While Ford has offered innumerable U.S.-market sporty models over the years, only the Mustang has really entered our public consciousness. Not so on the other side of the Atlantic, where the “fast ...

The Lotus version of the Ford Cortina and the BMW 02 Series (not to be confused with the much later 2 Series) are two ...

Launched in 1962, the Cortina went on to become one of Ford's most iconic European nameplates. But more importantly, it spawned the Lotus Cortina, a race-prepped version engineered by Colin Chapman, ...

It's built by Ford, but no one uses that name when referring to the first-generation Lotus Cortina. Between 1963 and 1966, Ford and Lotus cranked out over 3,300 of them, and Jay Leno's chief ...

In the 1960s, North America got the Ford Mustang, and Europe... also got the Ford Mustang, sort of. But in addition to the quintessentially American pony car, Ford of Europe offered the Ford Cortina, ...

In 1945, young Henry Ford II was handed the keys to the empire that his grandfather built (and nearly ran out of business, twice). With the help of a handful of Ivy Leaguers known as the "Whiz Kids," ...

Ford and Lotus held hands for a brief time during the previous century, with their relationship resulting in the birth of the first-gen Lotus Cortina. Assembled in the United Kingdom from 1963 to 1970 ...

Cortina Savages command similar sums; one of those sold at auction for £22,500 last December. Watch out for fakes parading as ...

Mihai has even branched beyond the usual confines of an automotive writer from time to time, however, his heart is still close to anything car-related. He's most at home retelling the story of some ...