Corgi VA10300.(C) Ford Cortina MkIII in sapphire blue

This item has a limited edition certificate included When announced in October 1970, the third generation Cortina had a great deal of commercial pressure on its fashionable coke-bottle shaped shoulders, as over a million units of each previous car had been sold and the Mk3 was also tasked with replacing the slower selling Corsair. However it was well up to the job, the handsome styling was bang up to date, whilst the increased interior space and new OHC Pinto engine were exactly when the developing fleet market needed. It received a mid-life revamp in late 1973, which made the interior less transatlantic in feel, and continued to sell well until 1976, when the MkIV was launched. By then 1,126,559 MkIII Cortina's had been produced, meaning it had outsold both of its illustrious predecessors; job done.