The term ‘old school Ford’ will have a totally different meaning depending on where you live in the world. If you’re from the land of freedom and cheap gasoline, you’ll probably picture V8 Ford Mustangs and Gran Torinos laying down rubber at a moonlit Detroit intersection. If you’re from a land down under, you might be […]
A Rally Replica Ford Escort In Japan
Unlike the famous soft drink with grandiose claims of authenticity, this particular Mk2 Ford Escort is not the real thing. It is, however, an extremely good replica of sorts. And it should be, as the car was created by the same company that built the original Rothmans-livered Escort RS1800 rally machines back in the day. Rather than go into the illustrious history of […]
Ford Escort RS Turbo S2, Mitsubishi Strada, Fiat 128: The Dopest Cars I Found for Sale Online
Ah, what fun we had last week. Talking about the internet’s least dope cars, getting our April Fools kicks all out. But this week, we return to form — to searching for the best, weirdest, wildest cars available online. Read more… Jalopnik #Ford #Escort #Turbo #Mitsubishi #Strada #Fiat #Dopest #Cars #Sale #Online
RS1700T: The Missing Link In Ford’s Rally History
When Ford took a hiatus at the end of the 1979 World Rally Championship season to focus on the incoming Group B era, the car on the drawing board wasn’t the RS200. The Group B rulebook for 1982 had very few specificities and mostly focused on safety-critical components and minimum weight. This resulted in a variety […]
Four Heavy Hitters From Attack Tsukuba
Over the course of the last couple of weeks I’ve shown you a few different sides of Attack Tsukuba 2023. We started with some main coverage, where I talked about this 10th anniversary event being the biggest ever, followed up with some curious time-attacking Suzuki Jimnys (yes, really), a couple of Honda Today kei cars, […]