Mitundu iwiri yotsika mtengo yaku Britain
Ngati mumalota Ford yapamwamba ndipo simukufuna kuwononga ndalama zambiri, ganizirani za Mark II Cortina.
Ngati mukuyang'ana magalimoto apamwamba aku Britain pamtengo wokwanira, musayang'anenso kuposa Vauxhall, makamaka mitundu ya "PA" yopangidwa ndi Detroit kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 50s ndi koyambirira kwa 60s ndi Ford Cortina Mark II wazaka zapakati pa sikisite.
Poyerekeza ndi Holden ndi Falcon ya nthawi yomweyi, Vauxhall anali patsogolo pa zinthu zapamwamba, zida ndi mphamvu. Iwo analinso patsogolo kwambiri mu kalembedwe. Musalakwitse, magalimoto awa ndiwodziwika bwino. Ndi mazenera okulungidwa kwambiri akutsogolo ndi akumbuyo ndi zipsepse zamchira zokwera pamwamba pa alonda akumbuyo amatope, PA Vauxhall inali yogwirizana ndi malingaliro amakono aku America.
Panali mitundu iwiri pamzere yomwe idagulitsidwa kudzera mwa ogulitsa Holden: Velox yoyambira komanso Cresta yapamwamba kwambiri. Ngakhale kuti Velox imapanga mipando ya vinyl ndi ma labala pansi, Cresta inapatsa makasitomala mwayi wosankha mipando yeniyeni yachikopa kapena nayiloni kuphatikizapo carpeting ndi zonyezimira.
Mabaibulo asanafike 1960 anali ndi mawindo akumbuyo atatu, omwe amagwiritsidwanso ntchito pa magalimoto a 1957 Oldsmobile ndi Buick. Amabwera ndi injini ya 2.2-lita ya silinda sikisi ndi bokosi la giya lolumikizana bwino kwambiri. Magalimoto opangidwa pambuyo pa 1960 ali ndi injini ya 2.6 lita.
A atatu-liwiro manual kufala anali muyezo. Zomwe zidawapangitsa kukhala okongola pamsika wakumaloko zinali njira zotumizira ma Hydramatic komanso mabuleki amphamvu akutsogolo. Mwachidule, Velox ndi Cresta adatenga malo ogulitsa pamwamba pa Holden Special mpaka Premier atatulutsidwa mu 1962.
Magawo a magalimotowa ndi osavuta kupeza, makamaka kuchokera ku UK ndi New Zealand komwe kuli mawebusayiti ndi magawo omwe amaperekedwa kumitundu ya PA. Mitengo imasiyanasiyana malinga ndi momwe magalimoto alili, koma palibe amene ayenera kulipira ndalama zoposa $ 10,000 pa imodzi, ndipo zitsanzo zomveka zitha kupezeka pafupifupi $ 5,000.
Komabe, mtengowo ukakhala wotsika, m’pamenenso mpata wa dzimbiri umakhala wokulirapo. Pali ma nooks ambiri m'magalimoto a PA Vauxhall omwe amalola madzi ndi litsiro kulowa. Panthawiyi, ngati mukufuna Ford tingachipeze powerenga ndipo sindikufuna kuwononga lalikulu, kuganizira Mark II Cortina. Kubadwa kwachiwiri kwa Cortina wotchuka kudatulutsidwa ku Australia mu 1967 ndipo kudapangidwa mpaka 1972.
Magalimoto a peppy four cylinder ayamba kutchuka chifukwa amamangidwa bwino, mbali zake ndi zambiri, ndipo mtengo wogula ndi kukhala ndi imodzi ndi yotsika mtengo kwa iwo omwe akufuna kulowa m'malo apamwamba agalimoto osawononga ndalama zambiri.
Pafupifupi $3,000 mumapeza Cortina 440 yapamwamba (ndi zitseko zinayi). 240 ya zitseko ziwiri imapita ku ndalama zomwezo. Magalimoto ofunikira dzimbiri pang'ono ndi kukonza utoto atha kupezeka pafupifupi $1,500. Gulu la Hunter British Ford Group ndi limodzi mwa magulu omwe akukulirakulira a Cortinas ndi magalimoto ena a Ford opangidwa ku Britain.
