Talk:Ford Taunus

Marque?
marque=brand name? --Yak 14:24, Mar 13, 2004 (UTC)


 * Yes, exactly. --RivGuySC 17:09, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Picture request
The '52 model in the photo looks more like an old Volvo than the Taunus. I wonder if anyone would add a photo of the more common models? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.216.199.14 (talk) 19:36, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

Use of name in Scandinavia
Taunus was introduced as brand in Scandinavia already in 1937 as name for the German built V8's sold in Scandinavia (maybe assembled in Copenhagen). In a "Ford Nyt" (Ford News) from 1937 the new Taunus was announced together with the Eifel, that was used as brand for the 1172cc's in Scandinavia as well. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dykker5502 (talk • contribs) 04:23, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

Line drawing
Why the fanboy line-drawing? --63.64.174.130 03:27, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Cortina and size
Is the body not bigger than the Cortina? -- maxrspct  ping me  03:34, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

Ford Taunus P4 front wheel drive? I'd thought not
I'm troubled by the following text on the 1962 - 66 Ford Taunus 12M: "...Same size, but a completely new car. New body, new V4 engine, front wheel drive...". Effectively the same assertion turns up, as far as I can make out, in German wiki.

I had thought (from frazzled memory) that Ford in Europe only discovered front wheel drive with the launch of the 1966 - 1970 Taunus 12M P6 1966 - 1970 (and of course after that they changed their minds till the Fiesta turned up: the post 1970 semi-joint Taunus/Cortina and Sierras would remain resolutely rwd till the end). I guess I could look it up. I found already a French language site   http://www.ford-taunus.fr/   which appears to confirm my memory, but (1) I have no idea how authoritative it is and (2) it would be nice to find something on this in English: however I guess there isn't much interest in the Taunus in English speaking countries.

Does anyone with an old service manual or something equivalent know more already? Charles01 (talk) 18:20, 23 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Hello Charles, I don´t have an English source, but the P4 most definitely was the first front-driver of Ford Deutschland (Oswald, Deutsche Autos 1945-1990, p. 374). The project originated in Detroit (code name Cardinal) and was later handed over to Ford Köln. The P6 was a thoroughly redone P4 (Oswald: "The P6 series, introduced in September 1966, showed that Ford Köln was struggling to develop an acceptable automobile out of the original, rather botched US concept."). Cheers, --328cia (talk) 17:44, 30 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Thank you very much.  Interesting.   Regards Charles01 (talk) 17:55, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Ford Taunus made in Belgium
Some units of the Taunus were made in Genk, Belgium. See: http://media.ford.com/plant_display.cfm?plant_id=48. But which generation? And have they any special specifications? --TheAutoJunkie (talk) 05:10, 27 July 2010 (UTC)


 * I found a reference to the Taunus P4 having been assembled both at Cologne (presumably Koeln-Niehl) and at Genk.  That would take us back to the early 1960s.   The model itself was sold between 1962 and 1966, so if the plant opened in 1964 (which is what the link you found says) then the P4 would have started out at the Koeln-Niehl plant and been transferred to the new plant in Limburg over the next couple of years.   The P4 was the first fwd design produced by German Ford who had spent the previous 15 or so years turning out a modern looking car with underpinnings that dated back to the 1930s.  I think the Taunus P4 had originally been designed as an anti-Volkswagen to be constructed in the USA, but maybe the exchange rate moved unexpectedly which is why it ended up being built as a German Ford.   So MAYBE the plant they built at Genk was based on a new plant that they had intended to build in North America but didn't.


 * Several rather critical "ifs" and "buts" in there.  A car plant that size must have employed many thousands of people over the years.   I wonder how one might induce one of them to start an entry on the plant's origins, ideally in English, but even something in German wiki or in Flemish - ok Dutch - wiki would be a whole lot more interesting than what I, for one know about the Genk plant till now.


 * I've no idea how reliable the source is, and I guess it would need more checking out before we put it in a wiki entry, but here's the link anyhow:  http://www.ford-m-modelle.de/p4/index.html


 * If anyone knows more, please tell.  Please.


 * Regards Charles01 (talk) 10:49, 4 July 2011 (UTC)


 * The first 2 letter in the serial number of the European Ford cars from the 70' and 80' tell you where it is produced:
 * BA: England/Dagenham
 * BB: England/Halewood
 * BC: England/Langley
 * GA: Germany/Köln (Cologne)
 * GB: Belgium/Genk
 * GC: Germany/Saarlouis
 * GC: Germany/Saarlouis

Einar Steinsson (talk) 13:40, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

Ford Taunus should not be named "Mark III" like in this article
Mark numbers are used in UK for the sister car Cortina but not for the German/Belgian build Taunus. The traditional naming for Taunus from 1970 is:

1970-1975 Ford Taunus TC (sometimes called TC1 or "Knutsen Taunus") 1976-1979 Ford Taunus TC2 1979-1982 Ford Taunus TC3 (sometimes called Taunus'80) Einar Steinsson (talk) 19:42, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

Changed from Taunus Mark III (1976-1982/1994) to Taunus TC2 (1976-1979) and TC3 (1979-1982 /1994).

Einar Steinsson (talk) 19:33, 26 June 2011 (UTC)