The Ford Corcel is a 2-door coupé / 4-door Sedan (automobile) / sedan / 3-door Station wagon / wagon from Ford, built from 1968 to 1986, in the decade that gave the world the pony car and the mid-engined supercar. Under the bonnet: 1289 .
The story
The Ford Corcel ("charger" or "steed" in Portuguese) is a family car which was sold by Ford do Brasil in Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay and Venezuela. It was also assembled in Venezuela (along with the upscale Del Rey derivative).
The French-influenced styling of the Corcel was unique to Brazil until late 1977. From this year, the redesigned Corcel II (as it was originally sold) bore a strong resemblance to the European Ford Escort and Ford Cortina of same era, but its Renault underpinnings remained the same. The Corcel was eventually replaced by the Del Rey, which was originally introduced as a better equipped version of the Corcel.
What is underneath
Power comes from 1289 other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. It weighs 920 -. It shifts through a 4-speed manual. The layout matters: the engine drives the front wheels, the packaging choice that gives a small car a big cabin. The wheelbase is 2440 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Its place in the line
Its family tree is legible: assembly was at São Bernardo do Campo. Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Peugeot 504, the Toyota Hilux, the Pontiac Firebird — show what else the money bought that year. Nearby in the Ford catalogue sit the Ford 021C and the Ford Escort.
What it costs now
MotorJury scores cars on the United States complaint and recall record, and the Ford Corcel has none: too old, too rare, or never sold there. Its value today is a collector's question, decided by provenance and condition rather than by a class average.