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Trinity Car Solutions

Darlington Co Durham

1994 Ford Escort RS Cosworth- desirable Lux last of the big turbo For Sale

Trinity Car Solutions presents for sale a modern motoring icon, the highly sought after Ford Escort RS Cosworth, finished in unmarked black paintwork, and with the has to have "Lux" pack, with matching black leather "Recaro" interior

The Ford Escort Cosworth seems to have entered popular folklore as the car that, for a while at least, killed the hot hatch. Here was a car so quick, so capable and yet so desirable to ne'er do wells that the insurance industry threw a hissy fit, made it all but uninsurable and applied the same policy to anything with a GTi badge on it. Whilst history may record a black mark against the Escort Cosworth, anybody who ever drove it could almost understand frustrated young men wanting to get behind the wheel at any cost. It was that good. Even by today's standards it more than shapes up, making tracking down a decent used example a fascinating experience.

The Escort RS Cosworth was born from a desire within Ford to develop a more compact version of the Sierra Cosworth to homologate in order to go rallying. That it proved to be a hugely successful road car came as something of a pleasant surprise to Ford. Built on a truncated version of the Sierra Cosworth chassis, the RS Cosworth was quite unlike other Escorts. With its 2. 0-litre turbocharged longitudinally mounted engine driving all four wheels it was effectively a sawn-off Sierra with faux Escort panelling and a rear wing that made that sported by the original Sierra RS Cosworth appear almost understated. Designed at Boreham and assembled by Karmann in Germany, this was a big budget undertaking. Two models were available, a standard car priced upon introduction at £21, 380 or a Lux version with electric windows, heated screen, sunroof, Recaro seats and rear headrests. With 227bhp at its disposal, the Escort was far from backwards about coming forwards, but purists bemoaned its turbo lag. Ford soon sold the 2500 cars it needed to facilitate its entry into rallying and then set about improving the Escort RS Cosworth as a road car. The 'big' Garrett T3 turbocharger was replaced by the smaller T25 unit in May 1994, giving the car a more measured throttle response. The Escort was at the same time decimating rivals in rallying, winning the 1994 Monte Carlo rally in the hands of Francois Delecour, while Tommi Makinen claimed that season's Thousand Lakes in his native Finland. A limited edition Monte Carlo version was subsequently launched. A mild facelift was visited upon the RS Cosworth in 1995, with a wider honeycomb grille, restyled bumpers, a more attractive fascia and revised alloy wheels amongst the revisions. The car carried on in this form until it was finally discontinued in January 1996 due to ever tightening Euro emissions regulations.

Our example is the facelift last of the big turbo models, right on the change over with the improvements made towards the end of its life. This is an RSOC members car and you can tell, everything is just as its supposed to be , impeccable, having a mere 69k miles from new. The Cossie comes with an A4 file of history and receipts, evidencing his fastidious history, nothing skimped, nothing missed, this is as good as it gets for pampered maintenance.

This car is running @ 334bhp, with gas coil overs, K and N Cone, Green injectors, RS500 turbo and intercooler, Airtec radiator and fans, and as new Yokohama tyres all round.

A car to be purchased and enjoyed, an iconic car which will be a welcome addition to any garage, and a cast iron investment, with additional smiles along the way on those A and B roads.

Any inspection welcome as this amazing car has undergone a complete pre sale inspection schedule by the team at Trinity Car Solutions.

Please do not hesitate to contact us should you have any further questions or to arrange a viewing. Here at Trinity our mission is to supply top quality specialist marques to our valued customers.

For your added peace of mind Trinity Car Solutions are accredited members of the Retail Motor Industry Federation (RMIF) providing high quality, value for money services to the motoring public.

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