The orange Ford Cortina used in TV show Life On Mars has sold for £10,000 on eBay. Fan Paul Shedden snapped up the car, which was driven by actors John Simm and Philip Glenister in the 1970s-set ...

The Ford Cortina used in the hit BBC drama Life On Mars is to be auctioned on eBay for charity. Proceeds from sale of the rust-coloured car which features in the cult cop drama, set in the 1970s ...

It's the unexpected star of BBC's hit Seventies police series Life On Mars. For the 33-year-old Ford Cortina thrown around Manchester's streets by Detective Chief Inspector Gene Hunt - actor ...

AN AVID fan of TV cop show Life on Mars has landed his dream car after buying the iconic Ford Cortina from the hit BBC series. Paul Shedden shelled out £10,000 for the famous brown vehicle used ...

Thirty years ago, one in every three cars sold in Britain was a Ford, and one in 10 was a Ford Cortina ... role in the BBC sci-fi/detective show Life on Mars than because they've actually seen ...

The Ford Cortina’s appearance on the BBC’s One ... More recently the Cortina has had a starring role in the 2006 BBC series Life on Mars while its film credentials have been brought right ...

He told Classic Ford Magazine: "I was after a Cortina for many years after my dad had one in the ’70s, and the TV show Life On Mars sparked the fire. "I was searching literally for years.

The Audi Quattro sports car became synonymous with the sequel, just as the Ford Cortina took pride of place in Life on Mars.

During the planning stage, Life on Mars was also called Ford Granada and was seen as more of a comedy. "It was called Ford Granada and it was much more jocular, much more knockabout [humor]," he ...

The famous vehicles include a De Lorean DMC 12, which made time travel possible in the Back to the Future film series; a 1974 MK 3 Ford Cortina, as featured in TV cop show Life on Mars and a 1973 ...

By the standards of ’60s Britain, the original Ford Consul Cortina, introduced in September 1962, was a midsize family sedan. To modern eyes, it’s small, spartan and almost laughably slow ...