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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]