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Tag: Ford

1987 Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth

Posted April 27, 2020April 27, 2020 The PetrolHeadLeave a commentPosted in Fantasy Garage

As with a lot of the best cars in Ford’s history (like the Shelby Mustang and the GT40), the Sierra Cosworth was born out of a recognised need to be competitive in motor racing.  Reaching out to Cosworth for assistance, Ford senior management were presented with an option to solve this problem that would utilise […]

1973 Ford Escort Mexico

Posted April 9, 2020April 1, 2020 The PetrolHeadLeave a commentPosted in Fantasy Garage

Launched in Ireland and the UK in 1967 and to the rest of the world at the Brussels Motor Show in January 1968, the MkI Ford Escort was an instant runaway sales success with in excess of 177,000 car being sold by the beginning of 1970.  It ran for six generations for the next forty […]

1971 Ford Mustang Boss 351

Posted April 1, 2020April 20, 2020 The PetrolHeadLeave a commentPosted in Fantasy Garage

Following on from the earlier series of Mustang’s that were tweaked by Carroll Shelby (see here), Ford launched a facelifted Mustang in 1969.  This model of Mustang was a completely different machine to earlier versions, even extending the range to include a Grande luxury version.  However, we’re not interested in that one, we’re interested in […]

1967 Shelby Mustang GT500

Posted March 26, 2020April 20, 2020 The PetrolHeadLeave a commentPosted in Fantasy Garage

Whilst being a tremendous sales success for Ford in the 1960s, the Mustang lacked a proper performance image in the marketplace and did not fit within the Ford Division Total Performance program.  Lee Iacocca, then Ford general manager, approached Shelby American and asked them to build high performance variants of the Ford Mustang from 1965 […]

Ford’s Sicilian

Posted February 1, 2020April 9, 2020 The PetrolHeadLeave a commentPosted in Cars, Spotted in the wild

Car designs today, by and large, are all very similar.  While I currently drive an XF from 2014 that I think looks fantastic, in reality it isn’t all that different from other 5 door large hatchbacks from Kia (Stinger), Ford (Mondeo), BMW (4 series GranCoupe), and so on.  If I gave you a series of […]

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