Word: taunus
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Most interesting new Ford was introduced not in the U.S. but in West Germany. It is the Taunus 12M, a German version of the mysterious Cardinal which Ford has been developing for two years in strictest secrecy, and once intended to begin making in the U.S. this year. (The plans were canceled last April after Ford decided that the U.S. small-car market was contracting.) The Taunus is 7 in. longer and considerably more commodious than the Volkswagen. It has front-wheel drive and a 50-h.p. V-4 engine that speeds the car to 78 m.p.h. Its price...
...from the present 50-odd manufacturers to a handful of giant firms. Against that day, such native European firms as Fiat are keeping a wary eye on Detroit itself. For if Britain does join the Common Market, a merger of the British and German subsidiaries of Ford (Ford and Taunus) and a similar merger by General Motors (Vauxhall and Opel) could present Europe with two readymade automotive giants backed by Detroit's vast reservoirs of money and skill...
Tanks Face Tanks. Next day, while hundreds of West Berliners watched anxiously, tension mounted. Irwin Firestone. Russian-speaking liaison officer on the staff of the Provost Marshal, moved through Checkpoint Charlie in a blue Taunus, escorted by three Jeeps filled with troops wearing bulletproof vests, while tanks idled their engines at the white line that marked the border. "I hope they are not going to start shooting," said a youthful Vopo. After a five-minute trip, Firestone returned, flashed his headlights in a signal, was again escorted by Jeeps to West Berlin...
...become the No. 2 car seller, after British Motor Corp. (which makes Morris, Austin, M.G.). G.M.'s Vauxhall Motors Ltd. is No. 3. From their British bases, both sell widely within the Commonwealth. ¶ In West Germany, G.M.'s Opel and Ford's Taunus are outpaced only by Volkswagen, which, however, is far out front. The two subsidiaries now have the entire six-nation European Common Market open to them...