what happened then ?

[johnylock]

since when i can remember the Ford Dealership Forecourt used to be like mecca to me ? the early range of the mk2s RSs mexicos and harriers ! onto the RS1600i XR3i and XR2 then the sierra three door whaletale cosworths ! remember the advert on telly ? it was silver blasting along ! i thought it was something from outer space !! then came the Escort cosworths and the fourdoor sierra cosworths ! proper exciting cars and then NOTHING it was over ? was it the insurance companys who ended it all ? because of the amount of cars that were getting stolen ? i think this did have a major impact on the cars ford were producing ! i think at one time they wouldnt even insure an Escort cosworth ! now when i go past a ford dealers i dont even look ! apart from the focus RS ! nowt else doing . I used to go down on a weekend and mooch arround the showroom tyre kicking ! Shame its done with ! hope they turn it arround and start all over again !

[RS2000&MEXICO]

i don't think that will happen now... the new focus RS will be out next year lets see if that is the start of something new....i think for need to relaunch the mk2 escort

[johnylock]

paul

i had this conversation with big johnie a while back ! and i said then that there are people all over the world spending thousands and thousands of pounds restoring old classic cars ! whats going on with the car makers ??? dont they see the money there loosing out on ! can you imagine if ford did a run of there classic range ! like RS2000 , Mexico , Harrier etc but with better safety features and upgrades ! they would be forming a que ten miles long to place an order ! i dont get it

[dandibo]

Just Think Of The Mini New Fiat 500 Selling In Droves

Retro Style Bikes Are The Same

Would Make Sense But Then Again Ford Is Skint

[stu37025]

I heard something once about Ford doing a retro Mk1,but that must have been three or four years ago now.

[RS2000EXPRESS]

Cars have become too sophisticated, complicated and expensive, due to a race the japs started in the 70's. The japs were always ahead of the British market because of the endless amount of gadgets they introduced.

Do we all need these gadgets. So much to go wrong and so much to spend to put them right. I have often wondered, why they don't introduce a car with a simple mechanical setup similar to the rear wheel drive Fords of the 60's and 70's, that we can all maintain again. Modern improvements can always be incorporated as pricing can still be reasonable, and cheaper in some cases as engineering techniques have improved.

Turned out with a price to suit, this could be really attractive.

[topaz]

forget ford making a proper retro car

even raleigh fcuked up with the chopper relaunch!!!