Only a handful of us have Cossies in America. They were never offered in America. The ones that are here have been imported in, through odd channels as they don't necessarily meet America's stringent laws regarding bumper/body standards nor do they meet emission standards.

As for Sierras, we were offered only one model. They were renamed 'Merkur XR4Ti" rather than Ford Sierra XR4Ti. As you may have guessed, it was a rebadged, modified Ford Sierra XR4i with a Mustang/Thunderbird turbo engine, rather than the Cologne V6. It was marketed as an upmarket "European Ford" with the promise of BMW performance w/ a flair.

They are seen as oddball cars, at first disliked for it's grill-less look, additional piller, big bumpers, and intially their double-winged spoiler. However, there is a cult following here, and nowadays are considered quite good-looking, esp. when outfitted with Cosworth body parts.

They were all offered with air con, power steering, 5 speed and 3-speed automatic. Leather mostly and most had sunroofs & leccy windows. Some of the later models even came with cruise control (on the stalk - i'm considering retrofitting it in my Cossie).

Escort Cosworths were brought in by a company called Sun International. They "legalized them" and allowed them to be imported. To date, they're only about two dozen of them here. The Escort here is considered a cheap, bad car, so believe it or not, many Escort Cozzie owners remove the Escort moniker off their cars, in order for people not to consider it just a "cheapo Escort" with a bodykit.

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