i noticed on this forum a lot of talk about evo or cossy ? .the thing is the 2 cars are totally different and in no way can they be compared to one another .i can speak with a lot of personal experience of both cars .over several years i first owned a 2wd sapp running approx 300bhp ,then a 4x4 sapp approx 300bhp then a escort cos 4x4 in standard form then back to a sapp 4x4 standard then my last sapp cos 4x4 running approx 380bhp at least ( very fast car indeed ) the last cossy i owned for 8 yrs and for the last year owned an evo 4 standard at the same time .then i sold both and bought an evo 6 tme that i have now ,the tme is running over 360bhp and feels fast .the biggest difference is the handling ,the evo standard will run rings round a cosworth with uprated shocks and springs on .the other main noticable thing is the evos break less mechanicly but the cossys are cheaper to fix ( diy ) as a blind man could work on a cosworth .i for one though would never under estimate a sorted cosworth .all said and done the cossy is not that far behind the evo even on a twisty B road and i have driven all of them ie the sapp / esc / evo 4 / evo 6 .one way to compare the evo v cosworth is the evo is a jet fighter and the cossy is the fighter / bomber .i will one day own a sapp 4x4 cosworth again because they are legendary and i miss the brutality of the power delivery only the cossy has .