{"id":835265,"date":"2024-04-03T00:32:18","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T00:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/?page_id=835265"},"modified":"2024-04-03T00:59:45","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T00:59:45","slug":"lotus-cortina","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/all-brands\/lotus\/lotus-cortina\/","title":{"rendered":"Lotus Cortina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Lotus Cortina<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px\">The Lotus Cortina was a wolf in sheep&#8217;s clothing, a seemingly humble Ford sedan transformed into a track-ready terror. Developed in collaboration with Ford UK, the Lotus Cortina received a potent twin-cam engine, upgraded suspension, and subtle performance tweaks, making it a giant-killer in the 1960s touring car scene. It became an icon of British motorsport, known for its spirited driving dynamics and those iconic green side stripes. Think: feisty, agile, and deceptively quick.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"#block-wrap-65190\" rel=\"\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px\">Features &amp; Stories<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 18px\">&nbsp;\/ <\/span><a href=\"#block-wrap-78905\" rel=\"\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px\">History &amp; Development<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 18px\">&nbsp;\/&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"#block-wrap-67084\" rel=\"\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px\">Variant List<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 18px\">&nbsp;\/ <\/span><a href=\"#block-wrap-39352\" rel=\"\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px\">Models In-Depth<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 18px\">&nbsp;\/&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"#block-wrap-78505\" rel=\"\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px\">Recent News<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/maxresdefault-11.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Lotus Cortina is a revelation. It transforms a humble family car into a true sports sedan that can embarrass far more expensive machinery.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><small>&lt;p&gt;Motor Trend (Mk1 Review)&lt;\/p&gt;<\/small><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Lotus Cortina Variants<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Lotus Cortina Model Summaries<\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;The handling is razor-sharp, and the twin-cam engine loves to rev. This is how a performance sedan should feel.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><small>&lt;p&gt;Car and Driver (Mk2 Review)&lt;\/p&gt;<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lotus Cortina The Lotus Cortina was a wolf in sheep&#8217;s clothing, a seemingly humble Ford sedan transformed into a track-ready terror. Developed in collaboration with Ford UK, the Lotus Cortina received a potent twin-cam engine, upgraded suspension, and subtle performance tweaks, making it a giant-killer in the 1960s touring car scene. It became an icon of British motorsport, known for its spirited driving dynamics and those iconic green side stripes. Think: feisty, agile, and deceptively quick. Features &amp; Stories&nbsp;\/ History [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":835266,"parent":354338,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-835265","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lotus Cortina - The Ultimate Guide<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Lotus Cortina was a wolf in sheep&#039;s clothing, a seemingly humble Ford sedan transformed into a track-ready terror. 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