Ford sierra xr4i £22,750

Here’s a motor we all should have bought: this 1976 Ford Escort RS 1800, priced at a bit over £3000 when new, has just sold at a Historics auction in Berkshire for £279,000. Apparently this was Ford’s

John-Joe Vollans assesses the evolution of the hot hatch through two very different examples

ASKING £24,995 PRICE ENGINE 1998cc/4-cyl/OHC POWER 154bhp@6000rpm ...

ASKING £9995 PRICE ENGINE 2994cc/V6/OHV POWER 138bhp@5000rpm TORQUE ...

ASKING £7750 PRICE ENGINE 4235cc/6-cyl/DOHC POWER 184bhp@4500rpm TORQUE ...

James Walshe on how to buy the best example of Jag’s XJ for the Nineties