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

Name: Ford Taunus 17M P3 1960
Brand: Ford

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Created on November 1, 1960

Text:

Günther Gebhardt

Photos:

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Ford Taunus 17M (1961) - postcard subject

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Ford Taunus 17M (1960) - on the cover of 'hobby'

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

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Ford Taunus 17M (1960) - charmingly presented

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

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Ford Taunus 17M (1960) - Presentation for the press, the car is still covered up

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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) - together with the Ford Falcon from the USA

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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 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) - wide-opening doors

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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) - four-door version

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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) - Posing in the rain

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Ford Taunus 17M (1961) - rounded shapes also dominated the rear view

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

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

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

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

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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) - almost perfect all-round visibility

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

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

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

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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 Turnier (1961) - when you were still allowed to smoke in advertising ...

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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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