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A chameleon on wheels - Ford Consul 315 from 1961

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Created on December 1, 1961

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Hanno Parsifal

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Ford Consul 315 (1961) - the "Classic" as a two-door model

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Ford Consul 315 (1961) - in front of church walls in Zurich

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Ford Consul 315 (1961) - spacious and practical

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Ford Consul 315 (1961) - easy-grip steering wheel with recessed hub, easy-to-read gauges

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Ford Consul 315 (1961) - proven suspension design with strut and front disc brake

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Ford Capri (1961) - mullionless windows on the coupé version of the Consul 315

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Ford Consul (1960) - predecessor of the Consul 315

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Ford Consul 315 (1961) - as a two-door model

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Ford Consul 315 (1961) - the "Classic" as a four-door car in an airport environment

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Ford Consul 315 (1961) - individually shaped body, here as a four-door model

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Ford Consul 315 (1961) - proud of the front design and the front disc brakes

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Ford Consul 315 (1961) - Steering wheel and dashboard

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Ford Consul 315 (1961) - Interior

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Ford Capri (1962) - at the Geneva Motor Show

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Ford Capri (1962) - the classically shaped coupé also appeals to women

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Ford Capri (1961) - the coupé based on the Consul is also an option for the businessman

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Summary

In 1961, the car markets were still largely closed, and some vehicles were not (yet) available in Germany, for example. The magazine 'hobby' therefore traveled to Switzerland to test the English Ford Consul 315, which promised to be a car for today and tomorrow. The original test report is reproduced in this vehicle report, supplemented by historical illustrations.

This article contains the following chapters

Not available in Germany
Test drive in Zurich
Open challenge to the Fiat 1300
Over mountain passes and gravel roads
Rear axle on the road
Sporty suspension
Typical Ford gearbox
Functional and practical equipment
Increased safety thanks to disc brakes
Test results

Estimated reading time: 4min

Preview (beginning of the article)

In photos, it looks big and powerful, like a car in the size class of the 17 M. Standing in front of it, it seems to shrink down to the size of a Dauphine! If you sit in it, you feel like you're in a mid-range car; if you open the trunk, you think you have an American road cruiser in front of you. A true chameleon on wheels! In order to gain these insights, we had to take a trip to Switzerland, because in Cologne 12 M and 17 M leave no room for the chameleon from Dagenham, so the new car can only be viewed and bought abroad. The management of the Ford branch in Zurich gave us a Consul 315 to test, whose 54-DIN horses we drove at a gallop over hill and dale and not least through downpours. We discovered that the name 'Consul' is misleading in terms of displacement and technical development, as the 315 is more of a larger Anglia.

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