Ford Of Britain 100: Image Of The Week - 6/52

BRENTWOOD, UNITED KINGDOM – February 9, 2011: To celebrate the centenary of Ford of Britain in 2011 the company is exploring its photo archive to reveal rarely seen images.

Ford's British roots will be illustrated each week by a specially selected picture.

In the post-war years British Fords moved from the practical to the avant-garde. The sit-up-and-beg styling of Prefect and Pilot gave way to the glamour of Consul and Zephyr. This week's image shows the Dagenham-built Ford Anglia 100E in a quintessential English village setting. A significant update of the previous Anglia, the 100E featured major design changes to the exterior and interior improving accommodation and handling in an elegant package.

Introduced in 1953 the Ford Anglia 100E sold for £360, saw over 335,000 produced and even proved itself in motorsport, winning its class in the 1956 Safari Rally.