The Ford Consul is a car manufactured by Ford in Britain.
Between 1951 and 1962 the Consul was the four-cylinder base model of the three-model Ford Zephyr range, comprising Consul, Zephyr and Zephyr Zodiac. In 1962 the line was restyled, and the Consul was replaced by the Zephyr 4, the mid-range Zephyr model becoming the Zephyr 6 and the top of the range Zephyr Zodiac just being called the Zodiac. At this point Consul became a four-car range in its own right, the Consul Classic, Consul Capri, Consul Corsair and Consul Cortina.
The Classic, Capri and Corsair were relatively short-lived, but the Ford Cortina, after losing in 1964 the "Consul" tag, went on to become a best-seller. The Consul name reappeared from 1972 to 1975 on a replacement for the Zephyr range, now sharing a body with the more luxurious Ford Granada Mk I. The Capri name by now had also been reintroduced, in 1969.
Read more about Ford Consul: Ford Consul Mk1 (1951–1956), Ford Consul MkII (1956–1962), Ford Consul (Granada) (1972–1975)
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