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New Ford Escort Mk 2 for sale shortly.

@kennyh

Nope, RS Turbo.



And one sold at Kings Lynn auctions about two years ago for £64k, although that was the earlier model.

Capris were a horrid drive for me. But that’s not the driving force behind these prices!


Unreal, I'd back mine for condition against that and what's been spent on it.......I'd get nowhere near that for it, nowhere near. That firm I always look at, they have some lovely stock but the prices just don't make sense in the real world. I think it's their sales tactic.
 
Meanwhile you can get a mint MR2 Spider for 3 grand.

But that’s missing the whole point of what is on a collector’s wish list. The MR2 will probably make big money years later. Maybe a lot more. However, the generations of Ford fans vastly outnumber Toyota fans, and a huge culture and support industry backs them up.
 
If your pockets aren't deep enough for the Group B 205, maybe the homologated 205 Rallye for the lower classes is for you, certainly looks like a right load of fun. I always wanted the Series 1 106 Rallye, similar concept, but probably missed the boat now for one of them sadly.

 
But that’s missing the whole point of what is on a collector’s wish list. The MR2 will probably make big money years later. Maybe a lot more. However, the generations of Ford fans vastly outnumber Toyota fans, and a huge culture and support industry backs them up.

I've a feeling the market for future classic Japanese stuff is going to be really narrow, it's going to be a few of the Type Rs, GTRs etc. I'd be surprised if any of the mass production fodder like MR2s gets spendy. A nice one might hold some value but 40-50k?
 
If your pockets aren't deep enough for the Group B 205, maybe the homologated 205 Rallye for the lower classes is for you, certainly looks like a right load of fun. I always wanted the Series 1 106 Rallye, similar concept, but probably missed the boat now for one of them sadly.


I had a Series 1 106 Rallye for two years from new, 1994-96. Incredible fun, addictive handling and bonkers little engine. Ours is SORNed now.
 
Back when I was an active member of the RSOC many moons ago, one of the RS500 owners bought up a couple of genuine ex touring car RS500s- Labbats and Listerine livery from memory- he didn't pay peanuts but compared with what they might make today it would have been peanuts, he also picked up an ex DTM 190e. Hindsight and all that...
 
I think they’ve always fetched good money! And with that racing pedigree, I just don’t think it raises an eyebrow. That engine sounded gorgeous!


It's an interesting/worrying ad. Tony. Reading it again it's not clear if it does have a true racing pedigree, lots of name and event dropping but I don't think it applies to this car in hindsight.
 
Back when I was an active member of the RSOC many moons ago, one of the RS500 owners bought up a couple of genuine ex touring car RS500s- A Labbats and a Texaco from memory- he didn't pay peanuts but compared with what they might make today it would have been peanuts, he also picked up an ex DTM 190e. Hindsight and all that...

Wow, an Andy Rouse car? Mega bucks that now........half a million is my guess and I'm probaly way shy of the mark at that.
 
It’s weird though. To me, the BTCC and ETCC happened almost yesterday with RS500s, but when you see the puny roll protection, the look ancient.

Donington, ETCC, 1987. The way those Eggenberger (?) RS500s accelerated down the straights was mesmerising. A bloke in his 80s, ish, was watching them while stood next to me. We watched them, shook our heads, looked at each other, and he said “F**k me!”
 
I agree with all you say about the BTCC cars of that era.....mesmerising is the right word, explosive. Todays BTCC although very advanced can't hold a light to the spectacle of those flame throwing missiles.

As for the second reply, apologies there, I thought you still owned the little fella.
 
It’s weird though. To me, the BTCC and ETCC happened almost yesterday with RS500s, but when you see the puny roll protection, the look ancient.

Donington, ETCC, 1987. The way those Eggenberger (?) RS500s accelerated down the straights was mesmerising. A bloke in his 80s, ish, was watching them while stood next to me. We watched them, shook our heads, looked at each other, and he said “F**k me!”

They could hold there own against the Godzillas in Oz as well, in certain situations at least. Dick Johnson is a legend there, but I think the GTRs had the beating of them overall, still great racing we're likely never to see again.



 


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