Ford Sierra Rs500 Cosworth, 1987 Ford Sierra Rs500 Cosworth Silverstone Auctions

1987 jun rs500 unveiled.

Ford zephyr 6 mk3. Gravett drove the ford sierra cosworth rs500 to victory first time out in the opening round of the 1989 btcc at oulton park he then went on to score a total of 4 wins 5 pole positions and 8. 5000 built by december. 1987 ford sierra cosworth rs500 in moonstone blue disappointingly slow sales of the distinctively shaped ford sierra after its introduction in 1982 suggested.

Dollars at current exchange rates and that was back in 2017. Used ford sierra rs 500 cosworth in. It was the result of a ford motorsport project with the purpose of producing an outright winner for group a racing in europe.

Cosworth wins world touring. Deciding that the dick johnson racing ford sierra cosworth rs500 was the fastest group a touring car they bought the first two cars djr1 and djr2. 1987 ford sierra cosworth rs500.

The 2 litre engine is a turbocharged double overhead camshaft 4 cylinder that develops 224 bhp 227 ps167 kw of power at 6000 rpm and maximum torque of 277 nm 204 lbft282 kgm at 4500 rpm. 1986 series production gets under way at genk belgium. Ford sierra rs500 cosworth.

This car has a 3 door saloon sedan type body with a front mounted engine supplying power to the rear wheels. Ford sierra rs500 cosworth is a race car that was introduced in 1987 as an evolution of the ford sierra rs cosworth to compete in different touring car championships worldwide including british touring car championship btcc deutsche tourenwagen meisterschaft dtm world touring car championship wtcc european touring car championship etcc or australian touring car championship atcc. Ford sierra cosworth rs 500.

Sierra rs500 dtm group a. 5542 three door cosworths built 2616 for uk. Though never sold here new the sierra rs500 is instantly recognisable thanks to its bathurst and atcc victories.

225bhp 206lb ft limited slip differential. Rally dtm and gra updates. Ford sierra rs cosworth history.

Even dusty barn finds sell well. Ford sierra cosworth rs500 skins pack. Bathurst 1988 and i was crewing in the big race for a mate running a walkinshaw commodore group a.

Ford sierra cosworth rs500 models have been known to fetch six figures during sale and auction events for quite some time now. The ford sierra cosworth rs500 uses a specially built 20 litre turbocharged cosworth engine producing 224bhp which could be upped to 400bhp when modified for competition. 1987 jan homologation achieved.

1983 mar rs cosworth specification set out. For instance a low mileage one owner model sold for 8800000 british pounds which equates to nearly 110000 us.