ICONS: Escort Mexico

摘要

We love modified Fords here at Performance Ford, but we also have a lot of time for the cars that started it all. Ford has always looked after the buyer with speed at heart via some amazing cars. Each month, PF will be getting behind the wheel to celebrate the greats! The Mk1 Escort is 'our ' car. Yes, when it rolled out of the factory in 1968 - in two-door saloon guise only - it was an instant success across Europe. But it was us, the Brits, who truly embraced it - something we're still doing to this-day! In the late '60s, the motoring world was grabbing a notion of front-wheel drive with both hands, but Ford chose to ignore the appeal and, instead, stuck to its guns and maintained the conventional setup of front engine with driven rear wheels. A decision that, as it happens, couldn't have been more right! The result was a car full of character and fun, something the motorist of the '60s seemed to be quite a fan of. Little did they know that the humble Escort would, in couple of years, be transformed into something even better. Something that would cement its legacy as being genesis for Ford's range of performance Fords.