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Now not only was the car a highly respected touring car, it could go rallying. Its replacement would have to be better. So Ford chose a smaller car to be the basis of the next Cosworth when Sierra production ended in Where other Sierras were replaced by the Mondeo, the new Cosworth would be an Escort.
Launched in , it was meant to take on the World Rally Championship and win. But it won eight Group A events between and , and two more World Rally events in and The car led its first rally until a final push by Toyota saw its Celica take the flag. Where it did achieve, however, was on the streets. Just under 7, were made, and they became instant classics with several bought and carefully stored from new. Several others, however, fell into the wrong hands — like the earlier Sierra Cosworth, it was popular with people who wanted a fast car and felt it could be run on a Ford budget.
This reputation made Cosworths uninsurable during the mids, with several companies quoting five figure premiums and others refusing to quote at all. Everyone has a Cosworth story. And deep down, everyone wants a Cosworth. Because from race-winner to poster car, from rally legend to getaway wagon, Cosworths have been a key part of British culture for three decades.
Why has t the RS become s true appreciating investment car? More concerning is for at least 10 yrs it dropped in value , except for the first production white or known group A racing cars. Your email address will not be published. Save my name and email in this browser for the next time I comment. They had more power than anything else in this segment, but with fairly average brakes and suspension components, these cars were more than a little bit of a handful to drive.
There are not many of these left on the road today, many cars met their demise in hot pursuit car chases back in the 80s and 90s and gained a bit of a negative stigma as a result especially with insurance companies. Between this and their highly tunable engine, original examples are now seriously hard to find and fetch six-figures at auction, making them more of an exotic collector's car today than the blue collar hero they once were.
Although Cosworth might have been in the tuning business for quite some time already, they tended to play the field a little and never committed fully to any one brand. They did however gravitate towards Ford and this is where the guys in blue saw an opportunity; it gave birth to a lasting partnership in both motorsport and production vehicles in which both parties benefited greatly. Nowadays, these cars, even in average condition, command a premium.
Back in the mid 80s when the first Sierra Cosworth came out, it was genuinely affordable. It cost the same as fairly standard luxury sedans back then, and for that money you got a proper performance car, more or less race ready.
Although the initial homologation only required them to build a few hundred, Ford was adamant there would be more demand for the car, and they were right. It should be said that by modern standards the production numbers remained low for a car as popular as this, with Sierra Cosworths including RSs and Sapphire Cosworths getting made between and One of the ways Ford was able to keep the cost down was by only offering a security system as an optional extra.
Even that option was actually pretty rudimentary, something you would have found on other Sierras of the time. It was also the most common seriously fast car in the UK back in the 80s, which made it a popular choice for a getaway car.
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