Oh yeah. Top Gear used to be about Cars once. I forgot about that.
@cmte.brazinazzo2061
5 жыл бұрын
Yep, now it's all nonsense.
@luinesharpuines192
5 жыл бұрын
They don’t make them like this anymore. Which is a shame ! Or am I just an old guy ?
@soundseeker63
5 жыл бұрын
Even if they wanted to make cars like this again they couldn't.... A 150mph RWD "family" car with virtually no driver aids or safety equipment would be forbidden by the nanny state and all modern health and safety regs.
@ianpurcell7266
5 жыл бұрын
Like us all your just an old guy.
@mugyouoff
5 жыл бұрын
Old but wise!
@wilsonlee5126
5 жыл бұрын
Best cars ever made pal
@Shane-zx4ps
5 жыл бұрын
WilsonLee5 integers type R is
@FatherJack-b1u
5 жыл бұрын
I never thought I'd hear a posh (ish) bloke say "sweet as a nut" 🤣
@gingaboybuda
5 жыл бұрын
that clutch ride when he set off 😂😂
@Buck3366
5 жыл бұрын
Christ that pull away at 1.31 was nasty. Ride that clutch Mr Woollard.
@Dan23_7
5 жыл бұрын
buck3366 I saw kwikfit following him with a new clutch 😂 More like he was too scared shitless to unleash the beast haha
@pgr3290
5 жыл бұрын
In many circumstances the fastest way to get the best launch in a car like this is to partially slip the clutch. You have the best control over the power being fed to the wheels without bogging down, and you have minimal boost lag since you're so heavy with the right foot. However yes, of course it puts the most strain on the clutch to do it.
@T4Liam
5 жыл бұрын
The rear wing provides 45lbs of downward force? That's probably not much more than it weighs 😂
@evoivowner7732
5 жыл бұрын
Love the statement by Mansfield: Car in race form is expected to win championships at various international and national levels. Total, old school, no nonsense approach, not intended to appease anyone. That's what makes these cars and the people who made them legendary.
@soundseeker63
5 жыл бұрын
Ah yes, the very first car to carry the famous Cossie "Whale tail" wing! The performance stats are respectable today so it must have seemed mental back in 1986!....And with minimal security equipment fitted as standard, a joy-riders wet dream! Ditto the Escort Cossie that followed it.
@domwaller7391
5 жыл бұрын
Stick a new chip in the computer and turn the turbo UP! Brutally quick car
@fredcapp40
5 жыл бұрын
This was what most people wanted to see and it was about cars, today its just comedy sketches
@dawidfredericks8799
5 жыл бұрын
The new topgear lads try way too hard to be funny
@michaelmatthews8171
5 жыл бұрын
I remember this episode I was 12, I was like WOW dad look at that!!!!!
@Scoobied77
5 жыл бұрын
That body roll is horrendous 😂
@pgr3290
5 жыл бұрын
I suggest you go watch a standard Mclaren F1 being put through its paces. kzitem.info/news/bejne/u46Em4p4hXWAjaw Body roll in of itself is not necessarily a terrible thing, controlling weight transfer is the real issue for cars.
@Nixter1974007
2 ай бұрын
Magnificent car. Absolutely wonderful.
@ianjamesgrantham6602
5 жыл бұрын
Back when top gear was actually about cars and not men clowning around pretending to set caravans on fire!
@Shane-zx4ps
5 жыл бұрын
Well said I totally agree, 3 pricks trying to be funny like school kids
@harrystiles8195
4 жыл бұрын
Top examples of these cars are fetching £90,000 at auction .
@StigandStem
5 жыл бұрын
Still remember mine in moonstone Blue I owned it for ten years before I reluctantly sold it back in 99 🙁
@1979jon
5 жыл бұрын
Had a rs turbo series 1 and did the same.
