ICONS: ESCORT RS COSWORTH

摘要

While the newer cars to be emblazoned with the RS badge are great in their own way, there is no denying that the Escort RS Cosworth is the last truly mad, bad and bonkers performance Ford to be built. Say "Cosworth" and the chances are a great many people will picture the car you see here - the Escort RS Cosworth. Yes, there was the Sapphire before it, and the 3-door Sierra before that, which are iconic cars without any shadow of a doubt. However, there's just something about the Escort that sticks in the mind, something that gets any gear-head extremely excited, and rightly so. Maybe it's down to the desire for the Escort RS Cosworth that Ford built by rallying it for two years before it went on sale. The vision of this thing in full rally spec, rocketing around the tarmac of Corsica or through the tree-lined stages of Finland was enough to get anyone's pulse racing.