In 1964 Ford-Werke
GmbH (Ford of Germany) introduced the new Ford Taunus 17M / 20M. It
was the fifth newly designed German Ford to be launched after the war
for this reason it is known as Ford Project 5 (P5) or the Ford Taunus
P5. It was the first time a new Taunus was not given a nickname by
the press, unlike its predecessor the “Badewanne” (Bath tub) or
Ford Taunus P3.
The new car was at
first available as a two or four door saloon, in 1965 the "Turnier"
(station wagon) version and a coupé followed. The Ford Taunus P5 was
also coach built by Karl Deutsch as a two-door cabriolet.
 |
Predecessor: Ford
Taunus 17M P3 (1960 - 1964)
|
 |
| Ford Taunus 17M/20M P5 (two and four door saloon) |
 |
| Ford Taunus 17M/20M P5 Coupé |
 |
| Ford Taunus 17M/20M P5 Turnier |
The 17M was
available with two engine choices, a 1498 cc V4 (44 kW) engine from
the Taunus P4 or a newly designed 1699 cc V4 (51 kW) engine. The 20M
had a 1998 cc V6 (63 kW) engine. The 20M TS had the same engine with
a higher compression rate, it developed 66 kW. The P5 came with
“Startautomatik”, an automatic choke originally introduced in P3,
but in 1964 still a novelty in this class of car.
 |
| Ford Taunus 20M P5 (four door saloon) |
 |
| Ford Taunus 17M/20M cabriolet by Karl Deutsch |
 |
| Ford Taunus 17M P5 (two door saloon) |
 |
Successor: Ford
17M/20M (Taunus) P7a (1967 - 1968)
|
In August 1967 the
P5 was replaced by the Ford (Taunus) P7a. A total of 710,059 P5's
were produced at Cologne-Niehl (Germany), Genk (Belgium) and Azambuja
(Portugal).
Ford Taunus 17M P5 Commercial (Germany, 1965)
Ford Taunus 17M P5 Commercial (Germany, 1965)
Ford Taunus 17M "Die Probefahrt" (German sales promo, English dubbed)
Brochures
Ford Taunus 17M/20M P5 (The Netherlands, 1964)
Ford Taunus 20M P5 (Germany, 1966)
Ford Taunus 17M P5 (Norway, 1966)
No comments:
Post a Comment