Ford escort rs turbo

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

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

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