Spotted in the wild in New Ross, every time we see this beauty kitted out in WRC attire, it causes childlike excitement. This particular Escort belongs to my cousin Jamie, and I’m glad he still has it. It gives me hope for the younger generation like us, hopefully, many of us will still have our cars in years to come, and let’s hope they inspire another generation.
Japan has been good to us. This country has seen some great cars land here over the years. In almost every category we have imported some of the best. It amazes that after fiteen or more years of plucking the gold, time and time again amazing machines like this end up on the docks in Dublin.
This particular Golf was a little bit of a mythical creature. I would see it once or twice a year, more often than not did I have to convince some people that this actually existed; it was like the tooth fairy, or the loch ness monster. Many people weren’t even aware that this homologation even existed. For those that aren’t aware, a homologation special in simple terms is where manufacturer is required to build a road going version of the car they wish to compete with for a particular series or event.
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We decided to take a trip down to the annual ford mmet in Bolands New Ross, being from Ireland the if you dont know already, the ford scene has always been around and pretty much always huge due to the massive rally following that exists. Sometimes we take some of these very impressive cars for granted so with that in mind we headed down to check it out, and obviously the line up didnt dissapoint, like this mint 96 Escort RS Cosworth.
I dunno what you think about this? Its old news to everyone else but im not the biggest ken block follower so i didn’t know he had picked up a fiesta to the Subaru.Seems Subaru had withdrawn from wrc and ford stepped in to take its place for Ken. Fiestas will always be fiestas regardless of them re selling on American shores. Im a bit hesitant to like this car, it looks fucking nuts as usual but its still a ford fiesta and i guess for people on this side of the pond there will always be a different image in our heads when we hear ford fiesta which will be this:
Besides the rs that’s what many people flash to in their heads when they hear Ford Fiesta…..Delicious.