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1965 Ford Taunus 20M TS Coupe [P5]

1965 Ford Taunus 20M TS Coupe [P5] in They Call Me MISTER Tibbs!, Movie, 1970

Class: Cars, Coupé — Model origin: — Made for: USA

1965 Ford Taunus 20M TS Coupe [P5]

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Raul1983 ◊ 2011-03-01 11:55	Is this what I think it is?
electra225 ◊ 2011-03-01 16:44	Strange to see it in the USA: a 1965 German built Ford Taunus 20m TS coupè P5 .
dsl ◊ 2011-03-01 17:29	Taunus in USA info at Link to "www.enfostuff.com" - does not explain this one.
dsl ◊ 2012-07-27 04:00	For info about US/CDN Taunuses, stumbled across these - Link to "www.flickr.com" (1959 12M Combi in CDN) and Link to "www.flickr.com" (1960 17M in US, sold by Lincoln/Mercury dealers). The whole set - Link to "www.flickr.com" is fascinating. -- Last edit: 2012-07-27 04:02:55
BrentMosher420 ◊ 2015-05-21 10:35	I wonder if US-spec Taunuses had round headlights...
Gamer ◊ 2015-05-21 15:36	Bloody hell...so both Taunus and Taurus were sold in North America? Very confusing...
Baube ◊ 2015-05-21 15:54	never knew that Taunus was here....
BrentMosher420 ◊ 2015-05-30 06:56	Gamer wrote Bloody hell...so both Taunus and Taurus were sold in North America? Very confusing... Was the Taurus (or any other American model for that matter) ever sold in your country? That would also make things confusing...
Gamer ◊ 2015-05-30 08:10	We only had the Taunus here.
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2015-05-30 10:43	The UK does not take many U.S. cars for two main reasons. They are generally not suitable for our market, too big, too thirsty and lacking diesel options which remain very popular despite opposition from the beard and sandals brigade, and that the local branches of the U.S. makers (Vauxhall, Ford) mean that they are not required. That said, Ford's are importing U.S. built Mondeos, which may be the start of a new era. I am sure that examples exist which contradict these statements, but it is of necessity a generalisation of the situation, to keep this short and to the point. -- Last edit: 2015-05-30 10:48:11
BrentMosher420 ◊ 2015-05-30 11:28	johnfromstaffs wrote The UK does not take many U.S. cars for two main reasons. They are generally not suitable for our market, too big, too thirsty and lacking diesel options which remain very popular despite opposition from the beard and sandals brigade, and that the local branches of the U.S. makers (Vauxhall, Ford) mean that they are not required. That said, Ford's are importing U.S. built Mondeos, which may be the start of a new era. I am sure that examples exist which contradict these statements, but it is of necessity a generalisation of the situation, to keep this short and to the point. Interesting points, although I was asking about Germany, not UK. In a related matter, my friend says that European cars are not well-suited to North American conditions, leading to the failure of many European (especially French and British) makes in the US. Funny how Japanese cars seem almost universally successful in comparison; abundant throughout their native country, USA/Canada, much of Latin American, much of Europe, Australia, etc.
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2015-05-30 11:55	I have had many discussions with Americans on other sites about this. Most of the perceived poor quality of British, French and Italian cars seems to emanate from folk memory of the poor support and quality during the 50s to 70s period, when cars were much less well engineered and certainly less well supported by their hopeful exporters. Japanese cars, in general, started mainstream exporting during the 1965 to 1975 period, and benefited from the improvement in production engineering and design at that time, and from being made on modern machinery that had not been in use for war production. This did not, however, stop them from rotting away at high speed due to thin steel and poor corrosion protection. Cars built anywhere from the 90s onwards are a very different proposition in terms of longevity and efficiency. If you are wondering about my credentials, I have been driving all sorts of cars (except American produced ones) for fifty years, and spent much of my working life in commercial management in the British motor industry.
Skid ◊ 2017-06-26 22:01	BrentMosher420 wrote I wonder if US-spec Taunuses had round headlights... They did. A couple of examples of NA-spec 17Ms are further down on this page: http://www.enfostuff.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=30 -- Last edit: 2017-06-26 22:01:27
Gamer ◊ 2017-06-26 22:02	BrentMosher420 wrote Was the Taurus (or any other American model for that matter) ever sold in your country? That would also make things confusing... Actually, now that I see this page again, I once saw a 98-00 Taurus wagon over here - except that was obviously imported and had a red foglight on the trunk to comply with federal regulations.
rtsbusman1997 ◊ 2017-06-28 22:25	Generally Europe has seen a sizeable number of US Fords throughout the years. The Taurus seemed to be officially sold in the Netherlands (which was a US car haven anyway) and Norway (as cargo wagons). I'm sure you could custom order them, from any official importer or Ford dealer if so desired.

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