The Ford Taunus is a family car that was sold by Ford Germany throughout Europe. Models from 1970 onward were built on the same basic construction as the Ford Cortina MkIII in the United Kingdom, and later on, the two car models were essentially the same, differing almost only in the placement of the steering wheel.
The model line was named after the Taunus mountain range in Germany, and was first made in 1939, and continued through several versions until 1994. Here below is a set of vintage photos from Vintage Cars & People that shows people posing with their Ford Taunus automobiles in the 1950s.
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| A young lady dressed in early fifties skiing gear posing on the roof of a Ford Taunus Spezial in wintertime. The car is registered in the city of Karlsruhe and equipped with a radiator grille cover, circa 1950 |
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| A young lady wearing white shorts posing with a Ford Taunus in summertime. The car is registered with black licence plates of Allied-occupied Germany, circa 1950 |
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| Two cheerful young women – possibly sisters – posing on the fenders of a Ford Taunus in summertime. The car is registered in the town of Karlsruhe with black licence plates of Allied-occupied Germany, circa 1950 |
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| A lady in a female suit – casually holding a cigarette in her hand – posing on the fender of a Ford Taunus de Luxe. The car is registered in the city of Düsseldorf with black licence plates of Allied-occupied Germany, July 1951 |
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| A couple dressed in the fashion of the early fifties posing with a Ford Taunus Spezial. Black licence plates of Allied-occupied Germany, the car is registered in Recklinghausen, circa 1952 |
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| A middle-aged lady posing with a Ford Taunus Spezial on the side of a road running along the bank of a river – most probably the Rhine. The car is registered in the town of Hamm, circa 1952 |
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| A pretty girl in shorts posing in the driver's seat of a Ford Taunus, circa 1952 |
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| An elegant couple posing with a Ford Taunus Spezial on a dirt road in the countryside. The car is registered with licence plates of Allied-occupied Berlin, circa 1952 |
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| Two stylish ladies posing with a Ford Taunus de Luxe at a waterfront. These small two-door saloons were popularly nicknamed Buckeltaunus (Hunchback Taunus), because of their sloping fastback styling, circa 1952 |
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| A fellow in a double-breasted suit posing with a Ford Taunus 12 M in the countryside. Black licence plates of Allied-occupied Germany, the car is registered in the town of Offenbach, circa 1953 |
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| Two women – probably mother and daughter – with a Ford Taunus 12 M in summertime. Note the opened folding sunroof on the car, circa 1953 |
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| A blonde lady posing with a Ford Taunus 12 M in a cobbled city street. The location is Karl-Marx-Straße in West Berlin's Neukölln district. The car is registered with licence plates of Allied-occupied Berlin, circa 1954 |
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| Three women pushing a Ford Taunus 12 M on a flooded road in rural Austria. The car is registered in the Bavarian town of Traunstein, July 12, 1954 |
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| A blonde lady in a skirt and cardigan posing with a Ford Taunus 15 M in the countryside. Note the full-length folding canvas sunroof on the car, registered in the West German town of Calw, circa 1955 |
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| A brunette lady posing with a Ford Taunus Spezial in the countryside, circa 1955 |
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| A cheerful blonde lady in a female suit posing with a Ford Taunus 12 M in the countryside. The car is registered in the city of Vienna, circa 1955 |
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| A cheerful lady in a woolen coat posing with a Ford Taunus 12 M, circa 1955 |
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| A cheerful lady posing with a Ford Taunus 15 M in the countryside, circa 1955 |
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| A middle-aged lady in a fur coat proudly posing with a Ford Taunus 12 M on a snowy winter's day. The car is registered in the city of Vienna, circa 1955 |
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| A young lady in a light-colored woolen coat posing with a Ford Taunus 12 M on a dirt road in the forest. The car is registered in the city of Bremen with black licence plates of Allied-occupied Germany, circa 1955 |
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| A young lady wearing a black female suit and high heels next to a black Ford Taunus 12 M, circa 1955 |
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| Two ladies posing with a Ford Taunus 15 M on the side of a road in summertime, circa 1955 |
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| Two middle-aged ladies posing with a Ford Taunus Spezial in a suburban street. The car is registered with licence plates of Allied-occupied Berlin, circa 1955 |
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| A blonde lady posing on the fender of a Ford Taunus 15 M Kombi in summertime. The car is registered in West Berlin, circa 1956 |
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| A couple posing with a Ford Taunus 12 M in an Alpine setting in late afternoon sunshine. The car is registered in West Berlin, circa 1956 |
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| A stylish lady posing at the wheel of a Ford Taunus 15 M. The car is registered in the West German city of Bonn, circa 1956 |
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| A stylish lady posing with a Ford Taunus 15 M de Luxe in the countryside. The two-tone car is registered in the West German city of Stuttgart, circa 1956 |
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| An elegant lady posing in the passenger seat of a Ford Taunus Spezial on the side of a country road. The car is registered in the city of Kiel, circa 1956 |
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| Five members of a German family in summer clothes posing with their Ford Taunus 15 M. The car is registered in the West German town of Selb, circa 1956 |
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| A lady wearing a white female suit on Sella Pass in the Italian Alps. The car is a Ford Taunus 12 M with West German licence plates from the district of Leonberg, circa 1957 |
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| A young lady and an elderly man posing with a Ford Taunus 12 M. The car is registered in the West German district of Rottweil, circa 1957 |
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| A dark-haired lady in a 3/4 length dress posing with a Ford Taunus 17 M De Luxe. The car's ivory steering wheel and two-tone upholstery can be seen through the opened door, circa 1958 |
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| A cheerful young lady in a pinafore dress posing with a slightly dented Ford Taunus Spezial in summertime. The car is registered in the West German town of Mülheim an der Ruhr, circa 1958 |
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| A middle-aged couple posing with a Ford Taunus 17 M de Luxe on an Alpine road on a sunny winter's day, circa 1958 |
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| A young lady in a black dress posing with a Ford Taunus 15 M. The car is registered in the West German town of Tübingen, circa 1958 |
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| A young lady in a female suit posing with a two-tone Ford Taunus 15M in a cobbled urban street. Note the folding sunroof on the German-built car, registered in the town of Moers, circa 1958 |
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| A young lady with curlers in her hair washing the family car. It's a Ford Taunus 17 M de Luxe, popularly known as Barocktaunus because of its unusually flamboyant styling, circa 1958 |
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| An elegant lady posing with a Ford Taunus 17 M De Luxe on a gravel road in a forest. The car is registered in West Berlin, circa 1958 |
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| Two fashionable ladies posing with a Ford Taunus 17 M in the parking lot of a rural inn in summertime. Both of them are holding cigarettes in their hands. The car is registered in the city of Vienna, circa 1958 |
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| A short-haired blonde lady posing with a slightly scruffy Ford Taunus 12 M equipped with a roof rack, circa 1959 |