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South American Fords originally without Ford engines


Diego3336
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Hey guys, I'm from South America and I came to ask a question that sticks with me for a long time.

I know how strong the Ford 'scene' is in UK, and the rivalry between the Escort XR3 and the Golf GTi. As some of you may know, here in South America we had some interesting (to not say bizarre) things regarding Ford cars and Renault and VW engines.

Long story (not so) short: In late 60s, Brazilian Ford bought the local operation of Willys, and Brazilian Willys was developing a local version of the Renault 12, and Ford kept the project and after a few styling changes, this local R12 became the Ford Corcel. Earlier in the 80s, Ford Brazil launched the MK3 Escort, visually identical to the Euro Escort but using the Renault Cleon-Fonte engine from the Corcel. A decade or so later, the South American arms of Ford and VW started a joint-venture called Autolatina, and the MK4 Escort received the VW/Audi EA827 1.8 engine and VW's MQ transmission, and VW received a badge-engineered version of the 2-door Orion, called VW Apollo. In the 90s we had the MK5 Escort and the VW's versions of the car, the duo Logus (2-door sedan) and Pointer (5-door hatch). Among other things, Ford made a badge-engineered version of the VW Santana, called Ford Versailles.

The thing I always wanted to know is how 'absurd' these things like a factory-stock MK3 Escort XR3 with a Renault engine and a MK5 Escort XR3 with Golf GTI's engine and transmission, sounds for you guys?

Some pics of some of those cars:

Ford Corcel:

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MK3 Escort XR3 with a 1.6 Renault engine:

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MK5 Escort XR3 with a 2.0 VW/Audi EA827 engine:

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Ford Versailles (Rebadged VW Santana):

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Volkswagen Apollo (Rebadged MK2 Orion 2-door):

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Volkswagen Logus (Rebadged MK3 Orion 2-door):

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Volkswagen Pointer (Rebadged MK5 Escort):

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Thanks

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