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Ford Cortina series 4 and 5 (1977–1984)

Model: Cortina 1.6 GL

0–100 km/h: 13.7 seconds

Top speed: 154 km/h

Fuel index: 7.97 L/100 km (at 100 km/h)

Price: R6 875

CAR test: February 1981 (seven others from 1977 to 1983)

This was the swansong for the car named after an Italian town in the Alps called Cortina d’Ampezzo.

It grew in size, like many of its ilk, until it resembled the larger Granada. Then it was time for something smaller in the shape of

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