* Wachtturm-Gesellschaft, Selters / Taunus, Germany

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.

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.

Even though the Taunus / Cortina is not a usual sight anymore in many countries where it used to be a best-seller, it is indeed pretty common in Argentina, where a number of Clubs keep the cars in top condition, but it is also a regular transport with many families in the country.

In the beginning the Sierra used engines and transmissions from the Taunus / Cortina.

But the Adlerberg cemetery of Hofheim / Taunus, ( Germany ) contained the burial of a male who had died from an arrow-shot, the stone arrow-head still being located in his arm.

The Ascona was developed as a competitor to the successful Ford mid-sized cars, the Ford Taunus / Ford Cortina.

The Sierra was introduced as a replacement for the aging Ford Cortina / Ford Taunus, which was a bold move at the time considering that the Cortina / Taunus was one of Ford's best-selling cars.

* 1970 – 1982 Ford Taunus ( engine codes JAA / JCA, JAC / JCC, JAR / JCR )

* 1970 – 1982 Ford Taunus / Ford Cortina ( engine codes LAA, LAD, LAR )

* 1970 – 1982 Ford Taunus / Ford Cortina ( engine codes LCA, LCJ, LCR )

* 1976 – 1982 Ford Taunus / Ford Cortina S / GLS / Ghia S ( engine codes LEC, LEE )

One was used on the 1970 – 1982 Ford Taunus export version to Sweden — fitted with the Weber DGAV 32 / 32 carburetor and compression ratio lowered to 8. 2: 1 in order to meet the rigorous emission specifications it delivered of power and of torque.

* 1974 – 1982 Ford Taunus / Ford Cortina ( engine codes NEG, NER )

In automobiles, the Taunus V4 was replaced by the Ford OHC / Pinto engine.

Melanistic specimen are quite typical for the Großer Feldberg | Großer Feldberg / Taunus mountain in Germany

The four towers at the Feldberg / Taunus transmitter site

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 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.

As from the 1976 model year the Taunus and Cortina were almost identical, apart from regional variations ( in terms of specification changes and trim levels ).

Internally, they were defined by the setting of the driver ´ s place-LHD ( left-hand drive ) cars were badged Taunus while RHD ( right-hand drive ) cars were badged Cortina, disregarding the country of origin.

The major components of the European Taunus " TC2 "/" TC3 " and Cortina Mk 4 ( of the 1979-82 series often referred to as Mk 5 although that has never been the official term ) remained basically the same through the entire production run only receiving minor body changes with the biggest re-engineering in the 1979 model year, which involved a facelift ( identical to the Ford Cortina Mk 5 update ).

The Taunus TC along with the Cortina Mk III and their successors have been produced in slightly updated forms in Europe, Argentina and widely across Asia by Ford or their local co-operators.

The Taunus and Cortina models are very easy to service and share a lot of mechanical components with the other European Ford cars of the period ( excluding the Ford Fiesta ), making them extremely easy to fix, although they are now a rare sight in even the markets where they were most popular.

By 1976, when the revised Taunus was launched, the Cortina was identical.

In fact, this new Taunus – Cortina used the doors and some panels from the 1970 Taunus.

In the late 1960s, Ford set about developing a third-generation Cortina, which would be produced in higher volumes than before, and following the recent merger of Ford of Britain and Ford of Germany into the modern-day Ford of Europe, the car marked the convergence of the German Taunus and British Cortina platforms with only minor differences between the two, hence the car's internal name TC1, standing for Taunus-Cortina.

Its sister car-the Taunus TC-sold in continental Europe was subtly different in appearance, having different door skins and rear wing pressings that toned down the drooping beltline in order to lose the " coke-bottle " appearance of the Cortina.

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 Taunus 12M presented in 1952 was the first new German Ford after World War II.

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.

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

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

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

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.