Evo 4's were not made at a similar age they began production in 96 and even in totally standard trim they will wipe the floor with the escort, mine was far from standard and was also an RS (RALLY SPEC) with plated diffs, close ratio box, running a evo 6 engine, autronics management etc etc etc.
Im still seriously looking at a nice cossie.
Dont be so quick to put me down guys, im not here to start a fight im just learning about escorts as I want one, cheers