From 1952 to 1968 all German Fords were called the Taunus, using the model names 12M, 15M, 17M, 20M, and 26M.

Ford Taunus 12M 1952 – 1955

Something else the new Ford Taunus 12M had in common with its British Ford cousins was the retention of an old sidevalve engine at a time when competitors were increasingly moving over to ohc units.

Ford Taunus 12M 1959 – 1962

All cars are called 12M, though both engines are continued ( the car with the bigger engine is called " Taunus 12M 1. 5 litre ").

Ford Taunus 12M P4

The new Ford Taunus 12M P4 was similar in size, but a completely new car based on the Ford Cardinal project.

Ford Taunus 12M P6

In 1967 the 96V4 appeared, with the Ford Taunus V4 engine, a four-stroke 1498 cc V4 engine, originally developed for the 1962 Ford Taunus 12M.

This became quite popular ; cars using this layout included the German Ford Taunus 12M and the Lancia Flavia and Fulvia.

* 1962-1966 Ford Taunus 12M P4

* 1967-1968 Ford Taunus 12M P6

* 1966-1970 Ford Taunus 12M P6

* 1962-1966 Ford Taunus 12M P4

* 1966-1970 Ford Taunus 12M P6

* 1966-1970 Ford Taunus 12M P6

The line of Roman frontier fortifications, the Limes Germanicus, was constructed in the Taunus not far north of Wiesbaden.

On 7 July 1947, Kaller died suddenly of a heart attack in Frankfurt upon Main and was buried besides St. Mary's Church in Königstein in the Taunus.

This vehicle employed the German Ford Taunus V4 engine and was very similar in appearance to the much later Pontiac Fiero.

There was threat of war on other frontiers as well — in Britain, and in Raetia and Upper Germany, where the Chatti of the Taunus mountains had recently crossed over the limes.

The model line was named after the Taunus mountain range in Germany and was first made in 1939 and continued through several versions until 1994.

The Ford Taunus G93A was a development of the Ford Eifel and used the same 1172 cc four cylinder engine but in a longer chassis and a streamlined body.

Taunus was also sometimes adopted as the brand-name in export markets, particularly where British and North American Fords were also available.

The Ford Taunus 17M of 1957 was as long as ( though significantly narrower than ) the British Consul Mk2, but a different car.

In 1970 a new Taunus, the Taunus Cortina ( TC ), was introduced, as a two-or four-door sedan, station wagon ( or Turnier ) and coupé.

Also, the Taunus was available as a coupe, a bodystyle that the Cortina was never made in.

From 1976 Taunus and Cortina models were identical in all but name, ' Taunus ' being the name used in left hand drive ( LHD ) markets, and ' Cortina ' in right hand drive ones, although the Cortina name was used in LHD South Korea and Taiwan.

The Mk III was also sold in Scandinavia, alongside the Taunus.

The Ford Taunus TC series was conceived in the late 1960s to be a " world car " alongside its technical sibling the Cortina Mk III, with construction and design work taking place on both sides of the Atlantic.

The car is often nicknamed " Barock 2 " ( pointing back to the Taunus P2 series of the late 1950s, commonly known as the " Barock-Taunus ") or " The Knudsen Nose " by its German owners because of the pointy hood scoop that, as the legend has it, was put there on direct order from Knudsen.

Meanwhile, the European production tools for the Taunus TC3 4-door sedan was shipped to Turkey for a new lease on life as the Ford-Otosan Taunus beginning production in late 1983.

The Taunus / Cortina was replaced in Europe by the Sierra in late 1982.

The Sierra carried over the Cortina / Taunus OHC Pinto Engines and RWD configuration but was otherwise an all new car with independent suspension all round.

A blue 1948 model Taunus was driven by Steve Forrest in the very first episode of the 1965 TV series The Baron.

The first engine was an 841 cc three-cylinder two-stroke engine, but from 1967 onward, it became available with the same four-stroke Ford Taunus V4 engine as used in the Saab 96, the Saab Sonett V4 and Sonett III, and the German Ford Taunus.

In 1907, Germany staged the first of the Kaiserpreis races at the Taunus Circuit.

Although not the first Ford vehicle to feature front-wheel drive ( the 1960s Taunus produced by Ford of Germany laid claim to that title ), the Fiesta is widely credited as being Ford's first globally successful front-wheel-drive model.

It effectively took the place of several models that Audi had discontinued ( the F103 series, which included the first model designated as an " Audi 80 "), and provided the company with a viable rival to the Opel Ascona and the Ford Taunus.

Also in that year, Ford of Europe ( produced by the merging of Ford national operations in Europe ) launched their first front-wheel-drive small car, the Ford Fiesta, having gained experience from the Ford of Germany 1960s European mid sized Ford Taunus P4 and Ford of Brazil Ford Corcel.

The Ami and the 1961 Ford Taunus were the first vehicles with rectangular ( as opposed to round ) headlamps.

In the first century, the Romans pushed forth to the Taunus.