Ford "Knudsen" Taunus Coupé (Cortina Mk3) - Driving With Gloves

In this episode from Driving With Gloves Cor is driving the so called Knudsen Taunus from 1972. It was a very popular car in Europe. And in the British form called Cortina it was even Britain's best selling car from 1972.
Many thanks to Auto Vogel & Partner AG for lending this piece of European car history.
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[@jonspivey5627]

Lived in Germany and always preferred the 2l v6 (not available on the Cortina) over the pinto 4 cylinder. The pinto had about 12bhp more than the Cologne lump but was less refined. And that one you are driving sounds as though the cam is on its way out.

[@Cortinaman63]

I have owned a 1974 Mk.3. Ford Cortina 44 years, (bought it back in 1976 with only 250 miles on the clock from new!) it was an Ex-Ford Motor Company promotional car,(the ONLY surviving promo car) and I am restoring her on my channel, so I very much enjoyed your video, of this lovely Taunus Coupe version, as the condition of the car looks beautiful, In total I own 3x Mk,3,s, the other two are a 1974 2000E, owned 24 years, and recently bought 1975 Cortina L, so as you can tell I LOVE these cars.. and like you remember them brand new on the roads when I was a child, nice shots of the car in nice locations in your video, and well presented so gets a like from me!.

[@DrivingwithGloves]

Thank you very much for these compliments. Especially because you really seems to be an expert.

[@johnlarsson4717]

Nice to see that some of these good looking coupés have survived

[@DrivingwithGloves]

Yes this one is in very good nick. Although during filming the engine did not run very smooth. But that problem is solved now.

[@berndschwuchow4757]

What a great car 😏😏 I have the same one in brown metallic which i had 35 years ago!!

[@bogdan1592]

Very good presentation, Cor, well done! The Swiss landscape and Lucern are amazing 👍. As for the overall design of this car, well, you have to look at it from the right angle : it was a period when European sport coupés models from Ford or Opel simply looked like the poor cousin of the American ones.

[@DrivingwithGloves]

Thank you very much Bogdan. Although I agree with you that the American cousin Ford Mustang Fastback, I mean the 1967 model, is simply beautiful, I think that this GXL Fastback is also nice to look at. And since I have driven a Ford Mustang from 1966, this Taunus is way better to drive, but it is missing the V8 sound from the Mustang. And also the Opel fastbacks from that time I adore. The Manta, Rekord Sprint, Commodore GS and the GT. But I like also the Corvette C3 Stingray between 1968 and 1972. But I have not driven the Corvette C3 Chrome jet, so I can't judge the ride.

[@gringo77345]

Great video, great car.

[@DrivingwithGloves]

Thank you very much!

[@fredmacdonald7752]

Funky music, funky car, funky hair!

[@DrivingwithGloves]

Yes Fred, it is Motown time 😉

[@ColourcorrectionFilm]

Hi Cor, Via een zoektocht naar informatie over de Lancia Montecarlo ben ik je kanaal tegengekomen en ik vind het geweldig. Als 22 jarige autogek (en nederlander) is het hartstikke leuk om je in klassieke auto's te zien rijden waar ik zelf nu alleen nog maar van kan dromen. De content (de auto's, de informatie en het commentaar) van je kanaal maken het erg interessant, maar een eerlijk punt van kritiek is wel dat je filmpjes soms wat amateuristisch zijn afgemaakt mbt het ontwerp en de montage. Ik denk dan ook echt dat met een strakkere vormgeving je kanaal zou kunnen groeien en meer mensen kunnen genieten van de videos. Zelf kan ik goed overweg met programma's voor grafische vormgeving en ook een beetje video monteren (het zijn hobby's van me) en het lijkt me erg leuk om wat dingen in elkaar te zetten voor je kanaal (strak logo, introfilmpje, misschien wat hulp met montage) Ik ben benieuwd of je je in mijn mening kan vinden en of je interesse hebt in wat vernieuwing :) Als je interesse hebt kun je me gewoon een berichtje sturen en kunnen we kijken wat kan. Geld hoef ik niet, ik hou gewoon van auto's en het lijkt me gewoon leuk. Groeten, Bas

[@DrivingwithGloves]

Dag Bas, leuk dat het je bevalt. Met kritiek kan ik goed omgaan en ik weet dat je gelijk hebt. Ik moet je eerlijk vertellen, dat ik gewoon twee jaar geleden ben begonnen en in het vegin filmde ik uitsluitend met mijn mobiele telefoon. Het editen doe ik ook met mijn mobiele telefoon. Vorig jaar maakte ienand uit Frankrijk het intro logo voor me, wat ik al een geweldig idee vond. De laatste tijd heb ik daadwerkelijk besloten, ofschoon ik er nog geen cent mee verdien het toch een beetje professioneler te doen. Daarom neem ik me momenteel meer tijd voor het editen. Maar het bevalt me om mobiel mijn videos te editen, want mijn mobieltje heb ik er altjjd bij. Hier kun je mij bereiken: [e-mail]

[@Bonzoguy66]

They made them, in Brazil, until 1984 , I think

[@neilmustow368]

A car we never had in the UK not in the MK 3 Cortina range only the saloon and estate

[@HGSolberg]

1.6 liter Pinto in a GXL? I though all GXLs had either a 2 liter Pinto or a 2 liter Cologne V6.

[@DrivingwithGloves]

@@HGSolberg probably it depended on the country where it was sold?

[@HGSolberg]

@@DrivingwithGloves Possibly.

[@RUfromthe40s]

i just don´t understand i had both the cortina and the taunus they had diferent body´s ,here they call the taunus a cortina mkIII, strange ,the cortina had more round shapes in the body and the the taunus had more rect angles in the body almost no curves both are the GXL , the taunus was the model above the cortina than the granada

[@Bonzoguy66]

This is a Taunus, not a Cortina . The Cortina, was the UK version of the german Taunus , but never made in coupe .

[@Alexx-kn2bp]

QUE MODELO DE TAUNUS ES?

[@DrivingwithGloves]

Ford Taunus GXL 1972

[@Alexx-kn2bp]

@@DrivingwithGloves y cual es la doferencia del GT ???

[@DrivingwithGloves]

@@Alexx-kn2bp es una combinación entre el GT y el XL, además de un techo de vinilo y cromo en el lateral

[@ddogesmile5915]

My Dad has the same Car , he told me the first owner was some Knudsen Guy or sum idk

[@AntonioFernandesportugal]

Engine runs rougth it's not normal it should be a lot more smooth ... nice car anyway

[@DrivingwithGloves]

You are completely right about that. They did not have the time to repair it, since I made the appointment for filming and the problem occured just before I arrived. But overal a vety nice car to drive, if you do not expect it to be a sports car

[@juliancaston9598]

The old pinto engine shortcomings...a worn camshaft and followers .

[@chubbyroyston3880]

Shame we didn't get the same styling here in UK

[@DrivingwithGloves]

Well the Cortina was not bad either, was it?

[@bogfinken]

@@DrivingwithGloves The Cortina Mk 3 was so appealing, still is!

[@almz4018]

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