As well as the Cortina getting the flared treatment, its little brother the Escort had a make-over in 1970 when the Mexico model (the World Cup was played in Mexico that year) was introduced, bearing bright paint, flared arches and sporty alloy wheels. It proved to be the only classic non-specialist Escort.
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