, in the early 1980s, I thought the Mk V was the business!
luciremagazine 4 years ago
bring em back all the old fords
cezzyowen 4 years ago
The Cortina looks far better than modern cars. Its lines are crisp & neat unlike today's cars with their bloated flanks, wobbly snouts & weird headlights. Cortinas are great.
eggboy1 4 years ago
cortinas ruled
firearmsforkids 4 years ago
We had a 1983 Cortina 1.6 L (Kent motor). We overhauled the engine, spray-painted it Ford Blue, installed a racing cam, new pistons, Weber twin-barrel carb, mated the engine to a Sierra 5-speed manual transmission and the car went like a bat out of hell. It was one of the first cars I drove.
bryanwilliamhenry 4 years ago
I had a 1982 2.0 ghia from new & it was a great car, ntill some git stole it 10 years later & set fire to it.
johncobra99 4 years ago
ihave ford cotina in moroco but not work im like vender car
tanboliko 4 years ago
they were good but compering it to a 1995 ford triStar it seems outdated
hamster700 4 years ago
I have had 5 of them.The BEST CAR EVER MADE PERIOD
williamastanier 4 years ago
great reliable cars, uncomplicated and dead easy to work on. My only complaint was that I found them a bit thirsty
mrspivvy 4 years ago
I loved the Cortina! The Sierra never did it for me.
k9maxie 4 years ago
my Grandad had a orange Ghia with sunroof it was lovely! The sierra was such a crap follow up.
limeyosu 4 years ago
Well you always fall in love with your first car. In my case it was the 1982 Ford Cortina 1.6GL (reg CAG 742X). Beat the c**p out of my fellow sixth-formers poxy Fiestas and Metros of the time.
It WAS built like a tank. A Montego once reversed into it and smashed itself to bits. Shame about the corrosion. It was much better built than my Sierra on which it was based.
rct220 4 years ago
People mock the Cortina but it was a handsome looking car. Put it alongside modern cars & see how cluttered & fussy the new cars look.
emeraldxm 4 years ago
electric sunshine roof?
hokman1 4 years ago
We use to throw our rubbish through the massive rust hole in the floor of my mates parents one when we were kids. Well until it got big enough for us to fall through and they sold it.
Driftithard 4 years ago
One of my earliest memories is the vinyl seats in my old mans mk2 burning my legs, summer 1978 I reckon.
pubtastic 4 years ago
PURE FUCKING LUXURY, LOL
londonguy2007 4 years ago
STYLE
xtraspesh 4 years ago
wat a motor!!
gilljoy 4 years ago
my favourite model..it was popular in finland 1960s
josatinho 4 years ago
cortina rules
terryoo7 4 years ago
Has anyone got the ad from when the Mk5 or "Cortina 80" was launched in 1979?
This ad would date from late 1981 or early 1982 when the 1982 models were launched.
cortina80 4 years ago
I remember a 1979 show called Shelley it stared Hywel Bennett who is the guy doing the commentary on this advert!
gogogadgetcar 4 years ago
The Voice Over (commentary) is John Hurt, the actor. I wrote and art directed the ad. GN
agkniklas99 4 years ago
Scottish? Dont you mean from Derby?
badfelafel 4 years ago
A great car if you are a minicab driver or Scottish.
delboyplonker 4 years ago
This Cortina was never actually called a Mk5, it was really the Cortina "80". Like the Rover SD1, which was actually a Rover 2000 - 2300 - 2600 or 3500 it was one of things that stuck with it!
nightfire620 4 years ago
In spite of Ford themselves referring to it as "Cortina 80" the press, and the public were referring to it as Mk5 upon its 1979 release!
joh2 4 years ago
A bloke who lived near me had a hand-painted estate version.Greatest car I've ever seen in my life.
coopermanisgod 4 years ago
This was Britain's best selling car for much of its life. 1,000,000 were sold from 1976 to 1982, but only 2,000 remain.
Tipton86 5 years ago
The Mk5 Cortina was a much better looking car than the Sierra.
