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The remarkable egg - Ford Taunus 17M in the (historical) test

Name: Ford Taunus 17M 1960
Brand: Ford

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Created on December 1, 1960

Text:

Olaf von Fersen

Photos:

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Ford Taunus 17M (1961) - in good condition

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Ford Taunus 17M P3 (1960) - CEO Henry Ford II takes the opportunity to test drive the new Taunus during a factory visit in Cologne in 1960

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Ford Taunus 17 M P3 (1960) - "Line of reason"

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Ford Taunus 17M (1961) - speeding through the bend - brochure illustration

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Ford Taunus 17M (1961) - postcard subject

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Ford Taunus (1961) - the line of reason - advertising for Ford

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Ford Taunus 17M (1962) - Test drive in Lignières

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Ford Taunus 17M (1960) - line (of reason) from the wind tunnel, like an egg

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Ford Taunus 17M (1961) - at a presentation

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Ford Taunus 17M (1961) - offered in Italy in three variants

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Ford Taunus 17M (1962) - as a station wagon

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Ford Taunus Turnier 17M (1960) - Presentation of the station wagon at the Turin Motor Show

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Ford Taunus 17M (1960) - cornering at high speed

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Ford Taunus 17M (1962) - lends cover in a snowball fight

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Ford Taunus 17M Turnier (1961) - when you were still allowed to smoke in advertising ...

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Ford Taunus 17M (1961) - on the road in a two-door car with sliding roof

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Ford Taunus 17M (1961) - better visibility thanks to panoramic windshield

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Ford Taunus 17M (1961) - the four-door from the side

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Ford Taunus 17M (1961) - in the middle the new model, on the left the Ford Falcon, on the right its predecessor

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Ford Taunus TS (1961) - Test drive with the sporty top model

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Ford Taunus 17M (1961) - four-door version

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Ford Taunus 17M (1961) - two-door with sunroof

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Ford Taunus 17M (1961) - front view with the two dominating headlights

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Ford Taunus 17M (1961) - Posing in the rain

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Ford Taunus 17M (1961) - View of the individual front design

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Ford Taunus 17M (1961) - wide-opening doors

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Ford Taunus 17M (1961) - View of the interior

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Ford Taunus 17M (1961) - driver's seat folded forward

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Ford Taunus 17M (1961) - plenty of space in the trunk

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Ford Taunus 17M (1961) - Fuel filler neck behind the license plate

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Ford Taunus 17M (1961) - almost perfect all-round visibility

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Ford Taunus 17M (1961) - elegant rounded front design

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Ford Taunus 17M (1961) - oval headlights

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Ford Taunus 17M (1961) - massive buffers

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Ford Taunus 17M (1961) - Four-cylinder engines

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Ford Taunus 17M (1961) - when the forester with the family ...

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Ford Taunus 17M (1962) - in TS version with 10 more horsepower and more equipment

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Ford Taunus 17M (1961) - the differences between the standard and TS models

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Summary

The new Ford Taunus 17M was a highly remarkable new car from Cologne, wrote Olaf von Fersen in his test in December 1960, after he had subjected the new car to extensive test drives. The Taunus was indeed refreshingly different. Not everything was perfect, but many things were at least significantly better than its predecessor. This article reproduces the original test report from 1960 and shows the rounded Ford Taunus 17M in many historical pictures and in the sales literature of the time.

This article contains the following chapters

Solid base
Effortless driving
Highway and city
Light and shade
How it drives
A sensible car
Who has the choice . . .
Technical data and test results

Estimated reading time: 13min

Preview (beginning of the article)

At a time when the trapezoidal line is à la mode in cars, the Ford plants in Cologne have summoned up the courage to launch a new body style. At Ford, the trapezoid is a thing of the past; the egg is the new trend. Although the wind played an important role in the Ford engineers' considerations, the result is - forgive the silly pun - anything but a wind egg. The previous 17 M was only three years old. It enjoyed a good reputation as a mature vehicle, and it was bought. The reasons for replacing this model with a new design after a relatively short service life must have been very weighty. This is exactly what the indicator on the vehicle scales shows: the Egg is around 80-100 kg lighter than the Trapeze. At the same time, the structure of the new car body is stiffer, even for the layman. The "working" of the body on rough roads, still noticeable in the predecessor, has disappeared in the new version.

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