RE: All-new Mk2 Ford Escort in development

[Dave Hedgehog]

bloomen said:

Burwood said:

From £60K.

And plenty will pay it.

i would if i had it, i used to borrow a MK2 RS2000 from time to time, bloody fantastic thing it was

[LordHaveMurci]

Are there many improvements from Mk1 to Mk2?

Always much preferred the look of the Mk1 & I can't be the only one who isn't a fan of the arches can I?!

[phil_cardiff]

Augustus Windsock said:

leakymanifold said:

Honest question: Can someone explain to me why an ancient ford chassis is so desirable?

If you haven’t driven one, you don’t know. If you have, you do....

Good point. Drove a 1600 at a rally school and have been in love ever since. So easy to take up to the limit, over, then back again.

If I had the cash I'd be putting a deposit down right now.

[budgie smuggler]

"Cooking versions of the rear-driven coupe are widely acknowledged as some of the Blue Oval’s finest driving machines "

Not sure if I should be handing in my PH card here, but does "cooking versions" not mean the crappest versions of something that you would use for cooking? Like cooking chocolate or wine or whatever.

[RumbleOfThunder]

budgie smuggler said:

"Cooking versions of the rear-driven coupe are widely acknowledged as some of the Blue Oval’s finest driving machines "

Not sure if I should be handing in my PH card here, but does "cooking versions" not mean the crappest versions of something that you would use for cooking? Like cooking chocolate or wine or whatever.

In bellend car parlance I take it to mean "warm" versions of models, or the more performance orientated in the range.

[CedricN]

Augustus Windsock said:

leakymanifold said:

Honest question: Can someone explain to me why an ancient ford chassis is so desirable?

If you haven’t driven one, you don’t know. If you have, you do....

I have driven one, on gravel. Very fun to slide but not special in any way. Feels like any other rwd from the era. A regular 924 smash it it every way as a drivers car. However the after market is massive, they are being built into every kind of spec possible, and all the other reasons for some cars to be expensive and some not

[SweptVolume]

budgie smuggler said:

"Cooking versions of the rear-driven coupe are widely acknowledged as some of the Blue Oval’s finest driving machines "

Not sure if I should be handing in my PH card here, but does "cooking versions" not mean the crappest versions of something that you would use for cooking? Like cooking chocolate or wine or whatever.

I second this definition.

The mk2 RS variants were anything but cooking models...

[832ark]

budgie smuggler said:

"Cooking versions of the rear-driven coupe are widely acknowledged as some of the Blue Oval’s finest driving machines "

Not sure if I should be handing in my PH card here, but does "cooking versions" not mean the crappest versions of something that you would use for cooking? Like cooking chocolate or wine or whatever.

Yes, I’ve always taken it to mean the cheapest/crappiest in the range.

[irocfan]

budgie smuggler said:

"Cooking versions of the rear-driven coupe are widely acknowledged as some of the Blue Oval’s finest driving machines "

Not sure if I should be handing in my PH card here, but does "cooking versions" not mean the crappest versions of something that you would use for cooking? Like cooking chocolate or wine or whatever.

you and me both chap. Cooking version = ordinary in my book, guess I'd better hand my card in too!


Oh - and I prefer blister arches

[RumbleOfThunder]

Pretty sure cooking = decent. Agreed it's a fking stupid term though.

[832ark]

RumbleOfThunder said:

Pretty sure cooking = decent. Agreed it's a fking stupid term though.

No, both Car magazine and Clarkson both use it to mean the most basic in the range and that was just from 2 mins on google. That is certainly the traditional meaning.

[PistonBroker]

The Lotto garage has a fully-restored Mk2 Escort in it - amongst countless other things - so this looks like just what I'm after instead when the numbers come up.

[raceboy]

budgie smuggler said:

Not sure if I should be handing in my PH card here, but does "cooking versions" not mean the crappest versions of something that you would use for cooking? Like cooking chocolate or wine or whatever.

I've always taken it to mean warm/hot, so a 'cooking' version of the Focus would be an ST/RS.

Been to GBS a few times on their open mornings, only ever seen the Lotus 7 style kits though.

Edited by raceboy on Tuesday 11th June 17:39

[GroundEffect]

Cupramax said:

PH said:

Cooking versions of the rear-driven coupe are widely acknowledged as some of the Blue Oval’s finest driving machines

Who writes this bks? its a two door saloon, not a coupe.

A 2 door saloon is pretty-much the definition of a coupe...

[GroundEffect]

RumbleOfThunder said:

Pretty sure cooking = decent. Agreed it's a fking stupid term though.

Cooking = most basic.

e.g. cooking apples...

[AW10]

mat205125 said:

In a world gone mad with every company thinking they're a Singer reinvented, this is quite a bargain if you can have this on the road for £60k.

But presumably no chance of getting it road registered?

[Johnners]

I seem to remember about 10 years ago a Pistonheads April Fool that had a similar headline to this

[Cupramax]

Water Fairy said:

Cupramax said:

PH said:

Cooking versions of the rear-driven coupe are widely acknowledged as some of the Blue Oval’s finest driving machines

Who writes this bks? its a two door saloon, not a coupe.

Can you define the difference please?

Other than the fact that Ford itself called it that you mean?

[LuS1fer]

Cooking means sub-standard so if you have the uprated versions, the cooking model will be the boring one you can buy in the showroom. So if sherry isn't good enough to drink, it is used in cooking so is cooking sherry. Same with chocolate - inedible unless used in cooking to spice/razz it up.

While the Escort was good, dynamically, when imbued with appropriate power and upgrades, the standard ones were as dull as dishwater in every department. Ford didn't need to develop the basic model as everyone made dull, tedious RWD cars in the 70s.

[ilovequo]

How will it pass modern crash tests etc?