Ford Cortina Mk2 vs Sierra - Blue Oval Family Favourites! (1970 Super/1993 Sapphire Azura Road Test)
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2022 sees two Ford anniversaries - 60 years of the Cortina and 40 years of the Sierra, so Jeff and Phil decided to take run-out examples of the Mk2 Cortina and Sierra Sapphire for a drive to compare!
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0:00 Ford Family Favourites!
0:23 Mk2 Cortina
5:49 Sierra Sapphire
10:04 Which Would You Have? - ยานยนต์และพาหนะ
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I’m Canadian and as a kid we would always have a Sierra when my dad took me to see my grandma in Manchester. Fond memories of taking them on spirited drives into wales and I love Sierra’s to this day.
The Sierra had significantly different underpinnings from the Cortina in one important respect. It had independant rear suspension. I still love the Mk2 Cortina. But I love Sierras. I had a 1993 Sierra 2.0 GL auto, bought at 3 years old. One of the best cars I have ever owned.
I love Sierra's too. I had a 1992 Sierra Sapphire GLS nearly 20 years ago. I loved it, I was 23 and had a 2.0 with a Cosworth spoiler, (secretly all GLS's had the Cosworth spoiler) I couldn't afford the insurance of a real Cossie.
@@whynotagain3639 Brilliant. My dad was a sales rep and had a GLS as well. 2 litre. Tamsin or Tasmin(?) blue, I loved it!! H674 SKY.
When I was five years old in 1978, my parents decided to move us as a family back to the U.K. Dad had just left the merchant navy. He got a job as an engineer for an insurance company and had a couple of Cortina’s as company cars. Then, in October 82 I went to school aged nine excited as I knew that when I got home dad was getting a new company car that day. When I got home there was no new Cortina on the driveway. There was a new spaceship as far as I could tell. A shiny new Sierra 1.6 GL. One of the earliest. It was so unusual, kids from my school started to walk down our street to just see it.
Obviously the novelty wore off as they became more common. Dad had a Cavalier next but then in 87 got a Sapphire 1.8 LX.
I loved the Sierra. I loved the Cavalier too and in general all cars from that era. Part of my youth. The Mondeo was superb too, dad had a couple and bought his last company car off the company when he retired.
As Mondeo production has now ended forever in Europe, (they’re launching one for China only), I for one will always mourn the passing of the Sierra, the Cortina, the Cavalier and the Mondeo. RIP family Fords.
It’s a sad, sad day when people choose tall, ugly blobs over sleek, stylish, good-looking saloon cars.
Sierra really was turned into an excellent product by the mid 80's, had a 84 and 89 both absolutely fantastic and remembered fondly, 89 Diesel was still going 11 years on with 175k on the clock.
My Dad had a MK3 Cortina 2000e in 1976 - I was very impressed as a 15 year old
Gosh 40 years! I was at the College of Law in Chester when the Sierra was launched. I remember looking in the window of the Ford Main Dealer when it came out as the shape was so radical.
The mk1 cortina was the first production car to have an ‘air flow’ style cabin. Air came in through the front and exited the cabin through the C pillars. So they were ground breaking. They were ‘ground breaking’.
My older brother had a modified Mk2 1600E Cortina in the early 80's in metallic purple. It had a jacked up rear end, and slightly bigger rear wheels, and a boot spoiler. He loved that thing! He did end up selling it though, to a neighbour, and not long after that, some a-hole set fire to it outside a pub. I was just a young boy at the time, so was yet to own my first car, which was a Mini City, 850, around 1992 when I was 20.
In later years, I bought a Sierra Saphire 2.0i Ghia, and I loved it for a few years. It was just the epitome if comfort for me back then. Happy memories 🙄
Hey Guys, thanks for a really enjoyable video on two great cars. Love them both. I own a 1970 Cortina Mk2 1600 Super. Mk2 Cortina's are pretty rare in Sri Lanka. And mine is even rarer having a Column Shift. The Cortina in your video is Beautiful. 🥰😍
Thanks Alistair, your car sounds fantastic!
Nice cars! In Canada, we had the English Ford Escort, then the Ford Escort based on the Mazda 323.
My first car after passing my test back in 1975 was a Mk2 Cortina, followed by two further Mk2 Cortinas. A brand new Mk4 Cortina Estate in deep metallic Apollo Green with a black vinyl roof. Then a Sierra Estate in Crystal Green metallic followed by a Sierra XR4i. Happy days!
