{"id":165,"date":"2010-08-29T18:02:38","date_gmt":"2010-08-29T16:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lotuscortinainfo.com\/?page_id=165"},"modified":"2014-03-13T16:16:35","modified_gmt":"2014-03-13T14:16:35","slug":"road-tests","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lotuscortinainfo.com\/?page_id=165","title":{"rendered":"-Tests-"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Under Construction<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lotuscortinainfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Test-640103-Autosport.pdf\">Test 640103 Autosport<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This section provides a list of publications \/ dates of all road tests and articles\u00a0 written concerning the Lotus Cortina.<\/p>\n<p>Some of these are contained in the Brooklands re-print publications, but where they are not, I will try and put a pdf copy online for reading.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This is new on 29th Jan 2011, so will be refined and updated over the next few months.<\/p>\n<table style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"722\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<colgroup>\n<col width=\"23\" \/>\n<col width=\"20\" \/>\n<col width=\"21\" \/>\n<col width=\"144\" \/>\n<col width=\"514\" \/><\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"23\" height=\"17\">63<\/td>\n<td width=\"20\">1<\/td>\n<td width=\"21\">25<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Autocar<\/td>\n<td width=\"514\">Ford Cortina Lotus launch issue, writeup &amp; many adverts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" height=\"17\">63<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">25<\/td>\n<td>Autosport<\/td>\n<td width=\"514\">The Performance Cortina Modified by Lotus, launch issue &amp; adverts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" height=\"17\">63<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">3<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<td>Sports Car Graphic<\/td>\n<td width=\"514\">Ford Cortina lotus TwinCam Road Test<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" height=\"17\">63<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">4<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<td>Sports Car World<\/td>\n<td width=\"514\">Ford Builds a Flier &#8211; With Lotus&#8217; Help<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" height=\"17\">63<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">11<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<td>Wheels<\/td>\n<td width=\"514\">164 FOO Cortina in Lotus Land &#8211; Test<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" height=\"17\">63<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">12<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">22<\/td>\n<td>Autocar<\/td>\n<td width=\"514\">Road Test Mk 1 Ford Cortina Lotus &amp; advert<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" height=\"17\">64<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<td>Motor Sport<\/td>\n<td width=\"514\">The Long- Awaited Twin Cam Ford Lotus Cortina Road Test<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" height=\"17\">64<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">29<\/td>\n<td>The Motor<\/td>\n<td width=\"514\">Mk 1 Road Test (166 FOO), S\/E package announcement (p.67)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" height=\"17\">64<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">3<\/td>\n<td>Autosport<\/td>\n<td width=\"514\">John Bolster Tests a Lotus Ford Cortina<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" height=\"17\">64<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">5<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<td>(Small) Car<\/td>\n<td width=\"514\">166FOO Scotland for Lunch? Cortina Lotus vs Triumph Vitesse<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" height=\"17\">64<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">5<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<td>Sports Car Graphic<\/td>\n<td width=\"514\">Ford Cortina Lotus Road Test<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" height=\"17\">64<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">6<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">13<\/td>\n<td>Motor<\/td>\n<td width=\"514\">Lotus Cortina wins Motor 6 hour race at Brands Hatch &#8211; full report<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" height=\"17\">64<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">7<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<td>Road &amp; Track<\/td>\n<td width=\"514\">Lotus Cortina &#8211; A Tiger amongst the Puddycats (Road Test)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" height=\"17\">64<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">7<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">17<\/td>\n<td>Autocar<\/td>\n<td width=\"514\">Cortina Lotus Behaviour and Performance of the New Special Equipment version<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" height=\"17\">64<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">8<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<td>Motor Sport<\/td>\n<td width=\"514\">Lotus Cortina Wins 6 hour<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" height=\"17\">64<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">8<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<td>Cars Illustrated<\/td>\n<td width=\"514\">164FOO Lotus Cortina &#8211; Road Test<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" height=\"17\">64<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">11<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<td>Motor Sport<\/td>\n<td width=\"514\">Hot Heads &#8211; Lotus Cortina vs Willment Sprint Cortina vs Taurus Tuned Austim 1100<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" height=\"17\">65<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">4<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<td>(Small) Car<\/td>\n<td width=\"514\">Lotus Cortina vs Willment Sprint GT giant test (6 pp) &amp; Moto Baldet advert<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" height=\"17\">65<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">9<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<td>Ford Times<\/td>\n<td width=\"514\">Jim Clark wins British Saloon Car Championship in a Cortina-Lotus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" height=\"17\">65<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">9<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<td>Car<\/td>\n<td width=\"514\">Automatic Lotus Cortina Test<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" height=\"17\">65<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">12<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">17<\/td>\n<td>Autosport<\/td>\n<td width=\"514\">KPU383C Roger Clark wins Welsh Rally (review of rally, photo of KPU)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" height=\"17\">65<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">12<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">24<\/td>\n<td>Autosport<\/td>\n<td width=\"514\">KPU392C John Whitmore&#8217;s Lotus Cortina. Track Test &amp; Technical Description. 2 pages<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" height=\"17\">66<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<td>Auto Topics<\/td>\n<td width=\"514\">Cortina Lotus review<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" height=\"17\">66<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">2<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">4<\/td>\n<td>Autosport<\/td>\n<td width=\"514\">A Leaf Spring Converted Lotus Cortina\u00a0 (Ian Walker)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" height=\"34\">66<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">3<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<td>Autosport<\/td>\n<td width=\"514\">Andre Baldet Cover, Rally of Flowers Elford \/ Davenport disqualification. NVW240C (Soderstom) pictured<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" height=\"17\">66<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">4<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<td>Auto Topics<\/td>\n<td width=\"514\">Lotus Cortina test<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" height=\"17\">66<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">5<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">14<\/td>\n<td>Motor<\/td>\n<td width=\"514\">KPU397C A Diary of Development (review of Mk 1 