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Ford Sierra RS Cosworth - Inconspicuous is different

Name: Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 1987
Brand: Ford

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Created on May 6, 2020

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Daniel Koch

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Daniel Reinhard

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Bruno von Rotz

Balz Schreier

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Daniel Reinhard

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Ford Sierra RS Cosworth (1987) - A veritable sports car

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Ford Sierra RS Cosworth (1987) - Touring car for road and sport

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Ford Sierra RS Cosworth (1987) - If you saw it in the rear-view mirror, you had to hurry

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Ford Sierra RS Cosworth (1987) - Many opponents only saw it - from behind

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Ford Sierra RS Cosworth (1987) - With aerodynamic add-on parts

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Ford Sierra RS Cosworth (1987) - All-round spoiler kit

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Ford Sierra RS Cosworth (1987) - sports seats and unspectacular plastic cockpit

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Ford Sierra RS Cosworth (1987) - Lots of plastic in the interior

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Ford Sierra RS Cosworth (1987) - Space in the rear

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Ford Sierra RS Cosworth (1987) - sports engine with 1993 cc displacement

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Ford Sierra RS Cosworth (1987) - 204 hp from a 2-liter engine was a respectable performance at the time

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Ford Sierra RS Cosworth (1987) - Identification number

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Ford Sierra RS Cosworth (1987) - Ventilation slots in the hood

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Ford Sierra RS Cosworth (1987) - Powerful air dam with center support

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Ford Sierra RS Cosworth (1987) - 17'' alloy wheels

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Ford Sierra RS Cosworth (1986) - the high-flyer in the truest sense of the word

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Ford Sierra RS Cosworth (1986) - with an even more daring wing

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Ford Sierra RS Cosworth (1985) - Engine tuning by Cosworth, transmission by Borg-Warner - IAA 1985

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Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth (1988) - Ford wins the DTM for the first time in 1988 with Klaus Ludwig in the Sierra Cosworth RS 500

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Ford Motorcraft accessories with a spruced-up Ford Sierra - Geneva Motor Show 1986

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Ford Sierra RS 500 (1987) - Eye-catcher on the Ford stand - IAA 1987

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Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth (1989) - in the European Championship, the RS 500 remains the measure of all things in the last year of the Turbo

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Ford Sierra Cosworth (1988) - Klaus Ludwig on the Ford in the DTM

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Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth (1989) - Niedzwiedz wins the last DTM race before the turbo ban in Hockenheim in 1989

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Ford Sierra Cosworth RS 500 (1986) at the Altbüron mountain test 2017 - Field 1

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Ford Sierra Cosworth (1988) - on the occasion of the presentation of the "Touring Car Classics" at the 2017 DTM race in Hockenheim

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Ford Sierra Cosworth - YTCC (Youngtimer Touring Car Challenge) at the Bosch Hockenheim Historic 2012

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Ford Sierra Cosworth (1987) - Touring Car Classics on the occasion of the Hockenheim Historic 2018

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Ford Sierra RS Cosworth (1987) - Touring Car Classics - AvD OGP 2017

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Ford Sierra Cosworth (1988) - Touring Car Classics on the occasion of the Hockenheim Historic 2018

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Ford Sierra RS Cosworth (1986) - Dorfgruppe - Lenzerheide Motor Classics 2019

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Ford Sierra RS Cosworth (1988) - Touring Car Classics - AvD OGP 2017

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Touring Car Classics 2017 - Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500 (1988)

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Impressions of the AvD Oldtimer Grand Prix 2013 - DTM/STW and touring car revival - Demonstration runs - Ford Sierra Cosworth

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Ford Sierra Cosworth RS 500 (1986) - German Touring Car Classic - Norisring DTM 2017

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Ford Sierra Cosworth RS 500 (1988) - German Touring Car Classic - Norisring DTM 2017

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Zakspeed Ford Capri Turbo (1978) - the racing Capri for 1978

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Summary

Ford had its sights set on the successful BMW M3 and Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16 sports cars and wanted to cause a sensation in Group A racing. We tell the story of the "Cossies", whose huge rear wing not only caused a stir, but also provided the necessary downforce at high speeds.

This article contains the following chapters

German competition
Successful model
Order to England
From the kit
Firmer chassis than in series production
Large hatch
Little enthusiasm
Very thirsty
Successful racer

Estimated reading time: 7min

Preview (beginning of the article)

In 1987, the American pop band "The Bangles" reached number 1 in the German charts with their catchy tune "Walk like an Egyptian" and the women wore thick shoulder pads and wide girdles. What was going on on our streets back then? There, sporty cars were still allowed to be adorned with huge rear wings without immediately appearing "politically incorrect". Sporty saloons and two-door models such as the BMW M3 from the E30 series and the Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16 were all the rage when Ford took to the stage at the 1985 Geneva Motor Show with the Sierra RS Cosworth. The body choice fell on the variant with two doors, tailgate and five seats. Its task was to repeat the successes achieved by the Capri in the seventies and eighties and to claim victories in Group A touring car races.

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