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Pirate with many advantages - Ford Consul Corsair in (historical) test

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Created in 1963

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David Phipps

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Ford Consul Corsair (1963) - Silhouette

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Ford Consul Corsair (1963) - Design details

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Ford Consul Corsair (1963) - space for all sorts of things in the trunk

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Ford Consul Corsair (1963) - De Luxe version on the beach

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Ford Corsair (1964) - replaces the Ford Consul 315 and is offered as a coach and sedan - Geneva Motor Show 1964

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Ford Consul Corsair (1963) - on the Ford stand at the Paris Motor Show in October 1963

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Ford Consul Corsair (1963) - elegant four-door sedan

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Ford Consul Corsair (1963) - Deluxe version

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Ford Corsair GT (1963) - Premiere at the Paris Motor Show

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Ford Consul Corsair (1963) - rear view of the De Luxe version

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Ford Consul Corsair (1963) - Interior of the GT variant

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Ford Consul Corsair (1963) - Interior of the GT version

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Ford Corsair GT (1964) - Combination speedometer and rev counter round instrument - Geneva Motor Show 1964

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Ford Consul Corsair (1963) - Cockpit of the left-hand drive GT version

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Ford Consul Corsair (1963) - Rev counter for the GT

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Ford Consul Corsair (1964) - Cockpit of the GT version

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Ford Consul Corsair (1963) - rear side of the instrument display - first use of a printed circuit in a British vehicle

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Ford Consul Corsair (1963) - Transparency drawing

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Ford Consul Corsair (1963) - the engine and gearbox with retracted gear lever

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Ford Consul Corsair (1963) - Drive train and suspensions

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Ford Consul Corsair (1963) - View into the engine compartment of the GT version

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Ford Consul Corsair (1963) - View under the hood of the GT version

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Ford Consul Corsair (1963) - Carburetor without mounted air filter

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Ford Consul Corsair (1963) - Battery and ignition distributor

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Ford Consul Corsair (1963) - View of the interior from the passenger side

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Ford Consul Corsair (1963) - with double names

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Ford Consul Corsair (1963) - Rear section

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Ford Consul Corsair (1963) - curved lettering

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Ford Consul Corsair (1964) - Rear section

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Ford Consul Corsair (1963) - side-mounted spare wheel

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Ford Consul Corsair (1963) - View into the trunk

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Summary

In the early 1960s, the British market developed a need for a car that combined the advantages of a large saloon with the maneuverability of a much more compact car. To satisfy this demand, the British Ford subsidiary brought the Consul Corsair onto the market. Although the four-door model was primarily intended for the British market, the car was also extensively tested for German readers. This article reproduces the original wording of the test report at the time and shows the car in many historical pictures and in a rare information brochure from the manufacturer.

This article contains the following chapters

Sophistication and manageability combined
Standard, de Luxe and GT
Free of tangled cables
Better than on paper
Impressive driving performance
Technical and test data

Estimated reading time: 10min

Preview (beginning of the article)

The new Ford from England has a dangerous name. It is called Corsair, which means corsair or, if you prefer, pirate. The reason for this name, however, is not to be found in the dangerous nature of this new product from the British Ford subsidiary. The construction of the car's production facility ran parallel to the development of the Corsair. Ford had a new factory built in Liverpool, a city that currently has the highest unemployment rate in England and which had become wealthy centuries ago thanks to the pirates, or Corsairs in English - and now you realize what I'm getting at. Ford gave its new product this evocative name because it was believed that new jobs - today there are already 6000 - would also bring prosperity back to Liverpool. So much for that.

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