Originally Posted by FastFordChris
they only made 500 rs1800's and i've seen alot of them as spares or repair so there cant be many true rs1800's left.... so make sure the one ur lookin at is genuine it should have a plate with what number it is (like the rs500's do)
not quite true, it was actually summat like 493... making it more rarer than the RS500 of which think it was 496 that were released... yeah if only
apparently 493 were made in Britain or summat, the other 9,500+ were made abroad, so they dont have a limited edition plaque and there were plenty of them made
Some say that the 493 are genuine RS1800s and the one's abroad are 130ps XR2i's, not true, the one's made abroad -for abroad- were 130ps XR2i's, the one's made abroad -for the UK- were RS1800s.
...and will keep up with standard rs turbos all day long.
again not quite
They are 130ps compared with the FRSTs 133bhp and so a common misconception that the FRST has only 3bhp more, however that means that the RS1800 is actually 120+bhp and its peak power is at 7k revs, it doesnt do too much below 5k but does kick with the revs, the torque alone of a standard FRST is enough to see off an RS1800 0-60, but they are still good nippy cars and will certainly see off XR2i's and the like