This South African "bakkie" outlived the car it was named after: Ford kept building the Cortina-based pickup for years after the Cortina sedan was replaced, eventually exporting it to the UK as the P100.
Lead trim: P100 (Cortina Mk V based) 1.6 OHC four (72 bhp) · up to 138 hp
Ford P100MK3-MK5 · 1971–1988
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FactThis South African "bakkie" outlived the car it was named after: Ford kept building the Cortina-based pickup for years after the Cortina sedan was replaced, eventually exporting it to the UK as the P100.
The Ford P100 is a coupé utility built by Ford from 1971 to 1995, initially in South Africa (Port Elizabeth) and later Portugal, based on medium-sized Ford passenger cars — the Cortina/Taunus and, from 1988, the Sierra — and initially marketed as the Ford Cortina Pickup, then in South Africa as the Ford 1-Tonner; the P100 name was adopted in 1982 (it had earlier been used on a small North American panel van in the 1960s). Introduced in South Africa in 1971 on the Ford Taunus TC / Cortina Mk3, its cab used the doors of the two-door Cortina sedan for a lengthy yet truncated look with a vertical rear window and B-pillar, with a wellside tray using the Mk III estate's tail lights, a flatdeck or purpose-built body, and an optional fibreglass canopy; it soon sold well. The bodywork changed for 1977 to the Taunus TC2/Cortina Mk IV (cab with the shorter front doors of the four-door models) and in 1980 to the TC3/Cortina Mk V front. From 1982 it was exported from South Africa to Europe as the P100 (chassis and tray lengthened; released to Europe in Mk5 form as the Cortina was replaced by the Sierra; Ford UK rejected a rebadged Mazda pickup on political grounds and achieved 35 percent local parts content), remaining Cortina Mk5-based until 1988, with a taller-roof "hi cap" in 1986. Under the front bodywork the P100 used only the front half of the underbody, with a ladder chassis and multi-leaf rear springs for a 1,000 kg payload and larger five-stud wheels. From 1986 the Mazda-based Courier replaced it in South Africa. Engines: Cortina Pickup Mk III 1.6 L OHV four, 2.0 L V4 and 2.5 L Essex OHV V6; 1-Tonner Mk IV 3.0 L V6; Mk V 1.6 L four and 3.0 L V6; P100 (Cortina Mk V based) 1.6 L OHC petrol (72 bhp) and 2.0 L four (90 bhp). Turkey's Otosan also built a Taunus-TC-based P100 with a separate bed from 1991 to 1996.
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Trims & Figures
6 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-Tonner Mk IV / Mk V 3.0 V6 | 1977–1988 | 3.0 L V6 | 138 hp | 174 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
| Cortina Pickup Mk III 1.6 OHV four | 1971–1977 | 1.6 L | — | — | — | RWD | — | — |
| Cortina Pickup Mk III 2.0 V4 | 1971–1977 | 2.0 L | 103 hp | — | — | RWD | — | — |
| Cortina Pickup Mk III 2.5 Essex OHV V6 | 1971–1977 | 2.5 L V6 | 120 hp | 132 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
| P100 (Cortina Mk V based) 1.6 OHC four (72 bhp) | 1982–1988 | 1.6 L | 72 hp | 87 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
| P100 (Cortina Mk V based) 2.0 four (90 bhp) | 1982–1988 | 2.0 L | 90 hp | — | — | RWD | — | — |
Owning one
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Owners’ builds
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Photographs
Ford actually detuned the Sierra-based P100's engine on purpose: the same 2.0-litre Pinto block, but a lower-compression version with single-choke carbs that traded peak horsepower for more usable torque.
This South African "bakkie" outlived the car it was named after: Ford kept building the Cortina-based pickup for years after the Cortina sedan was replaced, eventually exporting it to the UK as the P100.
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