Lotus Cortina

Cortina

The Lotus Cortina, produced between 1963 and 1970, is a high-performance sports saloon created through a collaboration between Ford and Lotus Cars in the United Kingdom. Based initially on the Ford Cortina Mark 1 and later on the Mark 2, the car combined Ford’s practical design with Lotus’s racing expertise, resulting in a lightweight, agile vehicle powered by a 1.6-liter twin-cam engine. Known for its sharp handling and competitive success in motorsport, including winning the British Saloon Car Championship, the Lotus Cortina became an iconic model of the 1960s. With over 7,000 units produced across its two main versions, it remains a celebrated classic that helped define the performance saloon category