Kakana yana da Ford Cortina MkI mai kofa biyu, wanda daga baya ya musanya da Toyota Corolla 1100. Mahaifina ya ce famfunan sun kasance akai-akai - Cortina ya nace da "fita" a baya a cikin sasanninta "mai ban dariya" kuma to ba abu ne mai sauqi ba.
Wannan wata mota ce da ta shiga sashin "kusan-daraja" na lokacin. Samun Cortina ya zama daban, a lokaci guda kamar sauran mutane da yawa. A yau kuna da Ford Mondeo - abin da suke ganin ya zama daidai - zama kamar sauran . Abu ne mai fahimta, a kwanakin nan tayin yana da girma kuma yana da inganci, amma don samun motar da take da wani matsayi, dole ne mu ƙara harsashi.
Satumba 20th na ƙarshe, Ford ya fitar da kyandirori 50 na Cortina MkI kuma na je ganin wani kwanan nan, MkII, sigar 4-kofa, 1300 Deluxe daga 1969.
An adana addini a cikin tsohuwar rumbun giya, abin ya kasance abin jin daɗin bikin daren jiya. Wani “yankin kayan adon” na yau da kullun wanda ya ja hankalin fitattun fitilun kyamara. Aikin fenti na asali, ƙafafu masu haske da sababbin tayoyi sun kasance abin jin daɗin baƙi (shirye don buga hanya da gwadawa, na yi tunani lokacin da na gan shi).
A cikin zance da mai shi, nan da nan na gane cewa, kamar sauran al'adun gargajiya, wannan yana da labarin da zai ba da labari - wanda aka saya a Portugal a 1969, yana da manufa: Angola. Wannan ita ce mota ta gaba ta wata mace da ke zaune a wurin, wanda mijinta ya ba ta don yin tafiye-tafiye na yau da kullun a cikin zafin ƙasar Afirka.
Ba a daɗe ba har sai da gwagwarmayar gwagwarmaya da mulkin mallaka ya tilasta wa wannan iyali komawa Portugal kuma tare da su Cortina "wanda aka hau a Portugal" ya dawo.
Gaskiya ne, a 1964 Ford ya kaddamar da layin Majalisar Azambuja kuma Ford Cortina ita ce samfurin na biyu da aka tara a can, bayan Ford Anglia Fascinante. Abin takaici, sabon karni ya kawo tare da sake fasalin Kamfanin Motoci na Ford kuma a cikin 2000 wannan masana'anta ta rufe ƙofofinta.
Wannan sigar ta biyu, duk da kasancewar ta ɗan gajeru fiye da na baya, ya fi sarari a ciki, yana ba da ma'ana ga tallan "New Cortina is More Cortina" wanda Ford ke amfani da shi a yaƙin ƙaddamar da mkII.
Mai shi ya canza wannan ƙirar: a gaba, inda a da akwai wurin zama na benci mai iya zama mutane 3, yanzu akwai benci na ƙirar Cortina 2. . Motar tana da matsakaicin ƙarfin fasinjoji 6.
Tare da maɓalli a cikin kunnawa, ƙarfafa yanke sarkar kuma tare da iska kadan bude, an kunna na'ura kuma ba shakka, ya fara a karo na farko. Ba a dau lokaci mai tsawo ba relati ya zama na yau da kullun kuma motar ta shirya don taka hanya.
Injin mai nauyin 1.3 mai karfin 52hp ba ya dace da abubuwan al'adu, duk da haka, motar ta yi nasarar samun isasshen ƙarfi don jure ƙalubalen da ke tattare da hanyar da ke gaba, ba tare da buƙatar yin babban ragi ba. Nauyin yana taimakawa - wannan samfurin, mai nauyin kilogiram 880 kawai, yayi nauyi kadan fiye da Smart Fortwo. Tare da wannan nauyin da wasu kulawa akan ƙafar dama, MkII yana cinye lita 7 a kowace kilomita 100.
Bayan ya koma Portugal, an ajiye shi a gareji na wasu shekaru har sai mai shi ya sayar da shi ga duk wanda ke ajiyewa. Maigidan na yanzu ya gaji shi daga mahaifinta, wanda a lokacin, ya bar Cortina a gareji kuma ya gwammace ya tuka Mini 1000, saboda ya fi dacewa a yi amfani da shi a rayuwar yau da kullun…? Lallai! Lokacin da Ford ya yanke shawarar gina Cortina, ya yi haka musamman don ƙaura daga kasuwar da ba yankin jin daɗinta ba, kamar yadda Mini ke mamaye shi.
Ford Cortina sanannen sananne ne, mota mai matsakaicin matsayi daga 60s/70s. A yau, ana amfani da shi don fita a karshen mako kuma don cika ganin mafi yawan sha'awar. Yayin da mai ita ke tabbatar da cewa ba ta jin sha'awar motar, ba zan iya yin tunanin cewa, a zahiri, a cikin shekarunta na zinari biyu, Cortina wani lamari ne mai ban mamaki - Cortina mai ban mamaki.