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Revolution in Cologne: The new Ford Taunus 17M (P3 in historical test)

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Created on November 1, 1960

Reading time 8min

Written by:

Günther Gebhardt

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Ford Motor Company

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Ford Taunus 17M (1961) - Postkarten-Sujet

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Ford Taunus 17M (1960) - auf dem Titelblatt von 'hobby'

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Ford Taunus 17 M P3 (1960) - "Linie der Vernunft"

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Ford Taunus 17M (1960) - charmant präsentiert

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Ford Taunus 17M (1960) - in rasanter Kurvenfahrt

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Ford Taunus 17M (1960) - Präsentation für die Presse, noch ist der Wagen verhüllt

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Ford Taunus 17M (1961) - zweitürig mit Schiebedach

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Ford Taunus 17M (1961) - Frontansicht mit den beiden dominiertenden Scheinwerfern

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Ford Taunus 17M (1961) - zusammen mit dem Ford Falcon aus den USA

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Ford Taunus 17M (1961) - in der Mitte der Neue, links der Ford Falcon, rechts der Vorgänger

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Ford Taunus 17M (1961) - Blick ins Interieur

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Ford Taunus 17M (1961) - vorgeklappter Fahrersitz

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Ford Taunus 17M (1961) - weit öffnende Türen

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Ford Taunus 17M (1961) - viel Platz im Kofferraum

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Ford Taunus 17M (1961) - Tankstutzen hinter dem Nummernschild

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Ford Taunus 17M (1961) - viertürige Variante

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Ford Taunus 17M (1961) - elegante rundliche Frontgestaltung

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Ford Taunus 17M (1961) - ovale Scheinwerfer

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Ford Taunus 17M (1961) - Posieren im Regen

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Ford Taunus 17M (1961) - rundliche Formen dominierten auch die Heckansicht

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Ford Taunus 17M (1961) - der Viertürer von der Seite

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Ford Taunus 17M (1961) - wenn der Förster mit der Familie ...

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Ford Taunus 17M (1961) - flott durch die Kurve - Prospektillustration

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Ford Taunus 17M (1961) - Blick auf die individuelle Frontgestaltung

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Ford Taunus 17M (1961) - Linie der Vernunft

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Ford Taunus 17M (1961) - unterwegs im Zweitürer mit Schiebedach

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Ford Taunus 17M (1961) - bessere Sicht dank Panorama-Windschutzscheibe

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Ford Taunus 17M (1961) - fast perfekte Rundumsicht

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Ford Taunus 17M (1961) - übersichtliche Zeichnung

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Ford Taunus 17M (1961) - Vierzylindermotoren

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Ford Taunus 17M (1962) - verleiht in einer Schneeballschlacht Deckung

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Ford Taunus TS (1961) - Probefahrt mit dem sportlichen Spitzenmodell

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Ford Taunus Turnier 17M (1960) - Präsentation des Kombis am Autosalon von Turin

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Ford Taunus 17M Turnier (1961) - als man in der Werbung noch rauchen durfte ...

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Summary

Ford dances out of the trapeze! Performance and economy, won in the wind tunnel. This is how the test report of the magazine 'hobby' on the new Ford Taunus 17M began in 1960. Günther Gebhardt saw the new Taunus not just as a new car, but as the dawn of a new era in which fashionable design refinements would be sacrificed for aerodynamics and functionality. This article reproduces the original wording of the test report at the time and shows the Ford Taunus 17M in over 50 historical pictures as well as in the sales brochure of the time.

This article contains the following chapters

Test drive in secret
Economy thanks to aerodynamics
A bold move
Shape from the wind tunnel without compromising the interior
Economical!
Remarkable dynamics
Safe and comfortable to drive
Minimal compromises
Functionality and efficiency instead of a fashionable dead end
Technical profile

Estimated reading time: 8min

Preview (beginning of the article)

Car testers are not easy to surprise. It is part of their job to be a little skeptical and bored of all new releases on the car market. They know the public's taste, they know which fashion trends are currently in vogue, and they are used to seeing that the big car companies in particular hardly dare to swim against the tide with their new releases for purely economic reasons. In recent times, we have become accustomed to being presented with trapezoidal lines in all possible variants from Fiat to Opel, and expected nothing more from the long-announced new Ford Taunus than a new variation of this genre.

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