The Last Ford Taunus. The Final Cortina. An updated car saw the light in the autumn of 1979, and by 1982, it would make way for a radically new car named Ford Sierra. The Taunus' story doesn't end here; it was destined for a fairly long afterlife. Today, we're flipping through old magazines to uncover what this car was like in the early 1980s: outdated or conservative?
On the air: Ford Taunus TC3, also known as Ford Cortina Mk5. The year 1979...

00:00 • 1979
00:32 • Debut of the Ford Taunus '80 in 1979
02:36 • First Encounter with the Ford Taunus '80 in West Germany
09:50 • Test of the Ford Taunus 2.0 GL R4 and 2.3 GLS V6 in West Germany
11:30 • Ford Cortina in the United Kingdom
12:19 • Ford Cortina Mk V in the United Kingdom
20:53 • Sales of the Ford Taunus TC3 in West Germany
21:51 • Life after Life: Argentina, Turkey, South Africa
22:40 • Foreign Cars in the Former USSR
23:57 • Buying a Foreign Car in 1991
25:27 • Afterword

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