Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth | Spotted
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Mr Tidy said:
So a bit like this one I saw a couple of months ago!
I've got over wanting what I didn't have a couple of weeks ago, when I bought what I have spent years wanting - just do it!
Shame it's missing its all important green side mouldings,wonder if it's a genuine RS? alot of XR2i's got dressed upto to look like RS turbos back in the day,had mine for 7 years,my first Ford RS.I've got over wanting what I didn't have a couple of weeks ago, when I bought what I have spent years wanting - just do it!
I would not normally agree but at the time one of my mates had one of these I owned an Evo1 integrale, the Lancia appeared much better built with less squeaks and rattles and spent less time in the garage. He later bought a Sapphire 4x4 and again the Lancia was a nicer better built car, and faster.
A1VDY said:
A very cheaply made and poor quality car. I had several sierras at the time, 1.8 cvh, 2.0 pinto, 2.3 diesel and a 4x4 cosworth.
This one will be no exception. Ridiculous price for a quick version of a car made for the masses especially one with baggy seats..
This one will be no exception. Ridiculous price for a quick version of a car made for the masses especially one with baggy seats..
generationx said:
Another of the pre-production cars visited my family in the eighties. Apologies for the photo-of-a-photo images, these originate from before I had a scanner.
To ride in these at the time was amazing performance. It certainly sent my car buying in a certain direction and I dailied a 3-door Cosworth for a long time in the late nineties. Still love them, such a raw experience and during my time behind the wheel I was Andy Rouse/Steve Soper/Jimmy McRae/Mark Lovell/other 3-door heros.
Great pics To ride in these at the time was amazing performance. It certainly sent my car buying in a certain direction and I dailied a 3-door Cosworth for a long time in the late nineties. Still love them, such a raw experience and during my time behind the wheel I was Andy Rouse/Steve Soper/Jimmy McRae/Mark Lovell/other 3-door heros.
I recall your dad saying Stuart Turner was over for lunch and came along in what was then still quite a secret evolution of the 3dr
Get to see this in our showroom everyday 
It is currently parked next to a current generation Mustang, which just make you realise how big cars have got, even allowing for the 'Yank Tank' element. For me, it is still very special.
Our one also has half the mileage, with an interesting history too and still less than the one in the article
It is currently parked next to a current generation Mustang, which just make you realise how big cars have got, even allowing for the 'Yank Tank' element. For me, it is still very special.
Our one also has half the mileage, with an interesting history too and still less than the one in the article
Favourite shot of my last one, build 499. Worth way more than I sold it for but the owner is not short of a Bob or two and said it would never be for sale again. Having heard what has now also joined that stable I fully believe what he said.
I had sworn off the old buses, but a friend and I have just bought another project Sierra, 2 doors still but not a car! Its going to have double the cylinders of the YB though.
I had sworn off the old buses, but a friend and I have just bought another project Sierra, 2 doors still but not a car! Its going to have double the cylinders of the YB though.
generationx said:
Another of the pre-production cars visited my family in the eighties. Apologies for the photo-of-a-photo images, these originate from before I had a scanner.
To ride in these at the time was amazing performance. It certainly sent my car buying in a certain direction and I dailied a 3-door Cosworth for a long time in the late nineties. Still love them, such a raw experience and during my time behind the wheel I was Andy Rouse/Steve Soper/Jimmy McRae/Mark Lovell/other 3-door heros.
I just love the fact this guy used his RS500 as intended way back before they became very expensive To ride in these at the time was amazing performance. It certainly sent my car buying in a certain direction and I dailied a 3-door Cosworth for a long time in the late nineties. Still love them, such a raw experience and during my time behind the wheel I was Andy Rouse/Steve Soper/Jimmy McRae/Mark Lovell/other 3-door heros.
Not a pampered garage queen
Still survives and on the road now
If the RS500 was circa £38k in around 1986/87, that would be about £109k in today's money, taking inflation into account.
So you're paying a small premium for a car that's no. 1 of 500, with the racing pedigree, 40-odd thousand miles on the clock and with shed loads of nostalgia. Sounds about right to me.
If you think it's expensive "for a Ford" now, then by that logic you would've thought it was too expensive for what it was back in it's day.
So you're paying a small premium for a car that's no. 1 of 500, with the racing pedigree, 40-odd thousand miles on the clock and with shed loads of nostalgia. Sounds about right to me.
If you think it's expensive "for a Ford" now, then by that logic you would've thought it was too expensive for what it was back in it's day.
