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Ford Corsair

Ford Consul Corsair
Ford Consul Corsair1965.jpg
Overview
Manufacturer Ford UK
Production 1963–1970
Assembly Halewood, England (1964-1969)
Dagenham, England (1969-1970)
Body and chassis
Body style 4-door saloon
2-door saloon
2-door convertible
2-door cabriolet
5-door estate car
Layout FR layout
Powertrain
Engine
Dimensions
Wheelbase 101.0 in (2,565 mm)
Length 176.75 in (4,489 mm)
Width 63.5 in (1,613 mm)
Height 55.5 in (1,410 mm)
Kerb weight 2,194 lb (995 kg)
Chronology
Successor Ford Cortina mark 3
Ford Corsair (UA)
1989-1992 Ford Corsair (UA) GL sedan 02.jpg
Ford Corsair (UA) GL sedan
Overview
Manufacturer Nissan Australia
Production 1989–1992
Assembly Clayton, Australia
Body and chassis
Body style 4-door sedan
5-door hatchback
Layout FF layout
Related Nissan Pintara
Powertrain
Engine 1,974 cc CA20E I4
2,389 cc KA24E I4
Chronology
Predecessor Ford Telstar
Successor Ford Telstar

The name Ford Corsair was used both for a car produced by Ford of Britain between 1963 and 1970 and for an unrelated Nissan based automobile marketed by Ford Australia between 1989 and 1992.

The Ford Consul Corsair (later known simply as the Ford Corsair), manufactured by Ford UK, is a midsize car that was introduced at the London Motor Show in October 1963 and available as either a saloon or estate from 1964 until 1970. There was also a convertible version built by Crayford, which is now very rare and highly sought after as a classic. Two-door Corsair saloons are also rare, being built only to order in the UK, although volume two-door production continued for some export markets. Only one example of the fleet model, the Consul Corsair Standard, is known to exist.

The Corsair replaced the Consul Classic range and was essentially a long wheelbase re-skinned Cortina (the windscreen and much of the internal panelling was the same). The Corsair had unusual and quite bold styling for its day, with a sharp horizontal V-shaped crease at the very front of the car into which round headlights were inset. This gave the car an apparently aerodynamic shape. The jet-like styling extended to the rear where sharply pointed vertical light clusters hinted at fins. The overall styling was shared with the early 1960s Ford Thunderbird. This American styling cue was originally inspired by a styling study for the upcoming 1960 Ford Taunus in Germany that Ford designer Elwood Engel saw on a visit. He utilized its front end design in both the 1961 Thunderbird and Lincoln Continental.

The car was initially offered with the larger 60 bhp (45 kW), single carburettor, 1.5 L Kent engine that was also used in the smaller Cortina, in standard and GT form. The range was revised in September 1965, adopting new Ford Essex V4 engines, making it rough at idle and coarse on the road. This engine was available in 1663 cc form at first, but later in 1966, a larger 2.0 litre L version was offered alongside. One marketing tag line for the V4 models was "The Car That Is Seen But Not Heard", which was a real stretch of the ad man's puff, given the inherent characteristics of the engine. The other tag was "I've got a V in my bonnet". A 3.0 litre conversion using the Ford Essex V6 engine was one of the options available via Crayford Engineering.


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