@mozzjones6943
5 жыл бұрын
I bought one back in '97, By '99 I had went to town on it, Rally tuned kitted out the works.. 0-60 3 seconds Top speed 180 lol
@hutchy1111
5 жыл бұрын
The Sierra RS Cosworth is an absolute legend. This car had serious road presence, race car looks and performance to match. My all time favourite car. They simply don’t make them like this anymore! Epic 😎
@dannyboyspain1
5 жыл бұрын
I miss my cossy. Loved that car to bits from 86 to 89 we had big fun. Happy happy days. Wish i had it now. 😥😥😥
@ewanmacfarlane9195
4 жыл бұрын
All you can see out the back is blue lights from the top of police cars
@daveybaby10
5 жыл бұрын
45lb of downforce these days seems laughable
@Dan23_7
5 жыл бұрын
daveybaby10 That's about 23 kg isn't it ? Might as well fit a bike rack on the back with a mountain bike 😂
@T4Liam
5 жыл бұрын
Half of that is just the weight 😂
@jamieogorman9461
5 жыл бұрын
When top gear was worth watching
@elwittinio2865
5 жыл бұрын
I had a Peugeot 1.9 GTi years ago, one of these pissed all over it, I will always remember it 😆
@domwaller7391
5 жыл бұрын
I remember passing you lol it was me in the cosworth beep beep 😀
@domwaller7391
5 жыл бұрын
@ap72sentinal naughty naughty lol
@philtucker1224
Жыл бұрын
It would be nice to be able to buy one for £16,000 now! 😂🤣😂🤣
@BionicRusty
5 жыл бұрын
Absolute classic. ♥️ I wasn’t lucky enough to own one but did own a 1990 2wd 2.0 XR4i. (Limited run)
@paulthomson9709
5 жыл бұрын
2.0 xr4i? I thought they were all 2.8 v6s ?
@BionicRusty
5 жыл бұрын
Paul Thomson. In 1988/90 they made a limited run of a badged DOHC 2.0L XR4i RWD. It was really just a badging exercise that should have had 125BHP. For some reason mine had 150BHP.😁 I think they made about 1,200. Wish I still had it. It mentions it here in the XR4 section en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Sierra
@Deanyfromtheburgh
2 жыл бұрын
150bhp? Who told you that? Look in the sales brochure,still the same 125bhp as the GLS and Ghia twin cams.
@philtucker1224
Жыл бұрын
The XR4x4 were V6 in standard form
@hungrychowhound11612
5 жыл бұрын
The closest I ever got to this car, was a merkur xr4ti. I loved that car. Ford in its ultimate wisdom never sold the cossie here in the U.S.. The focus rs gets here late in life the only difference is the U.S. version came all wheel drive. But it to had a short life span, and now it too is gone. Wait! ford has the focus st in Europe, that wont cone to the U.S., and now there not going to make cars. Sheer geniuses at work. Where's the nearest Honda dealership at...
@arielsmith5812
2 жыл бұрын
Que buen auto confiable en argentina muy querido y fue campeón en turismo
@Englishsea24
5 жыл бұрын
If Jeremy Clarkson was driving it the tyres would be gone before he even finished his presentation of it
@davidallen7977
5 жыл бұрын
A taxi with a silly wing and a modified Cortina engine. Perfect for the man who couldn't afford a Lotus Esprit Turbo.
@iAMChrisCC
4 жыл бұрын
David Allen Or just wanted to get somewhere without breaking down 😀
@Lav9944
4 жыл бұрын
Last time I checked lotus's most successful race engines were also built by cosworth like the sierra rs........ 🙄
@jonnyrawson
5 жыл бұрын
This cosworth engine is sweet as a nut 😂👍 love the 80s
@twincammikev
5 жыл бұрын
The only Ford I ever really liked...and maybe the MK2 escort...
@Letskeepthingsreal
4 жыл бұрын
You’ve never driven a MK1 lotus cortina then ?
@godzilla12325
5 жыл бұрын
Still looks fantastic today
@swiftcee266
5 жыл бұрын
C 85 reg!!!!!!......old cooool. Rushed into production the cozzies...hence brakes suffered amongst other things. But it is and always will be a bad boy whip.
@ansoncritchlow1770
5 жыл бұрын
I know that this car was absolute cutting edge....... But my god it looks so dated!!
@dazbags252
5 жыл бұрын
I want one. NOW
@dub_cub8936
5 жыл бұрын
Insurance group... well good luck insuring your new Sierra for less than £20k once it became the most stolen car in the U.K. in the 90s 😂
@garyhall4449
5 жыл бұрын
Great vid. Sure this car was up for sale recently.
@Ellisindia
3 жыл бұрын
Mega video!