changes)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" height=\"17\">66<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">7<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<td>Car Life<\/td>\n<td width=\"514\">Ford Cortina Lotus Road Test<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" height=\"17\">66<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">8<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<td>MotorSport<\/td>\n<td width=\"514\">Driving the Latest Cortina Lotus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" height=\"17\">66<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">8<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<td>Motor Trend<\/td>\n<td width=\"514\">Mk 1 Road Test<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" height=\"17\">66<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">8<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<td>Sports Car Graphic<\/td>\n<td width=\"514\">Mk 1 Road Test<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" height=\"17\">66<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">8<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<td>Cars &amp; Car Conversions<\/td>\n<td width=\"514\">Ford Cortina Lotus Road Test NVX145C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" height=\"17\">66<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">8<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<td>Motor Trend<\/td>\n<td width=\"514\">Lotus Cortina &#8211; Sedan for Sport<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" height=\"17\">66<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">9<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">9<\/td>\n<td>Autocar<\/td>\n<td width=\"514\">Stop &amp; Go&#8217; review of reliability of the Mk 1(good pictures)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" height=\"17\">66<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">9<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">17<\/td>\n<td>Motor<\/td>\n<td width=\"514\">Ford Lotus Cortina (Road Test) NVX144C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" height=\"17\">66<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">10<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">28<\/td>\n<td>Autosport<\/td>\n<td width=\"514\">The Lotus Cortina &#8211; Road Test (by Patrick McNally) NVX144C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" height=\"51\">66<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">11<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">18<\/td>\n<td>Autosport<\/td>\n<td width=\"514\">Photos of KPU 386C Jim Clark testing the car at Bagshot in preparation for the forthcoming 1966 RAC Rally. There is also a black and white picture of Jim Clark and Roger Clark standing next to the car in period.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" height=\"17\">66<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">12<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">2<\/td>\n<td>Autosport<\/td>\n<td width=\"514\">NVW239C Bengt Sodderstrom wins 66 RAC Rally &#8211; report<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" height=\"17\">66<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">12<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">30<\/td>\n<td>Autocar<\/td>\n<td width=\"514\">I.W.R. Lotus Cortina<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" height=\"17\">67<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<td>Cars &amp; Car Conversions<\/td>\n<td width=\"514\">Love Hate With a Lotus Cortina<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" height=\"17\">67<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Motor Sport<\/td>\n<td width=\"514\">NVW239C Bengt Sodderstrom wins 66 RAC Rally &#8211; report, cover picture, inside picture<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" height=\"17\">67<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">2<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<td>Car &amp; Car Conversions<\/td>\n<td width=\"514\">A Lotus Cortina Taurus Tuned<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" height=\"17\">67<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">2<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">17<\/td>\n<td>Autosport<\/td>\n<td width=\"514\">Bengt Soderstrom wins Swedish Rally (Mk 1) &#8211; 2 page report<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" height=\"17\">67<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">3<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">9<\/td>\n<td>Autocar<\/td>\n<td width=\"514\">UEV629E &#8217;67 Ford Cortina Lotus\u00a0 launch review<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" height=\"17\">67<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">3<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">18<\/td>\n<td>Motor<\/td>\n<td width=\"514\">Cortina Lotus 67 The Current Body in its most Sporting Guise. Launch \/ Review? 3pp<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" height=\"17\">67<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">4<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<td>Ford Times<\/td>\n<td width=\"514\">The Go-Faster Formula<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" height=\"17\">67<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">4<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">20<\/td>\n<td>Motoring News<\/td>\n<td width=\"514\">CTC18E Ford Lotus Cortina Road Test<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" height=\"17\">67<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">5<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<td>Motor Sport<\/td>\n<td width=\"514\">Line Of Improvement. The Ford Cortina Lotus developed by the Competitions dept.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" height=\"17\">67<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">6<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<td>Car<\/td>\n<td width=\"514\">CTC16E \/ CTC20E Who Killed The Lotus Cortina?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" height=\"17\">67<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">6<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">17<\/td>\n<td>Motor<\/td>\n<td width=\"514\">UVX566E Ford Foremost &#8211; Roger Clark Wins Scottish Rally<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" height=\"17\">67<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">7<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">8<\/td>\n<td>Motor<\/td>\n<td width=\"514\">UVW924E Cortina Victory in the 3rd International Gulf Rally<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" height=\"17\">67<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">7<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">15<\/td>\n<td>Motor<\/td>\n<td width=\"514\">CTC17E Family Sports Car &#8211; Road Test<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" height=\"17\">67<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">8<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">17<\/td>\n<td>Autocar<\/td>\n<td width=\"514\">CTC25E Ford Cortina Lotus Road Tested (front cover picture Mk 2)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" height=\"17\">67<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">9<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<td>Car &amp; Car Conversions<\/td>\n<td width=\"514\">Refined Racer &#8211; The boys&#8217; racer grows up and gets civilised<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" height=\"17\">67<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">9<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">14<\/td>\n<td>Autocar<\/td>\n<td width=\"514\">UVX924E Given the works &#8211; Works Cortina Lotus (Rally) Tested<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" height=\"17\">67<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">10<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<td>MotorSport<\/td>\n<td width=\"514\">On the Road with Products from Ford. &#8211; exploring pre-war trials routes in Cortina Lotus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" height=\"17\">67<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">10<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<td>Modern Motor<\/td>\n<td width=\"514\">CTC17E Lotus Cortina &#8211; Understatement at 105mph<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" height=\"17\">67<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">12<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">23<\/td>\n<td>Motor<\/td>\n<td width=\"514\">UVX565E Testing a Test Bed. 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