When the World Rally Championship switched from Group A to WRC regulations for the 1997 season, one of the older generation cars to get a new lease of life was Ford’s Escort RS Cosworth. In…
Read MoreOf all the Group A homologation specials produced during the 1980s and 90s, arguably the most notorious were Ford’s massively spoilered Sierra and Escort RS Cosworths. Thanks to their…
Read MoreFord developed the Escort RS Cosworth in order to embark on their most serious rally programme since the ill-fated Group B RS200 of the mid 1980s. 2500 examples of the new car had to be…
Read MoreHaving invested a huge sum to develop a bona fide Group B car, the resultant Ford RS200 arrived several months late. Ford then decided to pull the plug early after a series of driver and spectator…
Read MoreShortly after the FIA decided that Group B would be dropped on safety grounds (mid-way through the 1986 season), Ford abandoned their expensive RS200 programme. From 1987, Group A…
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