@leedstown
5 жыл бұрын
I sold my4x4 black sapphire for £12k four years ago big mistake.. it cost £19k new around £52k now
@rupert72
5 жыл бұрын
I could fall asleep listening to these blokes,so so boring....lol
@andypreston1524
5 жыл бұрын
Absolutely gorgeous classic fast Ford........but I can't help thinking how small the wheels look on it.......???? Don't get me wrong tho, I wouldn't complain if this car was mine......🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪
@noodles169
5 жыл бұрын
Maaaan, that car is so fucking cool. 😎👍
@christineayres7094
5 жыл бұрын
150mph in 1986 ,unless you owned a Porsche or Ferrari ,back then in the UK no cop car could catch you, it's funny in 2019 I can now go out and literally pick from hundreds of cars that will go faster than this for a lot less money too, a good example ,Civic type R or Astra VXR very fast cars and on the used market can be had for under 5 grand
@rsingh4475
3 жыл бұрын
Yep I agree with you but back then where was those other makes of cars you mentioned no where! These cosworth's were ahead of its time I own one luv it ...
@christineayres7094
3 жыл бұрын
@@rsingh4475 Yes but don't forget the Astra GTE my dad owner a MK2 Astra and it was insanely fast for what it was ,handling was not good in corners though , just a shame most rusted away ,I remember my poor dad kept throwing cash at it to get welding done but eventually around 2005 he had to get rid of it and traded for a V6 Vectra not the new one but the older 1999 Vectra very quick top speed 😄👍
@chibiy2j775
5 жыл бұрын
Do you have Old Top Gear's first ever review of Escort Cosworth ?
@FirstOnRaceDayCapri2904
5 жыл бұрын
Sadly not
@michaelmatthews8171
5 жыл бұрын
I think its on you tube.
@lunch6360
5 жыл бұрын
2:52 is that ‘the follow through’ but backwards?
@mrsmith3354
5 жыл бұрын
every car thieve in uk loved this car squaddie eater lmao....
@teatimetel174
5 жыл бұрын
ones just gone to auction with genuine 7000 miles guide price 20k to 28k..yeah right..100k i reckon
@Headsmassive
5 жыл бұрын
1.31 ride that clutch 😂😂😩😩
@bigjohnfury5662
5 жыл бұрын
Sweet as a nut WW yehh thanks for that 👍
@Dan23_7
5 жыл бұрын
£16,000 ? 😂😂 Blimey they're worth a bit more nowadays. I wonder if they could foresee their worth 30 odd years later
@teatimetel174
5 жыл бұрын
one with 7000 miles on way to auction this week.28k guide price..more like 100k
@tlv6666
5 жыл бұрын
I bought a 3 bed house in 1987 for £15000.00
@leuvenlife
5 жыл бұрын
I thought all RS cars had Black headlining....?
@leedstown
5 жыл бұрын
Not these
@howardlake6178
2 жыл бұрын
Imagine if you bought 2 at LESS than the 16 grand, because apparently Ford dealers couldn’t sell them. In a garage. In plastic. Quite a return on investment 😂
@domwaller7391
5 жыл бұрын
Rs500 oi oi
@brianr9529
5 жыл бұрын
insurance group 7 🤣🤣
@craigstratford5086
5 жыл бұрын
There were only 9 insurance groups back then .
@n--r--s--7___9___6
5 жыл бұрын
🌼
@CaptainScarlet67
5 жыл бұрын
William Woollard must have a dullest presenting voice in the history of television. He can even make a Sierra Cosworth sound dull.
@OFFICIAL_VIDEO_AWARDS
5 жыл бұрын
I grew up with these and Japanese performance cars. To think a modern base spec Camry would destroy this or a turbo MR2, Sylvia, Skyline GTST, Mazda GTX etc is astonishing. Especially with no turbo, using a third of the fuel etc.
@Deanyfromtheburgh
2 жыл бұрын
A base spec camry beat a cossie? You're delusional,and the rest of the cars you cited have a turbo. Garbage comment.
@nikolac290v7
5 жыл бұрын
L'evoluzione
@SHORTS19730
5 жыл бұрын
Is that prince Charles?
@z.s.7991
5 жыл бұрын
Сиерра это Круто!!!!!
@jools182
5 жыл бұрын
chav wagon
@69bock69
5 жыл бұрын
had a black one and moon stone blue one but always wanted a white one. sold the black one for 3k 🤮
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