Launched in 1962, the Cortina went on to become one of Ford's most iconic European nameplates. But more importantly, it spawned the Lotus Cortina, a race-prepped version engineered by Colin Chapman, ...

The 1966 Ford Cortina Lotus looked like a tidy family saloon, yet it kept humiliating purpose-built race cars that were louder, lower and far more obviously aggressive. What caught rivals off guard ...