Lotus · 1963–1966
Lotus Cortina
The Ford Cortina Lotus (commonly known as the Lotus Cortina) is a high-performance sports saloon, which was produced in the United Kingdom from 1963 to 1970 by Ford in collaboration with Lotus Cars. The original version, which was based on the Ford Cortina Mark 1, was promoted by Ford as the "Consul Cortina developed by Lotus", with "Consul" later being dropped from the name. The Mark 2 was based on the Ford Cortina Mark II and was marketed by Ford as the "Cortina Lotus". Lotus gave the model the type number designation Type 28. There were 3,306 Mark I and 4,093 Mark 2 Lotus Cortinas produced.
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UK vehicles on the road
32 licensed and 15 SORN (47 total) at 2025 Q4.
| Year (latest quarter) | Vehicles |
|---|---|
| 2014 | 27 |
| 2015 | 32 |
| 2016 | 34 |
| 2017 | 38 |
| 2018 | 40 |
| 2019 | 43 |
| 2020 | 45 |
| 2021 | 45 |
| 2022 | 45 |
| 2023 | 45 |
| 2024 | 45 |
| 2025 | 47 |
DfT/DVLA VEH0120 vehicle licensing statistics, source ↗, Open Government Licence v3.0. Small counts are rounded or suppressed at source.
Sources
- Wikidata / Wikipedia profiles — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/cars/Q3077026CC0 / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_CortinaCC BY-SA 4.0 · Intro text © Wikipedia contributors; revision 1365938771 · retrieved 2026-10-03
- DfT/DVLA VEH0120 licensing statistics — https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/vehicle-licensing-statistics-data-tablesOpen Government Licence v3.0
- Car Model Index — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/Compiled record. Sources that do not permit reuse are not copied; this index is credited instead.