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The Car's the Star
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Ford Cortina 2000E
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Launched at the Earls Court Motor show in 1970
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Ford Cortina became Britain's best selling car
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Five versions mark I–V, production finished in 1982
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Coke bottle shaped
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The police car – Austin Allegro
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The police ordered 657 Allegro Panda cars to replace a fleet of Morris
Minors
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The Allegro was the first car on sale to have a 'quartic' steering wheel –
four curves held together by four bars
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Morris 1300
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Was featured in Tufty Club road safety adverts
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The similar looking Morris 1100 was on the receiving end of a good
thrashing by Basil Fawlty in one of the most famous scenes of the Seventies
comedy Fawlty Towers.
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