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The Taunus was produced in Argentina from 1974 up until the end of 1984, when the production assembly was sold to Turkey to manufacture the Otosan Taunus.

The Otosan factory also came to take over the tools for manufacturing the previously South African-built Cortina mk V-based Ford P100 pick-up truck, although building it with their own loading bed with foldable sides ( reminiscent of the Peugeot U10 ) and its own front end with dual square headlights and a colourmatched grille.

The Argentine models had different engines than the European versions, although the " Pinto " 2. 0L OHC straight four was the base engine.

Options were the North American 2. 3L " Lima " engine which was derived from the " Pinto " engine but they differ in several specs.

The biggest engine available in the Argentine Taunus was an updated version of the lima with an upgraded camshaft, new exhaust headers and a 2 barrel 36 / 36mm Solex carburator.

None of the Argentine models came with 6 cylinder engines.