Head to head between the Sierra Cosworth, E30 M3 & Merc 190 2.5-16

 

I'll have a read later on.

 

You main they have reprinted the original in a current mag?

 

Mike is right they did that before

 

Sorry to have mentioned it then......

Yes, they often do these "Olde cars revisited" thing.

Makes a change from the latest Elise with a slightly different engine or EVOIX FQMR-340 revision though

 

Mike1,

Dont be sorry, it makes me laugh that they feel the need to recycle.
In this case its good as it shows just how much of a cult following the
cosworth had.


(f*ck the BMW though )

 

ive still got the original onf that , was a white 4x4 J plate saph IIRC

 

Don't remember that one Dave - what issue was it in? They did a similar "Buying them secondhand" article in about 92 - that was rwd Sapphire though - majenta I think.

 

sure this had a white saph cos , an merc 190 cos and a m3 evo,

ill dig it out

 

What year was it roughly you are thinking of Dave? I WILL have it in the loft. Since 92?

 

i might be thinking of autoexpress, about 1998

the article was called 'super-saloons' iirc...

 

Ah, don't usually get Auto-Express

 

 

ah, found it
it was....

Performace Car - and the very last issue at that!!!

the article was looney saloons...

BMW M5, Lotus carlton, Sapphire 4x4 Cos, 190 Evo Merc, AMG E55.



pics...

 

Ah yes, got that one Dave - like you say the very last issue before it died and sort of became "EVO"

Here's a bit of a link to the Autocar one today if you don't want to look at the mag Click

 

It says in the article that the cosworth was from Fords heritage fleet - but it appears to have a cheap bolt in roll cage fitted - I doubt a Ford owned car would have such a mod - seems unusual

 

Read the article, seems to have been written by BMW fan, despite admitting that it's the slowest car there.

 

Yes , it was from the fleet. It's been borrowed for articles before but I did notice the cage!

 

To be fair though, even when the mags of the mid/late 80s compared the normal E30 M3 to the 3-door the BMW won. It wasn't until the Sapphire was bought out that the Ford got the nod a few times as the journos thought the 4-door rwd was a better handling car on the limit than the more twitchy 3-door. Even so, it was never a knockout verdict in favour of either and varied from mag to mag

You've also got to look at the fact that the M3 they've picked for that test is a Sports Evo model with 238bhp ( pretty much the fastest std factory E30 M3 ). It's a bit better than the normal 195/200bhp M3 the 3-door was compared to normally.

 

Thanks for the link, that was a good read