Glenn_

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The mondeo were a good car imo. They should of made a cosworth mondeo.

opposite lock

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I voted Escort due to the motorsport background of Ford.
Sierrras must be the most practical car Ford built with all the configurations .
Fiestas are my favourite to drive though so far.

uruk hai

Thank you sir, I stand corrected !


And that is in part why I bought a Focus instead of another Golf, granted its only a 04 TDCI Sport but the way it drives and handles always puts a smile on my face, even after owning it for over 4 years !

Having said that I could only vote for the Escort as I grew up with them and nothing will ever come close to the experience of my Mk1 RS 2000 !

STeve

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some pretty tasty mondeos were rolling around in the touring car era, I snapped this one at ford fair oxford back in 1996



and found a pic of it on track some years later



who can ever forget this driver in number 5, pic thanks to fiddy

Glenn_

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There good pics.I wish Fiddy would come back on pf.

jamesst24

1 guy did gren a green one was awesome

Slug

Has to be Escort's all the way. From cosworth's, Xr3i, Rs 1600i, RS Turbo's. I have had a MK3 Ghia, Mk5 Ghia and now my pride and joy a mk6 Gti. Superb cars all of them.

scoooby slayer

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none of the above

this has got to be the ultimate ford imo


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FORD-FALCO...item43bc6bc363

st220kyle

Why so many mondeo haters, Just because there was no rs model and they aren't rwd?
I think there good cars, what's to moan about?

thebronze

Glenn_

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Martin Hadland built and still owns it.

Alps Pacino

I think the Transit is probably fords biggest influence on the motoring world

Glenn_

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Yeh the Tranny van is a britsh icon.

Rod-Tarry

Dont like Fords very much but am a Cosworth fan. The 3dr Cosworth was the orginal & still the most Iconic of the Cossies. It means i ticked the Sierra box. .

st220kyle

I would of said the model t had a bigger influence,

STeve

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hardly a car and not one of the choices from the newspapers voting criteria either even though its a fantastic van, nor is the bronzes and scooby slayers input as its says british fords between 1960-2010 none of which fit the bill

Less.

Would have to be Escort for me so mnay memoriesofmy mum ad dadowning them,my mates brothers owning them and I have 12 of them

Closely followed by a MK1 Granada as they evoke so memories for me too

Alps Pacino

Well In that case it has to be the ford escort as it had the longest life and managed to have racing success and be a cheap affordable car to the masses. I think the majority of people you ask who were driving 20 years ago will have owned or had a family member who owned some sort of ford escort in there lives

Rod-Tarry

Correct I had an Escort 1.1 over 40 years ago & it was as bad as it sounds . Ive not had a Ford since (except the Cossie) . The Mrs did have a Fiesta 25 years back that wasnt a great car either. Best normal Ford i have owned was a Cortina GT. I had sold my Sports Car to finance my first house & it was all i could afford of a sporting nature.

plynchy

As boring as it is, i'd have to say Mondeo.

I've had a mk 3 and mk 4 estate in the last 6 years and both have been faultless.

Comfy, surprisingly nice to drive, cheap to run and as reliable as you like.

jamesst24

https://passionford.com/forum/showthread.php?t=414547

This 1 glenn

STeve

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thanks guys for the input but keep it coming

Fordmad!

For me i voted escort. Rally heritage of the mk1 and 2 swung it for me. Plus the RS's are iconic.

Sierra would be my second choice not much in it between them and the escort.

Fiesta and focus is up there too for me.

Focus for reliabilty etc.

Fiesta, who hasnt owned one or been in one! Plus Mk 1 and 2 are classics now and the rs turbo's are very sought after now!

st220kyle

I have voted escort, mainly because of the length of time it was in production, was close to picking a focus, wasn't it fords first 'world car' ( same model across the world) would have put mondeo as 3rd due to it being a good all round car.

DixieTheKid

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Had to vote Sierra as i didnt see the P100 on there

Lose enough lol

DixieTheKid

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Best shape of the Mondeos. This should of worn the Sierra badge imo.

cosworthkev

I agree the sierra, as this poll is about which ford has done more for british motoring the sierra was the first mass production car to be designed with aerodynamics in mind and was designed using a wind tunnel which gave the sierra the lowest drag factor of any mass production car and set the book mark that all other manufactors were soon to follow which is why we have better handling better fuel consumption ect and all because of the old humble sierra which has changed the way cars are designed and perform not just here in britain but all over the world.

XR4i - Sebastian

Sierra

Nath

It has to be the Sierra for me as well.
Good choice of models throughout the range from the "rev it and it just gets louder and doesn't go faster diesels", through to the glides over speed bumps saloon/hatchback and load lugging estates, to the flagship Porsche bothering Cosworths of the 80's & 90's.

I still remember seeing it's replacement, the first Mondeo and thinking "Looks like a jellyfish on a roller skate" - Mind you, they drove quite well and have proved to be a good car to this date.

Glenn_

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People slate fords but they have made some cracking cars over the years which other car manufactures have tried to copy.



look at the sierra cossies.They were quicker than most super cars when they were brought out.

canis

I'm torn between Sierra and Cortina, because to me they are the SAME CAR. The Sierra was essentially a Cortina MkV (unless you count the 80 series as a V, in which case the Sierra becomes a VI).

Everything since those days has become the same bland 'slug' shaped car all other manufacturers are building. Ugly bulbous metal slugs with those stupid triangular headlamps and enormous swathes of chromed plastic covering each corner like a garish pound shop christmas tree bauble ... entirely lacking in taste and style.

It's a shame that the Zodiac wasn't in the list, because I loved those. For me, the most stylish of the list was the MkIII Cortina, although I will admit, i hated the dashboard, the later ones (1975-76) versions were much improved after the facelift, and continued into the later marques.

The technology of modern cars renders these old fossils as clumsy hulking great heaps of dangerousness, and who could argue that cars are so much better designed and manufactured nowardays. But I miss the chrome and wood, and I really think manufacturers are missing a trick by not offering it anymore. Silver-painted plastic just doesn't match it, and neither does the Formica crap they put in.

gjh

This, love escorts, think they were the perfect family car, great at motorsport, and the cossie was a blue collar super car. And the rs turbos were the original hooligans car. So escorts for me.

liam-rst

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I voted for the escort for reasons mentioned above but genuinely surprised the fiesta is not doing better, especially as UK sales are predicted to hit 4 million next week, an iconic car in its own right

Glenn_

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The focus is now the worlds best selling car.

liam-rst

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Yeah year on year Glenn but the fiesta has sold 18 million worldwide since release

STeve

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maybe so Glenn but the mk1 FRS is such a boring car to look at especially when parked in a row if identical cars, does nothing for me at all

gingerturbo

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Has to be the escort really as its the one ford everyone's heard of, and still sort after today

Glenn_

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I like them and I would have one but they arnt really that special comparrd to other older rs.s.

Glenn_

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It might beat the focus at being the best selling car.

Chaz888

XR3 had one in black with peppers pots best fun I think you can have without needing a hard on .