Like most manufacturers that created Group B homologation specials, Ford found it very difficult to sell the RS200 when new. Therefore, to broaden its appeal, between 1987 and 1989 (after…
Read MoreHaving long since ranked among the elite manufacturers in top flight rallying thanks primarily to high performance iterations of the Mk1 and Mk2 Escort, Ford’s European arm took a sabbatical after…
Read MoreLike most manufacturers that created Group B homologation specials, Ford found it difficult to shift the RS200 and still had quite a few cars still sitting unsold at the factory several years after…
Read MoreChassis 069 was a left-hand drive RS200 registered C200 MNO. It became the second RS200 supplied to RAS Sport in Belgium which had used the rear-drive Porsche 911 SC RS as its primary…
Read MoreChassis 195 was a standard 250bhp right-hand drive RS200 that Ford sold during early 1987 to the Patrick Collection in Birmingham. The Patrick Collection was a motor museum established by…
Read MoreOf the 200 Ford RS200s built for Group B homologation, just 24 were completed in Evolution trim. The FIA’s Evolution rule permitted manufacturers to create a further uprated iteration of the base car…
Read MoreHaving abandoned the Escort RS1700T soon after his return to Ford as boss of the company’s Motorsport department, Stuart Turner commissioned a designed-from-scratch Group B car capable…
Read MoreChassis 001 was the original RS200 prototype. Ford management gave the green light for 001 to be constructed in September 1983 and the car was finished in early March of 1984. On the 12th of…
Read MoreChassis 065 was one of two works RS200s prepared for the 1986 Acropolis Rally which took place between June 2nd and 4th. Ford registered chassis 065 in May, at which point it was issued licence…
Read MoreChassis 004, sometimes referred to as P4, was the second RS200 prototype built. It was completed in November 1984 and registered B690 CEV on February 15th 1985. The left-hand drive…
Read MoreChassis 192 started life as a white right-hand drive RS200 road car. First registered F938 MJN in December 1988, it was destined to be the fourth RS200 delivered to former rally co-driver and noted…
Read MoreChassis 064 was one of two works RS200s prepared for the 1986 Acropolis Rally which took place between June 2nd and 4th. Registered B200 XVX in May, chassis 064 was allocated to Kalle Grundle…
Read MoreA selection of photographs taken at a Goodwood track day in 1988. Featured cars: Porsche 959: 2 CUF, Lamborghini Countach LP400 S: 653 RU, Lamborghini Countach 5000 S: LAM 207…
Read MoreChassis 063 was registered C200 KWC to the Ford Motor Company on January 1st 1986. Built to left-hand drive specification, it was sold to Arrows F1 driver, Marc Surer, on February 6th. Surer had…
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