Cortina production continued in New Zealand until mid 1983.
cortina80 5 years ago
Indeed - when the replacement (in NZ) Ford Telstar was launched, the head of Ford NZ at the time summarized the Mk5 Cortina by saying that if they had their own way, they would have kept on building the Mk5 - as it was, prior to the end of production Ford NZ scoured the globe for surplus Mk5 CKD packs to build them...
joh2 2 years ago
It is interesting to note that the left hand drive version of the Mk5 Cortina, the Ford Taunus was still made in Argentina until 1984 and in Turkey up until 1994! It remained identical to the Mk5 until 1990 and then recieved a restyle and continued in production until 1994.
cortina80 2 years ago
Ford NZ could have brought in the Sierra hatch as well as the wagon, which, in any event, outsold both the Telstar sedan and hatch. The P100 pickup was sourced from South Africa and dropped when Ford divested.
kmfw72 2 years ago
From 82 this advert - last year of Cortina production. The Sierra was well established as Fords mid ranger by 84
rickerbycourt 5 years ago
Definately one of ford's best, The only things I could ever fault them on were the propensity to rust and the appalling fuel consumption. I would love another one. as far as optional extras go, you could have electric windows,mirrors, headlamp washers etc on ghia models but the extra cost was so much you could have a GL granada for the same price. as the majority of cortinas were company cars they were not really ordered with a high spec
mrspivvy 5 years ago
The Mk5 Cortina is one of the best looking cars ever produced! They are cool and are fun to drive. If looked after they are reliable and cheap to run.
The features mentioned in this ad were available in the UK rather than elsewhere, but few cars were actually fitted with them. No New Zealand Mk5 Cortinas had the steel sliding sunroof, although I have seen one 1983 2.3 Ghia with electric windows.
Would be nice to see a few more restored original Mk5s on the road..
cortina80 5 years ago
Was This the Telstar's Predecessor in Australia
snoopy99990 5 years ago
Yes it was - The Cortina in Aussie had optional straight-6 cylinder motors directly from the Ford Falcon, which the Telstar didn't have. What the Telstar also didn't have was the bad reputation (this was only Australia) the Cortina had for reliability and build quality issues. The Aussie Cortina was good in a straight line, but in Australia the Telstar (though the Cortina was a lot better looking) was a much better car for Ford Australia to build.
joh2 5 years ago
My Grandad had a Ford Cortina and I used to sit on the armrest! I loved it. Thanks mate.
KevCityboy 5 years ago
Look under the bonnet of a MK5 cortina & any of the latest new models & tell which you would find easiest to work on! no temperamentle electronics.
gogogadgetcar 5 years ago
Yes, there are Taunuses, but I meant that there were no CORTINAS... to me, THE Cortina is a lot different from a Taunus, no matter what... ;D
Lolita1982 5 years ago
I`ve never seen any MK4 or MK5 Cortinas... only pictures of them. I believe none ever made it to Finland. I have 3 MK3s, 2 MK2s and 1 MK1 myself... I`m so crazy about Cortinas that I actually bought one of mine twice! :)
Lolita1982 5 years ago
Yes they likely would have! - They would have been badged as "Ford Taunus"
joh2 5 years ago
whenever I see a mk4 or 5 'tina, I always think of Onslow. The Pope had a mk2 Escort once, I suppose it kind of justifies the heavenly thing
rexroyale 5 years ago
Voice-over done by John Hurt aka The Elephant Man.
imagos 5 years ago
I always preferered the coke bottle ones. Anyway the sierra drove far better and set the whole 90's blobby car look...(OK, not so good...)
kimosaaaabe 5 years ago
wot a retro ad! my grandad has a really nice mk 5 2.0 Ghia orange with black vinya roof and sunroof we loved riding in it! the estate version he bought afterwards never really was the same or as comfortable.
limeyosu 5 years ago
i have a mk5 2.0 ghia, one of many i've owned, the best and most reliable car ever made and if you look after it properly, it wont rust away
blinkynoo 5 years ago
Ford gives you...Sweet f*** all.
buckaroobanzai84 5 years ago
Recall this ad well. Those cars rusted to heaven. Ford even had the gall to produce a two door version...What the hell for?!!!
buckaroobanzai84 5 years ago
the two door mk 5 cortinas were mostly automatic transmission and were mostly 4 disabled people
MOEMONEY1971 4 years ago