The Ford Pinto engine was the unofficial name for a four-cylinder internal combustion engine built by Ford Europe, and first introduced in 1970 in the Ford Taunus TC (Cortina MkIII). It was the core mid-sized 4-cylinder engine used in rear wheel drive Ford of Europe cars throughout the 1970s and 1980s, simultaneously replacing the Essex V4, Taunus V4 and larger versions of the Kent Crossflow.
The Ford Pinto engine was the unofficial name for a four-cylinder internal combustion engine built by Ford Europe, and first introduced in 1970 in the Ford Taunus TC (Cortina MkIII). It was the core mid-sized 4-cylinder engine used in rear wheel drive Ford of Europe cars throughout the 1970s and 1980s, simultaneously replacing the Essex V4, Taunus V4 and larger versions of the Kent Crossflow.
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