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Cortina Production Figures
| MKI (1962 - 1966) | 1,013,391 |
| this includes 704,871 De Luxe Saloons, and 3,031 Lotus Cortinas | |
| MKII (1966 - 1970) | 1,024,869 |
| this figure includes 598,999 De Luxe Saloons, 117,130 GTs, 60,087 1600Es and 4,032 Lotus Cortinas | |
| MKIII (1970 - 1976) | |
| this includes 967,488 saloons, 154,216 estates and 4,855 pick ups (which were assembled in South Africa) | |
| MKIV and Cortina 80 | 1,131,850 |
| this includes 30,000 'Crusader' special edition models, built at the end of Cortina assembly in 1982 | |
| Total Cortina Production:
4,279,079 of which 3,155,161 cars were built at Dagenham. 788,012 CKD (completely knocked down) kits were also supplied from Dagenham. Cortina assembly also took place in Genk (Belgium), Amsterdam, Cork (Ireland) and at Cheshunt (Lotus Cortina MKI only) |
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UK Sales
| 1962 | 17,345 |
| 1963 | 109,478 |
| 1964 | 117,250 |
| 1965 | 116,637 |
| 1966 | 127,039 |
| 1967 | 165,123 |
| 1968 | 137,636 |
| 1969 | 116,186 |
| 1970 | 123,256 |
| 1971 | 102,214 |
| 1972 | 187,159 |
| 1973 | 181,641 |
| 1974 | 131,280 |
| 1975 | 106,837 |
| 1976 | 126,263 |
| 1977 | 120,601 |
| 1978 | 139,204 |
| 1979 | 193,784 |
| 1980 | 190,281 |
| 1981 | 159,804 |
| 1982 | 135,745 |
| 1983 | 11,598 |
| 1984 | 139 |
| 1985 | 68 |
| 1986 | 62 |
| 1987 | 9 |
| Grand Total: 2,816,639 | |
All time best selling month: August 1981 - 25,790
In 1967 the MKII Cortina took 14.9% of the entire British Market
Best selling year: 1979 - 193,784 (MKIV and Cortina 80) 11.3% of British Market
South Africa
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| 1981 | 3,583 |
| 1982 | 3,223 |
| 1983 | 2,313 |
| 1984 | 14 |
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