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Ford Taunus 12M P1 Taunus Blue Revell 1:18

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Ford Taunus 12M P1 Taunus Blue Revell 1:18 08880 Diecast
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Revell's 1:18 diecast Ford Taunus 12M in blue reproduces the compact West German family saloon that carried Ford's front-wheel-drive experiment into series production in 1960. Rounded, honest period styling suits any vintage German saloon collection.
Ford Taunus 12M P1 Taunus Blue Revell 1:18
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Specifications
Car Brand
Ford
Model Manufacturer
Revell
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
08880
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About the Ford Taunus 12M P1 Taunus Blue Revell 1:18

TL;DR: Revell's 1:18 diecast Ford Taunus 12M in blue reproduces the compact West German family saloon that brought front-wheel drive into Ford's series production range from 1960. Diecast construction suits the Taunus's rounded, honest period lines well.

Ford's German division took a genuine engineering risk with the 12M's front-wheel-drive layout, a departure from convention at the time that would go on to influence the company's later small-car thinking well beyond this one model.

Honest Styling Rendered at 1:18

The Taunus 12M's rounded wings, simple chrome trim and upright glasshouse are period-typical rather than dramatic, and Revell's tooling captures that unpretentious character correctly rather than exaggerating it for visual impact. The blue finish sits with clean, even depth, and the bumper and grille chrome is picked out with genuine sharpness against the body colour. Diecast weight feels appropriate for a genuinely compact saloon, smaller than the flagship Kapitan from the same period, and the wheel design correctly reflects the era's simpler styling.

A Quiet Engineering Milestone

Displayed against contemporary rear-wheel-drive saloons from the same period, this Taunus 12M represents a genuinely significant, if understated, mechanical departure worth flagging to anyone assembling a period West German motoring display.

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