vtgrrrs

Just wondered what everyone's least favourite 'fast' Ford is?

For me I've always been a fan of the older xr2's and 3's. The RS models are always well thought of too, especially the Cosworths. The only one I can think of is the Escort GTi. To me it doesn't look great, has very little following and isn't very fast. I own a Focus ST170, which certainly isn't the fastest car I've owned but looks good and handles well (so I'm not going to vote for that .

RobedST24

Mondeo st24 I own 1 but for a 2.5 only 170bhp expensive running costs

STAFFY OWNER

Ford Probe, got nothing going for it IMO.

doga-ot

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Escort gti its not a gti for a start it looks exactly the same externally as 1.8si and rs2000 and performance wise the si is also better!

vtgrrrs

Good call, forgot about the Probe! The Mondeo st24 still holds some Kudos I think. I know I like them.

Harris.

Any mk3 fiesta , there shit !!

Maxwell

RobedST24

Don't get me wrong I can drive anywhere an not feel like I've just driven a rally stage it's just the lack off power and around 17 mpg round town lol

chris cdti

The later Si used the same 115ps unit as the GTI

Maxwell

*they're

vtgrrrs

I think the XR4 is almost retro cool now, I also think some of the mk3 fiestas have a certain charm. I remember being driven to school in an old Granada Scorpio (C reg), probably a crap car but I thought it was great at the time!

fatboy billy

I had an st170 and it was comfortable and a good car the only thing sporty about it was the fuel consumption lol found it very boring

vtgrrrs

Probably not the worst 'fast' Ford though, although I can definitely accept it may have been the worst you have owned. Wish I could afford a Cossie like the one in your sig.

Cossie Sean

mk6 escort Mexico......... WTF lol

ST170`s are quick cars, handle well and when Recaro`d up, are a joy to drive very quickly!

a lot of work and thinking went into developing the ST170, even more than the mk1 RS IMO

The Underdog

im a huge cosworth fan and iv owned a 2wd saph and have 2 st170s now and a 170 although slower in a straight line than a cosworth will spank the pants off them in the corners.

Oranoco

Fiesta RS1800 is probably the one I find most annoying as it's just a 16v XR2i that never made the claimed 130bhp.

It's not bad, it's just not good enough

Fullflush

Mk5 and Mk6 rs2000.

Dark days at Ford when these rolled out, an embarrassment to the RS marque

GVK.

Agreed, plus the Mexico was just a piss take, using the same design logo of the old rwd cars!

Slightly OT..

I worked on a K reg Granada Scorpio last week, used to think those cars were massive back in the day, but I sat in it and thought it felt quite small compared to modern stuff.

Hancockshire

Surely it's the GT70. Roger Clarke (I think?) tested it & said that it drove "like a f**king camel"

H11SOW

mondeo st220.... ran like a peach for a week drove normal then shit its self... never again...

Straight_4_N/a

All the new fords I hatem all!

Maxwell

Mk5 and mk6 Escort RS2000s are actually underrated and very good cars!!! Just overshadowed by the cosworth!!

And put it this way, its pretty much on par with a mk6 fiesta st - 150bhp, circa 1125kgs!! (Fiesta st is circa 1130kgs). Never stopped them being branded as shite!!! They where quite overrated in my opinion!!

Glenn_

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As soon as I seen this post I thought straight away that the mk5 and 6 RS2000 would be mentioned lol.

People slate the ST170 and say they arnt quick. Ive drove my mates and I would defo say its a quick car.

I think the Probe and the cougar were a bit of a let down tbh.

Mr S1

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I'd find it hard to disagree here, but have amended slightly to say the entire Escort and Orion ranges - but as said, the Probe and Cougar are on a par.

AJC

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Probe, Cougar

i have had a MK6 RS2000 and i actually found it a good car, comfy and handled well and was nice to drive.

i drove an ST170 and that was just boring

wildheart

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They were 130PS
Still lucky if they made that power though

scoooby slayer

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the punctuation police are here




lol

fatboy billy

Some people really like them and I'm rather harsh on them it just didn't do anything for me at all

Maxwell

Lol he was being a cunt about a mk3 fiesta for no reason. So had to return the favour in a cuntish way

RS Grant

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I rated my MK5 RS2K... but don't rate an ST170, I went past one when I was 4 or 5 up in my Mondeo ST200 and that was hardly a rocket ship.


Cheers,
Grant

Cossy Mike

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Agreed


Very lame and certainly not worth the RS badge......2 litre engine with recaro's, that's it

Maxwell

Is that not what the mk2 escort rs2000 was???

gjh

But they were RWD and great handling cars (for 1976) out of the box


Edit to add- for me the worst is the probe, just what were they thinking?

stu20004x4

LOL at all the mk5 and 6 rs2000 haters, whats so special about an rs1600i?

And id like to see an rs turbo driven as hard as an rs2k, would soon go bang.

And for anyone saying all mk5 or 6 look the same, well so do mk1 and 2 escorts to idiots who dont pay attention to detail x

Harris.

A Cunt ? read the thread title dick head !!!!!

155lee

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I liked my mk5 rs2000,great handling,comfortable,quick enough only thing I didn't like is it was a smiley front and looked a bit lame.
Worst supposedly fast fords would be capris,cougars,probes,mk3 xr2i's due to being slow,xr4i's and the rs1600i,which I own and can say they are pants.

Oranoco

130PS equates to about 128bhp when every example I have seen has been about the 115-120bhp mark let's not nit pick over 2bhp

luke_rs1800

thats not true...

wildheart

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But i'm feeling Anal lol.
Highest i ever saw on the rollers was 126bhp and lowest was 118.

Loved my old 3.5 RS1800 Track car

Maxwell

I was hinting at the fact a mk2 rs2000 was "just a 2.0L with Recaros". Now you say they are great handling? They may be fwd (and 4x4 in cases) but a mk5 and mk6 rs2000 are both great handling cars!! So they are still (in my opinion) specced in-line with a mk2 rs2000.


Dry your eyes ffs!! Was a bitta banter