The Ford Escort WRC in action at the 1997 Rally of Finland with Carlos Sainz at the wheel.
Category
World Rally Car
Constructor
Ford
Predecessor
Ford Escort RS Cosworth
Successor
Ford Focus RS WRC
Technical specifications[1][2][3]
Length
4,211 mm (165.8 in)
Width
1,770 mm (69.7 in)
Height
1,425 mm (56.1 in)
Wheelbase
2,550 mm (100.4 in)
Weight
1,230 kg (2,711.7 lb)
Competition history (WRC)
Notable entrants
Ford
Debut
1997 Monte Carlo Rally
First win
1997 Acropolis Rally
Last win
1997 Rally Indonesia
Last event
1998 Rally GB
Races
Wins
Podiums
Titles
28
2
23
0
Constructors' Championships
0
Drivers' Championships
0
Ford Escort WRC is a rally vehicle based on the Ford Escort RS Cosworth with World Rally Car homologation. It was built by M-Sport to compete in the World Rally Championship for the Ford World Rally Team.[3] It replaced the group A version that the brand had used since 1993 and was later replaced by the Ford Focus WRC in 1999.
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Subaru. This year also marked the FordEscort's last full-season works outing before being replaced by the Ford Focus WRC in 1999. The season ended in dramatic...
developed and manufactured by Ford's European operations, and had been positioned below the Escort (later the Focus). Ford had sold over 15 million Fiestas...
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WRC schedule, the 50-year-old veteran finished third overall with the car. That same year, he finished seventh in the Safari Rally in a FordEscort RS...
World Cup in 1993. 1994, the year saw Thiry join the Ford team to contest the WRC, driving a FordEscort RS Cosworth. In these years, he managed several third...
professional drive, in a FordEscort RS1800, on the RAC Rally. He crashed out on the second day, but by then he had impressed Ford team manager Stuart Turner...
(IRC) programme, a championship for N/A 4WD cars, before returning to the WRC championship season again in 2012. As recently as 1991, competitors were...
new Ford Focus WRC and the team's last year with the EscortWRC was winless. Kankkunen drove the car on the podium on seven occasions, and both Ford and...
type wheel in a matte black with a gloss black ring. His 1994 FordEscort RS Cosworth WRC AKA Cossie V2 uses the Rotiform VCE-M in a 4x108 PCD, with a...
Martini & Rossi. Gianfranco Cunico won the Italian Rally Championship driving Escort Cosworths in 1994, 1995, 1996, the 1995 and 1996 cars were built by Malcolm...
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Solberg was signed by the BP Ford World Rally Team, Ford's factory WRC team. He competed in seven rounds alongside Ford's main drivers Toni Gardemeister...
the Belfast Motor Show. Following the introduction of the MKIII Escort in 1980, Ford Motorsport set about developing a rear-wheel-drive, turbocharged...