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Ford Escort RS 2000 - the sporty one with the sloping snout

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Created on August 29, 2017

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Bruno von Rotz

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Ford Escort RS 2000 (1979) - the twin headlights signalize sportiness

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Ford Escort RS 2000 (1979) - the sports car for mass sports

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Ford Escort RS 2000 (1979) - still a pleasure to drive today

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Ford Escort RS 2000 (1979) - many people saw it from this perspective on the highway

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Ford Escort RS 2000 (1979) - one of the fastest of its time with a top speed of 180 km/h

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Ford Escort RS 2000 (1979) - three Escort generations - RS 2000 at the back, the first front-engined generation (RS 1600i) in front and the Mexico version of the original Escort at the very front

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Ford Escort RS 2000 (1979) - the sloping front, together with the air conduction aids, enabled a 16% improvement in air resistance

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Ford Escort RS 2000 (1979) - light-footed handling to this day

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Ford Escort RS 2000 (1979) - whoever arrived with it had achieved something

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Ford Escort RS 2000 (1979) - people liked to drive it with outstretched arms

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Ford Escort RS 2000 (1979) - Chrome? No way - matt black for sportiness

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Ford Escort RS 2000 (1979) - thin bumpers, clearly visible rear spoiler

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Ford Escort RS 2000 (1979) - with a four-eyed face

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Ford Escort RS 2000 (1979) - the RS 2000 with its predecessor - here a Mexico - and a successor - here the RS 1600i

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Ford Escort RS 2000 (1979) - the polyurethane front should also be impact-resistant

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Ford Escort RS 2000 (1979) - the RS 2000 has much more modern features

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Ford Escort RS 2000 (1979) - classic two-door sedan

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Ford Escort RS 2000 (1979) - bucket seats and a sporty cockpit

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Ford Escort RS 2000 (1979) - this is what sportiness looked like in the seventies

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Ford Escort RS 2000 (1979) - the instruments were not covered by the steering wheel

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Ford Escort RS 2000 (1979) - speed and revs always in view

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Ford Escort RS 2000 (1979) - you never forget which car you're sitting in

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Ford Escort RS 2000 (1979) - Factory radio without cassette player

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Ford Escort RS 2000 (1979) - all important information always in view

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Ford Escort RS 2000 (1979) - Sports seats with brown fabric

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Ford Escort RS 2000 (1979) - the two-liter engine produced 110 hp at 5500 rpm in standard trim

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Ford Escort RS 2000 (1979) - in-line four-cylinder engine with one overhead camshaft

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Ford Escort RS 2000 (1979) - this four-cylinder engine was also used in a different guise in the Ford Pinto

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Ford Escort RS 2000 (1979) - the polyurethane front end improved the aerodynamics, but also made the car significantly longer

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Ford Escort RS 2000 (1979) - the polyurethane front was set, so to speak

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Ford Escort RS 2000 (1979) - Alloy wheels from the RS range

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Ford Escort RS 2000 (1979) - without fuel filler flap

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Ford Escort RS 2000 (1979) - with creative RS 2000 lettering

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Ford Escort 1968 invites you to a Sunday drive

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Ford Escort GT (1969) - sporty version

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Ford Escort (1969) - Advertisement from 1969

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Ford Escort (1971) - Sport version

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Ford Escort (1973) - now launched in Switzerland as the German Escort, which caused a stir in England - at the 1973 Geneva Motor Show

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Ford Escort (1973) - the chassis dynamometer at the 'Saarlouis' plant

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Ford Escort RS 2000 (1973) - with two-liter engine and specific livery

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Ford Escort RS 2000 (1974) - grippy steering wheel and complete dashboard

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Ford Escort RS 2000 (1976) - with Swiss license plate

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Ford Escort RS 2000 (1975) - soon with long delivery times

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Ford Escort RS 2000 (1975) - with extended front for better aerodynamics

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Ford Escort RS 2000 (1976) - for tough rally use, available complete from the Saarlouis factory for around DM 20,000

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Ford Escort RS 1800 (1977) - the factory rally version dispensed with the sloping radiator grille

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Summary

The oil crisis had been overcome and car drivers were once again looking for performance. In 1975, Ford presented the RS 2000 with an almost revolutionary polyurethane front end. Soon there were long delivery times as proof that the classic layout - engine at the front, drive at the rear - was the right one. But the VW Golf GTI was already waiting in the wings. This driving report describes the short history of the second Ford Escort RS 2000 and shows it in current and historical pictures.

This article contains the following chapters

Eight years since the beginning
Connected to tradition
Square instead of round - the second generation
The shock-absorbing front end
Proven technology
Sleek, powerful, robust
Also for sports drivers
Well equipped
Still sporty and agile today
Further information

Estimated reading time: 8min

Preview (beginning of the article)

The oil crisis was over and drivers were once again looking for performance. In 1975, Ford presented the RS 2000 with a new front-end design. Long delivery times proved that they were on the right track. At the beginning of 1968, the Ford Escort with its characteristic radiator grille reminiscent of a dog's bone was first seen by members of the press at the secret test center in northeast London. There were good reasons for presenting the car in the UK, as the new car basically replaced the Ford Anglia at the time, and it also received many technical components from the British Ford inventory.

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