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24 September 2014
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Life on Mars
Ford Cortina - one of the stars in Life on Mars

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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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