But there was one major exception where passenger compartment greenhouses closely mimicked those of U.S. Ford sedans.
Examples are shown below.
American Fords were redesigned for the 1952 model year.
Proportions differ, but the window design of this 4-door Zephyr saloon is nearly the same as in the '52 Ford in the previous image.
Here is a 1952 Ford 2-door sedan.
And a German version (disregard the C-pillar chrome trim).
Front-quarter view.
Note the similarities of the water gutters above the various windows on this and the preceding car.
Rear-quarter view.
Again, the same window shapes. European Fords were smaller than the American variety, so tooling was different, not re-used Dearborn stuff.
What puzzles me is how this similarity came to be. Perhaps some European Ford styling was done in America -- or maybe some American stylists were working overseas at the time. Maybe the Europeans thought that the 1952 Ford greenhouse was worth copying. Knowledgeable readers are encouraged to comment on this matter.
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Now do the next Taunus, the 1961 17 M P3. When I was a kid I saw one coming the other way on a highway and thought it was amazing with the big oval headlights. But in photos with quads it looks even more like US Ford models in various ways - 1960 Galaxie and Falcon, 1961 Thunderbird and Lincoln. You would know it's a Ford just from the steering wheel. And the gas filler behind the license plate.
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