Escort Cosworth Stories :)....?
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I love them, they are just stunning cars. A colleague of mine has a Mallard Green Monte Carlo. It looked incredible on those OZ wheels. The rasping exhaust note was a joy too. Just a brilliant car in every respect. It had so much road presence, the likes of which Ferrari and Lamborghini could only dream of. My fondest memory of it was following him in to work one day - we lived fairly closed and I recall that we were asked to come in on a Sunday morning. So at about half six in the morning, I was following this stunning Escort Cosworth in my Impreza, laughing as smoke belched out of the exhaust on the upshifts. What a cracking car. Always made my day, seeing it in the car park at work!
I've got one, had an imperial blue one a few years back and currently have a red one :-)
Great cars, mines totally standard, they don't drive great tbh but the looks of them just can't be beat.
If you don't like attention (which I'm not a big fan of, and sometimes struggle with) then don't get one as they get looked at wherever you drive.
Great cars, mines totally standard, they don't drive great tbh but the looks of them just can't be beat.
If you don't like attention (which I'm not a big fan of, and sometimes struggle with) then don't get one as they get looked at wherever you drive.
I sold Fords in 1993/4. I remember the Escort Cosworths as fast and great fun to drive. So quick and sorted. My memories are:
> Each of our demos (run by the dealer principal, and thrashed every mile of its life) would have the steel bands showing on the edges of the front tyres in about 4000 miles. They were snot-soft, special compound Pirelli P-Zeros and even at trade price were stupid money (at the time)
> Love the handling. Felt rear wheel drive in character, but just that bit more planted and secure.
> The front splitter doesn't clear kerbs. The dealer principal was rather careless and forwards parked on the forecourt. *crunch* on many occasions.
> The big turbo models on full boost just made me laugh out loud. Felt unstoppable.
> The small turbo model was a far nicer car to drive on the road.
I wonder how a sorted one would feel today. I haven't so much as sat in one for 20 years.
> Each of our demos (run by the dealer principal, and thrashed every mile of its life) would have the steel bands showing on the edges of the front tyres in about 4000 miles. They were snot-soft, special compound Pirelli P-Zeros and even at trade price were stupid money (at the time)
> Love the handling. Felt rear wheel drive in character, but just that bit more planted and secure.
> The front splitter doesn't clear kerbs. The dealer principal was rather careless and forwards parked on the forecourt. *crunch* on many occasions.
> The big turbo models on full boost just made me laugh out loud. Felt unstoppable.
> The small turbo model was a far nicer car to drive on the road.
I wonder how a sorted one would feel today. I haven't so much as sat in one for 20 years.
I had a little dice with one whilst in a remapped Saab 9-3 Aero (2003 vintage, about 250 bhp), it had a huge exhaust, made a lot of noise but didnt pull away, had a quick chat with the driver who said he was suprised how quick the Swedish repmobile was, I was a bit dissapointed that the Cosworth didnt just Squat down and p
s off at high speed.
Looking at the times for a standard one, it says they do 0-100 in 17.6 seconds which surprised me, that is progress I suppose, not many are standard though.
s off at high speed.Looking at the times for a standard one, it says they do 0-100 in 17.6 seconds which surprised me, that is progress I suppose, not many are standard though.
I've had two loved both truely great cars and still look absolutely fantastic today, my favorite moment was watching Martin Hadland tow a caravan at 128mph 
Oh and the day I got done travelling to a Noble's rolling road day early one Saturday morning in a convoy of Escort Cossies and Escort Turbos, they road blocked the roundabout going into Chesterfield and they seem to have mobilised the entire Derbyshire police force in our honour
Moral of the story if you are going to drive like a complete tit at approaching double the speed limit in a convoy of cars make sure you are not the last car!!
Not big and not clever but it did look like a scene from a movie
Loved that car L429 OJN a beautiful red Escort Cosworth with red cloth hexagon interior it was a perfect cossie!