The XR4i was the car I always secretly coveted, but never got to own. The closest I got was a 1:23 scale model in white, which I kept in its box for years. I just loved that three door styling with the double whale tail spoiler, they looked awesome back then. 👍
I remember my father being unsure about having electric windows and central locking in his later Montego and complaining when they did go wrong and he had to reach round the open car door to get parking tickets. He would still rather have manual windows even today in his current Freelander 2. That window comment is my father to a tee 🙂.
Yeah, funny how your boyhood memories colours your judgement. The Cortina was a little before my time, but my older siblings waxed lyrical about it. I remember the Sierra though, and despite its shortcomings would still be a decent daily (the Cortina is more of a Sunday car now?).
I'm going to risk a tidal wave of abuse from angry Cortina fans, but I would take the Sierra😯.
As a daily, the Sierra would be the more sensible choice. Even a Mk5 Cortina should be allowed to retire gracefully, like the Concorde, or Intercity 125.
Great overview guys, funnily enough I seen a red low spec late model ford sierra saloon earlier this month it was the first sierra of any type I've seen since I was a kid!
Really enjoyable video, thanks guys. Both these cars are stunning and a testament to the greatness of Ford.
PS: For those into model cars as well as real ones, don't forget the new Corgi Vanguards 1:43 scale Cortina Mk5 is due for release later this year!
Both good cars in their own right, Sierra for me though, currently own a 2wd Sapphire Cosworth which ive had since 2012 so i must like them lol.
Memories of my old MK2.......the rust loved it even more than me !
Had both of these in my life. Fords were at their best. I had light metalic blue cortina 1600e rostyle wheels and full length webasto sun roof. There is a song called 2 4 6 8 motorway. My friend recorded us driving down the motorway with him standing outside the sunroof. He used to play it at his discos. I still have a copy now transferred to dvd. I later had an f reg singlecam sierra did 150k before i sold it. Really was a fast car, totally reliable. New Fords do nothing for me.
I'm trying to get my hands on a classic Ford, preferably a 60's Cortina, but the prices are astronomical. Maybe I'm being a tad ambitious, but it's worth a shot.
I knew someone who went into a showroom to discuss the Sierra, then quite new. "I can see the plus points," he said to the salesman, but....it's so HIDEOUS! How did a company that made Cortina after Cortina, each better looking than the one before, come up with this monstrosity?" The salesman said, "ah, but when you're in it, you won't see what it looks like!" An American car salesman of the fifties would have a heart attack hearing such words.
I think the Autin Princess was even more hideous, yet some people love them! I cannot for the life of me understand why.
Was thinking of sticking them wheels on my mk2 tina...I'll keep what I've got I think 🤔
Love the Aston Martin indicators.
I had a Sierra for 2 years a company car. Had all sorts of cars in the last 40 years and more fords than any other. On my second Mercedes which I like but when it comes down to the best ever car its the Sierra
New mercs must be total shite then
For me, the best volume car I've owned so far, is a Saab 9-3 1.9 diesel. 150bhp, 6spd auto box, lovely comfy seats, ice cold a/c, and great ride, handling, and driving position. Can't beat em. RIP Saab 😮💨
Wish they were comparing a Ford Lotus Cortina to a Sierra Sapphire RS Cosworth...
These two are far more affordable, though - you could buy both of these with plenty of change for less than half the price of a Lotus or Cosworth!
I knew someone with a 93 ‘K’ Sierra 1.6 Azura, and that had the Pinto engine still. It was too new at the time to have had an engine replacement. Yet everything I read or watch says that the CVH had replaced the 1.6 Pinto before then…
Nice cars 🚘🚙🚗👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
My dad had a xreg 2ltr Corrina estate xvx329x blue had two sunroofs
Then a white b reg Sierra new then k reg 2 ltr GLS sapphire in the blue same as yours
I wouldn’t call the Sierra a re-bodied Cortina by any means; the only things they shared were the engines and gearboxes (a bit like calling a Focus a re-bodied Escort). The suspension was totally different, the Sierra getting independent rear suspension similar to the Granada’s (and totally up to date), and a front Macpherson strut setup, a big improvement in handling over the mk5 Cortina’s wishbones.
The Sierra was anything but a rebodied Cortina - it had McPherson strut front suspension and a very good IRS so it handled well and rode superbly. The Cortina 3/4/5 used a very heavy double wishbone front end and a live rear axle. Very live in fact as it was so badly located. The Mark II was probably the best and Ford should have kept it going until 1972.
