Escort Rs Turbo

[gnasher16 30,209]

 

 

My fascination with fast cars started when i was a passenger in a RS 500 Cosworth....id always liked the works Escorts but this Cosworth just blew me away it was like being in a computer game......had some cars since that would piss all over that Cosworth but very few have had the character those old Escorts had.....i still see an old Mk 1 Avo owners club RS that i owned in the early ,s last i heard it changed hands for over 30k !!.....I sold it for a grand after it had been sitting in my garage for a year in the late ,s.......some businessman !

The rs 500 was a sierra ...

 

and a mk1 sierra with the whale tail, the rs500s are big bucks nowadays

 

If i remember right they was only made in White,Black and Moonstone Blue........the one i went in was the first car i was ever genuinely frightened in i was like a little old woman hiding down in the footwell ......seen a few mk1 and 2 Escorts with the Cosworth lump that could certainly shift !

[Lenmcharristar 9,816]

 

 

 

My fascination with fast cars started when i was a passenger in a RS 500 Cosworth....id always liked the works Escorts but this Cosworth just blew me away it was like being in a computer game......had some cars since that would piss all over that Cosworth but very few have had the character those old Escorts had.....i still see an old Mk 1 Avo owners club RS that i owned in the early ,s last i heard it changed hands for over 30k !!.....I sold it for a grand after it had been sitting in my garage for a year in the late ,s.......some businessman !

The rs 500 was a sierra ...

 

and a mk1 sierra with the whale tail, the rs500s are big bucks nowadays

 

If i remember right they was only made in White,Black and Moonstone Blue........the one i went in was the first car i was ever genuinely frightened in i was like a little old woman hiding down in the footwell ......seen a few mk1 and 2 Escorts with the Cosworth lump that could certainly shift !

 

theres a few on youtube packing 600hp under the bonnet, doughnut machine

[snappeer 464]

The old fast cars feel faster than the new fast these days youre doing 140 and you dont even now it till ye look down the old turbo cars that stick you to the seat were the best

[gnasher16 30,209]

The old fast cars feel faster than the new fast these days youre doing 140 and you dont even now it till ye look down the old turbo cars that stick you to the seat were the best

I agree.....ive done 180+ on German autobahns in modern cars that didnt feel as quick as 110 in an old 3 litre Capri i had driving down the A2 to Dover years ago ....mind you that old Capri did nearly shake itself to bits and it was music or speed you couldnt have both it was so noisy at speed !

[treecreeper 1,136]

seen a cosworth today, always been vw but got a soft spot for the old rs and tricked up r5s etc, a mate had a gt turbo raider that was mint but it got nicked.

iv been in seriously fast in new cars but they never seem as quick nowadays that everything doesn't rattle, id rather crash a new car though

Now iv got a estate, its good for dog and kids and crunch big miles but it aint much fun unless its off road, used to have a orange mk1 golf with a mk3 gti engine in, two seats and a roll cage it was mental but in a good way, wish id never sold it.

Edited August 8, 2015 by treecreeper

[Chid 6,542]

 

 

My fascination with fast cars started when i was a passenger in a RS 500 Cosworth....id always liked the works Escorts but this Cosworth just blew me away it was like being in a computer game......had some cars since that would piss all over that Cosworth but very few have had the character those old Escorts had.....i still see an old Mk 1 Avo owners club RS that i owned in the early ,s last i heard it changed hands for over 30k !!.....I sold it for a grand after it had been sitting in my garage for a year in the late ,s.......some businessman !

 

The rs 500 was a sierra ...

I didnt say it wasnt

 

 

My fascination with fast cars started when i was a passenger in a RS 500 Cosworth....id always liked the works Escorts but this Cosworth just blew me away it was like being in a computer game......had some cars since that would piss all over that Cosworth but very few have had the character those old Escorts had.....i still see an old Mk 1 Avo owners club RS that i owned in the early ,s last i heard it changed hands for over 30k !!.....I sold it for a grand after it had been sitting in my garage for a year in the late ,s.......some businessman !

 

The rs 500 was a sierra ...

I didnt say it wasnt

sorry misread what you wrote

[South hams hunter 8,923]

I live looking at these old cars. My father in law has a humbre sceptre, started with a rally 1.8 in it. Now has a 3.5 v8 with the 4.6 and nos at the garage ready to go in. Seriously scary car and back end flies out at every corner

[dytkos 17,802]

Renault 5 turbo.... Great fun!!

 

Not for mate and 3 others upside down in a ditch 200 yards up the road from us, all got out unscathed thankfully.

 

Cheers, D.

[johnny 2 367]

 

my old 2l 16vGTE, cmon these are nicer than the escorts? lol, sorry for the hijack

 

the rs turbos were faster

No way

[mud 2,044]

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Edited August 14, 2015 by mud

[Malt 379]

my old 2l 16vGTE, cmon these are nicer than the escorts? lol, sorry for the hijack

Solid state dash?

[torchey 1,328]

Loved the mk2 rs2000 had one for years sold it for 1300 and he,s still got it in his garage ,wish i,d kept it...wasn,t a lover of the rs turbo,s never really got on with front wheel drive but cosworths i,d still have one now cracking motors

[hawki 1,431]

what a beautiful car

 

[gnasher16 30,209]

There was an Rs200 in Classic Car magazine the other week for 325k !.........Saw one sell at auction a few years ago for 220ish

 

0 - 60 in 3.2 seconds if i remember right......in 1985 !

[hawki 1,431]

if only I won the euro millions Rodders