Oh and the day I got done travelling to a Noble's rolling road day early one Saturday morning in a convoy of Escort Cossies and Escort Turbos, they road blocked the roundabout going into Chesterfield and they seem to have mobilised the entire Derbyshire police force in our honour
Moral of the story if you are going to drive like a complete tit at approaching double the speed limit in a convoy of cars make sure you are not the last car!!
Not big and not clever but it did look like a scene from a movie
Loved that car L429 OJN a beautiful red Escort Cosworth with red cloth hexagon interior it was a perfect cossie!
J4CKO said:
Looking at the times for a standard one, it says they do 0-100 in 17.6 seconds which surprised me, that is progress I suppose, not many are standard though.
High speed acceleration was blunted because of the aero kit. It was the only production car of its time to generate downforce at speed, but carried a massive drag penalty.Its 0-60 time of 6.2 secs is still right up there in premium hot hatch territory 20 years on.
Baryonyx said:
It had so much road presence, the likes of which Ferrari and Lamborghini could only dream of.
You are not half spouting some **** here
Its a tarted up Ford, a blue-collar performance car with a ghastly interior.
Maybe it would gather more attention at a Fish`n`chips wagon in Cheshire, but
by the french Riviera it would be as out of place as a possum of Cockneys at Ascot
Saw a white one the other day in Edinburgh with Belgian plates (white and red just looks so cool) with a lower level spoiler rather than big whale tail...looked epic, in that 'driven hard, given grief, had the balls kicked out of it to get there' kinda way. Anti lag as well. I think they came at a fairly impressionable age for me and they, along with a Delta Integrale, are two cars on the need to own list.
Carreraman said:
Its a tarted up Ford, a blue-collar performance car with a ghastly interior.
Maybe it would gather more attention at a Fish`n`chips wagon in Cheshire, but
by the french Riviera it would be as out of place as a possum of Cockneys at Ascot
That's rather unkind. It's actually a homologation special that existed in road form only so Ford could take it rallying. At 7125 units total production, and just 2500 of the original homologation specials, it is also rather rare.Maybe it would gather more attention at a Fish`n`chips wagon in Cheshire, but
by the french Riviera it would be as out of place as a possum of Cockneys at Ascot
I don't think suitability for posing along the French Riviera even entered into the heads of the people designing it, racing it, or buying it for road use.
Carreraman said:
You are not half spouting some **** here
Its a tarted up Ford, a blue-collar performance car with a ghastly interior.
Maybe it would gather more attention at a Fish`n`chips wagon in Cheshire, but
by the french Riviera it would be as out of place as a possum of Cockneys at Ascot
That's a different scene. I'll wager that here in the UK when new the Escort Cosworth got more attention than the aforementioned supercar brand, purely because so many people knew what it was and aspired to it.Its a tarted up Ford, a blue-collar performance car with a ghastly interior.
Maybe it would gather more attention at a Fish`n`chips wagon in Cheshire, but
by the french Riviera it would be as out of place as a possum of Cockneys at Ascot
mwstewart said:
That's a different scene. I'll wager that here in the UK when new the Escort Cosworth got more attention than the aforementioned supercar brand, purely because so many people knew what it was and aspired to it.
Because they could actually afford it, "Affordable Presence" Would probably be a more apt description 
Ennoch said:
Saw a white one the other day in Edinburgh with Belgian plates (white and red just looks so cool) with a lower level spoiler rather than big whale tail...looked epic, in that 'driven hard, given grief, had the balls kicked out of it to get there' kinda way. Anti lag as well. I think they came at a fairly impressionable age for me and they, along with a Delta Integrale, are two cars on the need to own list.
The low level spoiler was part of the "Aero Delete" option. Actually made the car slightly faster, but not as planted due to the loss of downforce. Looked much more subtle though.Carreraman said:
mwstewart said:
That's a different scene. I'll wager that here in the UK when new the Escort Cosworth got more attention than the aforementioned supercar brand, purely because so many people knew what it was and aspired to it.
Because they could actually afford it, "Affordable Presence" Would probably be a more apt description t Gassing Station | Classic Cars and Yesterday's Heroes | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff