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Ford 12 M TS in (historical) test - the second wind

Name: Ford 12M TS 1963
Brand: Ford

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Created on March 15, 1963

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Olaf von Fersen

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Ford Taunus 12 M (1963) - relentless test drivers

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Ford Taunus 12 M (1964) - the TS causes a stir

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Ford Taunus 12 M (1963) - at DM 5600 the cheapest 1500 on the market

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Ford Taunus 12 M Coupé (1963) - overall higher quality equipment and fastening points for the seat belts

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Ford Taunus 12 M (1963) - Interior with TS equipment

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Ford Taunus 12 M (1964) - as a four-door sedan

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Ford Taunus 12 M (1964) - two-door version

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Ford Taunus 12 M (1964) - the sporty version TS

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Ford Taunus 12 M (1964) - three-door and sporty as TS

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Ford Taunus 12 M TS (1963) - front-wheel drive car with a 1.5-liter V4 cylinder engine and 62 SAE horsepower

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Ford Taunus 12 M (1962) - with flat rear window

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Ford Taunus 12 M P4 (1963) - at the beginning of the record drives - still clean and undamaged

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Ford Taunus 12 M P4 (1963) - on a record run - 24 were driven in

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Ford Taunus 12 M P4 (1963) - the rollover had optical consequences

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Ford Taunus 12 M (1966) - Space saving thanks to V-engine, good accessibility despite low position - Geneva Motor Show 1966

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Ford Taunus 12 M (1964) - the short V4 engine

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Ford Taunus 12 M (1963) - cutaway model of the V4 engine

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Ford Taunus 12 M (1963) - the V4 engine for the front-wheel drive car

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Ford Taunus 12 M (1963) - the inner workings of the V4 engine (40 hp at 4500 rpm)

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Ford Taunus 12 M (1963) - Sectional drawing of the V4 engine

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Ford Taunus 12 M (1962) - Front axle design and engine

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Ford Taunus 12 M (1962) - proven design - front-wheel drive with transverse leaf springs

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Ford Taunus 12 M Coupé (1963) - when people were still drawing cars

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Ford Taunus 12 M Coupé (1963) - elegant variant for sportier natures

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Ford Taunus 12 M Coupé (1963) - on the move

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Ford Taunus 12 M (1964) - Coupé with sweeping roof line

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Ford Taunus 12 M Coupé (1963) - with the V4 engine with 55 hp and front-wheel drive

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Ford Taunus 12 M Coupé (1963) - the coupé is a real four-seater

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Ford Taunus 12 M Coupé (1963) - converted into a coupé with a flatter rear window (see-through drawing)

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Ford Taunus 12 M estate (1965) - The boat has to go on the roof. But there is enough space in the load compartment for the rest of the equipment

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Summary

While the nature of the normal Ford Taunus 12 M was that of a mild, gentle breeze, the 12 M TS launched in 1962 behaved like a storm of medium hurricane force. Behind the inconspicuous model designation was a nippy compact in a Biedermann coat, which also showed the taillights to its larger Taunus relatives. Why the test car still amazed and what defects one had to be prepared for almost 60 years ago can be read in the historical test report from 1963 with a collection of pictures and sales literature from that time.

This article contains the following chapters

We have to make a correction
Better equipment - more comfort
"Second wind" kicks in strongly at 80 km/h
Brilliant power transmission
This brings us to the driving characteristics:
Braking good, but not tough
Detail quality could be better
Is it worth the money?
Technical data and test results

Estimated reading time: 15min

Preview (beginning of the article)

The 12 M TS that the Ford works gave us for testing in February had such surprising performance that we felt compelled to ask the Ford works for explicit assurance that our test car was a standard vehicle. The reply we received from Cologne had the following wording: "I am happy to confirm, in lieu of oath if you wish, that the Taunus 12 M TS test car provided to you is a completely normal production car. I can also confirm that the engine of this car has neither been specially selected nor run in beforehand. On the contrary, there are one or two Taunus 12 M TS test cars that are even faster. Christoph Schmitt Press Manager of Ford-Werke AG.

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