Ford built the Escort RS Cosworth's bonded and riveted aluminium bonnet, front wings and boot lid at Karmann in Osnabrück before shipping the shells to the Ford plant.
Median 64 hp across 160 similar cars
Lead trim: YBP (1994–1996) · up to 224 hp
Ford Escort RS Cosworth1992–1996
- 0spots by members
- Unclaimednobody has spotted one yet
- 0sets it belongs to
Nobody in Burbles has spotted a Ford Escort RS Cosworth yet. See one on the street, point the app at it, and the first card is yours — with your @handle permanently credited on this page.
FactFord built the Escort RS Cosworth's bonded and riveted aluminium bonnet, front wings and boot lid at Karmann in Osnabrück before shipping the shells to the Ford plant.
A homologation special of the fifth-generation European Ford Escort, designed to qualify as a Group A car for the World Rally Championship, in which it competed between 1993 and 1998. Ford developed the car around the chassis and mechanicals of the Sierra Cosworth. 7,145 were produced, and it was the first mass-production car to produce downforce at the front and rear.
Collectors Spotted in the Ford Escort RS Cosworth Lineage
No member has published a public street spot of the Ford Escort RS Cosworth yet — the First · Worldwide stamp is wide open.
Trims & Figures
2 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YBP (1994–1996) | 1994–1996 | 2.0 L Inline-4 | 218 hp | — | — | 4WD | manual | — |
| YBT (1992–1994) | 1992–1994 | 2.0 L Inline-4 | 224 hp | 224 lb-ft | — | 4WD | manual | — |
Owning one
We don’t estimate running costs for a car like this. What it costs depends on its condition, its specialist and how it is driven, and an average would mislead.
Owners’ builds
Nobody has claimed one yet.
Photographs
Rivals
Same body, same money, other badges — tap any card to flip.
Japan was a minor market for the Swift: when it passed 2 million sales in 2011, about 39% were in India and 27% in Europe, against roughly 15% at home.
To adapt the Horizon for America, Chrysler bought nearly 100 Volkswagen Rabbits purely to reverse engineer them.
The Mk3 Focus RS's AWD system could send 100 percent of engine power to the rear wheels alone — built not in Ford's home country, but at the Saarlouis plant in Germany.
In June 2003, a Mégane II became the subject of the first ever live televised crash test with a real human driver at the wheel instead of a dummy — filmed by Top Gear.
This Wagon R redesigned its rear doors specifically to kill off the D-pillar — bigger doors with built-in quarter glass solved what earlier generations needed a whole extra pillar for.
The BX was the UK's best-selling diesel car for four years from 1987, and 2,315,739 were built in all.
Six months before Suzuki retired the Fronte name for good, the CN11S's 796cc version was already being built in China under a completely different name: the Anchi 6330.
Built to use up Chrysler-Simca's parts bin, it took its engine and gearbox straight from the front-wheel-drive Simca 1100 but mounted them amidships instead.