page_title: Ford Taunus P4
hierarchical_section_title: Ford Taunus P4
caption_attribution_description: Ford Taunus 12m (P4) Commercial, 1964
context_page_description: The Ford Taunus 12 M is a small family car that was produced by Ford Germany between September 1962 and August 1966.
  The Taunus 12M name had been used for the car’s predecessor and it would apply also to subsequent Ford models which is why the 12M introduced in 1962 is usually identified, in retrospect, as the Ford Taunus P4. It was the fourth newly designed German Ford to be launched after the war and for this reason it was from inception known within the company as Ford Project 4 or the Ford Taunus P4.
  More unusually, the car was originally designed not for production in Germany but to be produced in North America and sold as the Ford Cardinal, a home-grown competitor for the Volkswagen. A last minute change of strategy saw the US production plans cancelled, and in 1960 Ford of Germany received a fully developed modern new design which they adapted for German conditions in order to replace their own by now badly outdated Ford Taunus P1.
context_section_description: The Ford Taunus 12 M is a small family car that was produced by Ford Germany between September 1962 and August 1966.
  The Taunus 12M name had been used for the car’s predecessor and it would apply also to subsequent Ford models which is why the 12M introduced in 1962 is usually identified, in retrospect, as the Ford Taunus P4. It was the fourth newly designed German Ford to be launched after the war and for this reason it was from inception known within the company as Ford Project 4 (P4) or the Ford Taunus P4.
  More unusually, the car was originally designed not for production in Germany but to be produced in North America and sold as the Ford Cardinal,  a home-grown competitor for the Volkswagen.  A last minute change of strategy saw the US production plans cancelled, and in 1960 Ford of Germany received a fully developed modern new design which they adapted for German conditions in order to replace their own by now badly outdated Ford Taunus P1.
caption: The station wagon also provided the basis for a sedan delivery.
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