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A Cardinal Mistake? The Ford Cardinal Compact Car Project Became The Taunus P4 — RedlineArchive
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A Cardinal Mistake? The Ford Cardinal Compact Car Project Became The Taunus P4

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A classic car connaisseur tells the rare story of the Ford Cardinal, an All-American effort at creating a very small car, a car that was positioned even below the Falcon and aimed squarely at the VW Beetle. But after a transatlantic tug of war, it was decided to cancel the project, and send the leftovers to Germany, where the Cardinal was sold as the 1962 Ford Taunus P4. Remember to like, subscribe and share if you want more of this! You can follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/edsautoreviews/?hl=nl You can always email me at: edsautoreviews@gmail.com Enjoy!

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Compact car is a vehicle size class—predominantly used in North America—that sits between subcompact cars and mid-size cars. "Small family car" is a British term and a part of the C-segment in the European car classification. However, before the downsizing of the United States car industry in the 1970s and 1980s, larger vehicles with wheelbases up to 110 in (2.79 m) were considered "compact cars" in the United States.

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