This Australian Ford Corsair isn't a Ford design at all — it's a rebadged, facelifted Nissan Pintara, built locally after importing the real Ford Telstar got too expensive.
Lead trim: 1974 cc CA20E
Ford Corsair UA1989–1992
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FactThis Australian Ford Corsair isn't a Ford design at all — it's a rebadged, facelifted Nissan Pintara, built locally after importing the real Ford Telstar got too expensive.
Between 1989 and 1992 the Ford Corsair name was used by Ford Australia for a badge-engineered version of the Nissan Pintara, a version of the Bluebird. Known during development as "Project Matilda", it was produced under a model-sharing scheme known as the Button Plan, offered as a four-door sedan and a five-door liftback in GL and Ghia trim levels with 2.0-litre (CA20E) and 2.4-litre (KA24E) four-cylinder engines. It was intended to replace the Mazda 626-based Ford Telstar, which was imported from Japan.
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Trims & Figures
2 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 cc CA20E | 1989–1992 | 2.0 L Inline-4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2389 cc KA24E | 1989–1992 | 2.4 L Inline-4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Photographs
This Australian Ford Corsair isn't a Ford design at all — it's a rebadged, facelifted Nissan Pintara, built locally after importing the real Ford Telstar got too expensive.
This modest British Ford shares its face with an American icon — the Corsair's styling theme was the same one used on the early-1960s Ford Thunderbird, both traced back to designer Uwe Bahnsen's Ford Taunus P3.
Rivals
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