Edited by alex.baker89 on Monday 6th January 14:00
alex.baker89 said:
If the RS500 was circa £38k in around 1986/87, that would be about £109k in today's money, taking inflation into account.
So you're paying a small premium for a car that's no. 1 of 500, with the racing pedigree, 40-odd thousand miles on the clock and with shed loads of nostalgia. Sounds about right to me.
If you think it's expensive "for a Ford" now, then by that logic you would've thought it was too expensive for what it was back in it's day.
It was. So you're paying a small premium for a car that's no. 1 of 500, with the racing pedigree, 40-odd thousand miles on the clock and with shed loads of nostalgia. Sounds about right to me.
If you think it's expensive "for a Ford" now, then by that logic you would've thought it was too expensive for what it was back in it's day.
Edited by alex.baker89 on Monday 6th January 14:00
The 1987 E30 M3 had similar performance and was a much better car IMO. Cost back then £23K.
alex.baker89 said:
If the RS500 was circa £38k in around 1986/87, that would be about £109k in today's money, taking inflation into account.
So you're paying a small premium for a car that's no. 1 of 500, with the racing pedigree, 40-odd thousand miles on the clock and with shed loads of nostalgia. Sounds about right to me.
If you think it's expensive "for a Ford" now, then by that logic you would've thought it was too expensive for what it was back in it's day.
Says £20,000 newSo you're paying a small premium for a car that's no. 1 of 500, with the racing pedigree, 40-odd thousand miles on the clock and with shed loads of nostalgia. Sounds about right to me.
If you think it's expensive "for a Ford" now, then by that logic you would've thought it was too expensive for what it was back in it's day.
Edited by alex.baker89 on Monday 6th January 14:00
V8covin said:
alex.baker89 said:
If the RS500 was circa £38k in around 1986/87, that would be about £109k in today's money, taking inflation into account.
So you're paying a small premium for a car that's no. 1 of 500, with the racing pedigree, 40-odd thousand miles on the clock and with shed loads of nostalgia. Sounds about right to me.
If you think it's expensive "for a Ford" now, then by that logic you would've thought it was too expensive for what it was back in it's day.
Says £20,000 newSo you're paying a small premium for a car that's no. 1 of 500, with the racing pedigree, 40-odd thousand miles on the clock and with shed loads of nostalgia. Sounds about right to me.
If you think it's expensive "for a Ford" now, then by that logic you would've thought it was too expensive for what it was back in it's day.
Edited by alex.baker89 on Monday 6th January 14:00
I never managed to bag a ride in a Cossie. But a friend at the time managed to get a XR4x4 with a seriously fast Turbo Techniques conversion. It never ceased to put a smile on your face as it was trying to kill you in the Surrey lanes. Given it was based on the V6 pushrod 2.8 lump the performance was astounding.
So if I was shopping for a fast Sierra it would be the XR4x4 Turbo Techniques.
So if I was shopping for a fast Sierra it would be the XR4x4 Turbo Techniques.
tmcb1971 said:
I never managed to bag a ride in a Cossie. But a friend at the time managed to get a XR4x4 with a seriously fast Turbo Techniques conversion. It never ceased to put a smile on your face as it was trying to kill you in the Surrey lanes. Given it was based on the V6 pushrod 2.8 lump the performance was astounding.
So if I was shopping for a fast Sierra it would be the XR4x4 Turbo Techniques.
That car would be murdered by a chipped Cosworth.So if I was shopping for a fast Sierra it would be the XR4x4 Turbo Techniques.
In the dry.
tmcb1971 said:
I never managed to bag a ride in a Cossie. But a friend at the time managed to get a XR4x4 with a seriously fast Turbo Techniques conversion. It never ceased to put a smile on your face as it was trying to kill you in the Surrey lanes. Given it was based on the V6 pushrod 2.8 lump the performance was astounding.
So if I was shopping for a fast Sierra it would be the XR4x4 Turbo Techniques.
I think the ultimate version they offered was the 323bhp motorSo if I was shopping for a fast Sierra it would be the XR4x4 Turbo Techniques.
With specially made longer diffs it basically offered Lotus Carlton performance - sub 5 second to 60 and 11 to the ton - quick in 1990s
Anybody know where in MK the RS500's were built? Tickford built them didn't they but guessing not at Tickford Road aka Aston Martin, guessing somewhere on one of the industrial estates in MK?
I'm an MK resident (well actually live next to Aston Martin) not really a Ford fan as such but interested in the history of the RS500.
I'm an MK resident (well actually live next to Aston Martin) not really a Ford fan as such but interested in the history of the RS500.
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