I always liked the Sierra, I used to own a much newer one, a Polaris Grey Sapphire 1.8 LX, J903GHU, and I liked it very much. Nice brochure review, i enjoyed that. Keep them coming! The most basic Sierra is very fascinating as I've never seen one in this form. Imagine seeing a basic one (not even an L) in Citrine Yellow! You can make out the blank plate where the clock would normally be, and the 'grille' on the basic green hatchback looks to be black. Also, just around the corner from my house, there used to be a D reg Sierra estate that was still in daily use right up until last July when its last MOT ran out. It was D133UTA, a Willow Green 2.0 GL estate, just like the one featured on the first page in fact. It's not there anymore now sadly😢. But it's always so interesting to see an old car you know very well, and what it looked like when it was new, in this brochure.
@quarterlight
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your interesting comment much appreciated
@jennydonne8946
Жыл бұрын
I can remember seeing Escorts and Fiestas in citrine yellow. I can remember seeing yellow Sierras in Bournemouth but they were Taxis and Bournemouth Taxis were yellow to match the Bournemouth buses. My first car was an 1988 Escort 1.3 popular in Rosso red, that colour would eventually fade and go pinkish. I remember that the 2.3 diesel being very noisy and rough, I'm sure it was a Peugeot design. I did love the shape of the hatchback better. The blocked off area on the passenger side of the dashboard I'm sure it was a storage area but it got blocked off if you chose the ABS option. This was an 1987 brochure so it would have been the mk 2 cavalier, the mk 3 cavalier came out in 1988 after the summer
@kimcharlton9536
Жыл бұрын
Mine as a ross red 1.3 laze mk3 escort loved and felt so sad when the scrap man took it away was on concoled that I had a 1yr old to managed green mk6 1.6cl they were ford's best day's
@quarterlight
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for you comment appreciate your info your correct the Mk3 Cav was Oct 1988
@TPerry2828
2 ай бұрын
My Dad took delivery of E598 XHS - a black Sapphire 2.0i Ghia - as a company car back in '87. It looked great, went well and provided reliable family motoring well into the 90's (he got to keep the car as part of a redundancy package). Fond memories of a great car!
@quarterlight
2 ай бұрын
Lovely trim level
@kimcharlton9536
Жыл бұрын
Loving all your videos trips down memory lane,! My dad had 2 sierra estates as his own company car but he was a sale rep and went all over Europe a couple of times a year as the company listed it cars when he went to Europe he had to swop this car to ones that had lower mileage so we would have a sapphire or caverlar even the big bosses BMW but loved the Sierra wanted xr4x4 or ghia 4x4 estate E2000 sapphire
@quarterlight
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your comment, like you I have always enjoy thinking back to cars that I have known.
@owensteele1645
Жыл бұрын
Sapphire 2000E and V6 4x4 Ghia estates were awesome cars. A real cut above similar-sized rivals I always thought.
@quarterlight
Жыл бұрын
Not a cheap car new though I kinda remember
@owensteele1645
Жыл бұрын
@@quarterlight Gosh no! When they were both on sale, I think they were around £19,000. In 1989!
@quarterlight
Жыл бұрын
Quite a lot considering my Dads 1.8 L Sapphire in 1988 was £9,999
@mattw8332
Жыл бұрын
The XR4x4 for me please! 😃 Looks great in red.
@TheCounty90
11 ай бұрын
My dad had quite a few 1.8L’s on the company car fleet. We were always an “L” family apart from when we had a GL that still didn’t have electric windows.
@runoflife87
Жыл бұрын
Well that was a nice car even if rust bucket (especially early models). The thing that wonders me mostly about decisions on the Sierra is: the Probe III concept car had more conservative and appropriate front end, still Ford managers have gone too wild. Restyled car looked much better of course. As for RWD - it never made Sierra any worse than Cavalier/Golf IMO even on icy roads. Such a shame I never had a chance to see Ghia models - most of them were low-spec ones (imported from Germany).
@MohdjesriOthman-oi1id
Жыл бұрын
Don't forget the sierra sapphire cosworth 4x4 borchure in this channel
@vernonmatthews181
Жыл бұрын
I seem to remember hearing that the South African domestic Sierra had a V8 engine as at least one engine option. I come back to your presentation, and focus on that manual transmission. The Ford Ranger from Thailand dropped manual transmission altogether for being so unpopular. My employer does have an earlier model which retains this option. Thanks for that huge Sierra catalogue presentation. ❤🌈👍👌📸💚🌎🗽
@quarterlight
Жыл бұрын
Manual transmissions still the most popular choice in the UK by a very long way at this time.
@vernonmatthews181
Жыл бұрын
@@quarterlight thats very interesting to hear 👂, Such a huge range of engines, I did expect at least one diesel option. Including a 4x4 also an estate option made it so popular.👍👌📸💚🌎🗽
@leonshackleford9585
Жыл бұрын
I’d own all the Ford Sierra Hatchbacks & Saloon Sapphires as well
@kjellhmyhre2374
5 ай бұрын
They always were such attractive cars, the Saffire not the least Great to drive, and the dashboard layout was absolutely superior!! Even so, I would always choose the wonderful Montego.
@RWL2012
2 ай бұрын
10:28 stowage is a real word, not a spelling error of storage lol. From Auto Kit: "Storage is the act of placing material or other supplies on board. *Stowage* relates to the act of securing those items stored in such a manner that they do not shift or move during transit." 😜
@quarterlight
2 ай бұрын
Indeed thank you for that
@robertallen3441
Жыл бұрын
Recently bought a 1985 build Sierra mk 1 1.8 Laser. Curious as to what the standard spec was, mine has a 5 speed gearbox, a sunroof and rear spoiler, were these standard?
@quarterlight
Жыл бұрын
I think they tended to have a separate brochure which I don’t currently have.
@user-hf3ep3qt3p
3 ай бұрын
Can you do a mk2 cavalier sri 130 brochure
@quarterlight
3 ай бұрын
I will certainly add it to the list of suggestions
@nickyboy.
Жыл бұрын
6th
@scottyg7284
Жыл бұрын
A few mistakes in there fella.
@quarterlight
Жыл бұрын
Indeed hopefully it didn’t effect your viewing enjoyment too much.
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