I had a k reg model.. was immaculate but something wrong with engine management.. anyway parked it up near the pub one night at a secret location and next day it'd gone... Been stolen! Tbh my I was more concerned about the half Oz of punk weed I'd left under the seat! Anyway had call off police blah blah.. gotta pick it up for a fee?!... Skint at the time so had to jump over fence to recover my investment.. got into car with spare key.. got half ounce out car and battery.. back over fence to make my escape by which time police were comin other way with blue lights and sirens blasting!!!! Ahhhh those were the dayzz.. Got away with that one!!! 😆👌🏼
Needless to say I lost the Sierra!! 🙄
Interesting that at launch and for a number of years later, none of the Cavalier, Sierra or Montego had all three body styles available.
Montego never had a hatch; I wonder how many more sales it would have gained if it had.
I know the Mk1 Cavalier came as either a 2 door or 4 door saloon and coupe. Then the Estate came with the Mk2, at which point they dropped the coupe from the Vauxhall line up. But Opel kept the coupe going for a few years as the Opel Manta.
The Sierra Mk1 Estate came a couple of years after the initial launch I believe, and the Saloon came with the Mk2.
But the Montego was only ever available, as you rightly said, in saloon or Estate versions. They had the Maestro which was based on the same platform as the Montego, so I guess you could say that the Maestro was the closest thing to a Montego hatchback. This was at a time when BL were trying to rationalise their model line up in an attempt to cut costs, so I guess it made sense not to have too many models, from their perspective at least. The Montego never came as a van neither I believe, but the Maestro did.
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Sierra estate came soon after the hatch.
My dad had an ‘83 Y plate many years ago.
@@lewis72 Fair enough, I thought it was a bit later, but seemingly not. 🙂
Wasn’t the Capri based on a mark II Cortina?
It was the Corsair really, which was sort of a long wheelbase Cortina mk1.
Its a shame you drove the 1.6 carb. Slower than a overweight snail. The 2.0i dohc with pas, abs etc was a fantastic car.
Totally agree. I had a 92 2.0i Ghia, a brilliant car, effortless on the motorway, amazingly comfortable. I’ve regretted selling it for 20 years now.
Ford gives you plenty of room for the money and a larger car usually means a better ride.
You wouldn’t be gutted about having bought a new mk2 just before the mk3 came out if you’d driven a mk3 🙂.
That Blue Mink Mk2 is a very pretty car BUT those ridiculous wheels! Why on earth would you put them on it? I sold Sierra Azura’s new - a base model in silver or blue with GT alloys and a spoiler, some had really odd specs as Ford used up Sierra parts in the run out, Some had CVH engines but others had Pintos etc they were popular, but the Mondeo was a huge leap forward at the time.
The Sierra looks lovely on the outside, such a shame it's so basic and poverty spec on the inside.
"Poverty spec"? You've never driven a Maestro 1.3L, now they WERE poverty spec. Even the Lada Riva was more luxurious by comparison.
The rosiest of rose tinted spectacles there. The Sierra is undoubtedly the better car. Handles better, performs better, more comfortable, more refined and far better built. As a 90s vs 60s car should be. Thing is in this late model guise the Sierra isn’t miles away from some cars you could buy today in terms of appearance, ergonomics and general feel. In that respect the MK2 Cortina has far more period charm
That Mk2 Cortina is not even the top of range 1600E as I thought. I prefer the slightly bigger but less popular Corsair.
Fancy putting those horrible wheel and tyres on the nice old Cortina
I strongly disagree they look very period 🤔
@@darrenmeears3912 no, way too big with low profile tyres (plus they’re a 70s pattern).
Agreed..they don't look good on an old tina ..stick them on an rs2000 and they look the biz !
A wise man fits a cut out switch even today why loose a £45,000 car because you cannot be bothered to spend £100
1:35 wtf has happened to that back bumper?? I looks a a bit of rolled up tin foil
I would take the Cortina I would take any one of The Cortina over the Sierra
mark 2 was rubbish, my father bought a new one,water pump failed on the way home from collection,doors wouldnt shut properly
Has he still got it.
@@russcooke5671 no only kept it a year
The Sierra was a major step for Ford. Sorry old Skol Ford lovers the Sierra was superior in every way. My favourite was the Sapphire 2000E.