It was only unleashed into the WRC on the 1986 Swedish Rally—late on the scene compared to its rivals—but its technological superiority was expected to come to the fore and shine during the next season in 1987…
This 1986 Ford RS200 shows under 8,400 miles and is one of 200 road-legal examples produced by Ford for Group B homologation requirements. Two decades after the demise of Group B and S, John Wheeler, one of the RS200 original designers and former chief motorsport engineer at Ford, gave life to the stillborn prototype by building one himself. In 2014, Ford revived the Escort name for a car based on the second-generation Ford Focus sold on the Chinese market. The Group B regulations fostered some of the fastest, most powerful, and most sophisticated rally cars ever built and is commonly referred to as the golden era of rallying. The Ford Sierra RS Cosworth is a high-performance version of the Ford Sierra that was built by Ford Europe from 1986 to 1992. It might seem hard to believe a 25 year old Ford is still faster than a Ferrari Enzo, but this is far from a run of the mill mid 80s Ford. At that rate, it will take 16 years until half of those left today are lost. A reported 148 were actually delivered to the public, none of which were officially imported to the US. The result was the RS200. However, Ford had now become ‘late starters' and was effectively three years behind. It had some success in Rallycross events, but that was another matter. The Ford Escort name was also applied to several small car types produced in North America by Ford between 1981 and 2004.. 1985 Ford RS200. Around 20 cars were converted into "RS200 Evo", whose engine was boosted to 2.1 liters and up to 650 horsepower. Eventually, some 144 units of RS200 left the Reliant factory, only 90 of them were the 250hp road cars. Search results for 'rs200'. See how many cars of any make and model are left on Britain's roads. By December 2018, 28 of those were left and 8 cars had been newly registered On average, 1 were lost each year, or 4.0%. It was the result of a Ford Motorsport project with the purpose of producing an outright winner for Group A racing in Europe. In December 2014, there were 33 registered. By decade of registration. 631 - 1985 Ford RS200 Sold for: £105,800 ... of 3 options of drive, rear-wheel drive, 50:50 four-wheel drive or 37:63 four-wheel drive. The Ford Escort is a small family car which was manufactured by Ford Europe from 1968 to 2004. The last car had not found buyer until 1990. Lot No. Ford has made more than a few game-changing cars over the last century, and the RS200 is absolutely included on that list. This left-hand-drive RS200 is the rare unicorn of the group, so whoever lands this half-million-predicted Ford will own a piece of history — a legend for its achievements as well as Group B’s flop on the global race stage. Left: Group B RS200 / Right: Group S RS200.
Unlike most road cars that left the factory with the differential gearstick removed and the car being fixed in 37:63 four-wheel drive option. Unusually for Ford, the solution proved elusive and, with the Escort RS 1700T failing miserably, they were forced to return to the drawing board and start all over again. Ford RS200 History. With no series left to homologate the revised RS200 EVO for, Ford decided to convert a crop of its stock RS200s sitting dormant in its warehouse into the evolution specification for road use. Group B was a set of regulations introduced in 1982 for competition vehicles in sportscar racing and rallying regulated by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). 1986 Ford RS200
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