RS200 For Sale with only 540 miles.

F Body · June 24, 2007, 02:59:10 PM

This example that been left in hibernation for 15 years and clocked up a mere 540 miles

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Yeah yeah I knows it's a Ford but I watched some great Group B rallying in 80's

Now where did I put my 6R4 Metro

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Shifty · June 25, 2007, 02:29:06 AM

WOW what a find,

Used to have some footage of one of these peeling all the way to 125MPH through all five gears in just 7.7 seconds, sweet.

Cant say i'm a particulaly huge fan but what a piece of engineering.

HardRockCamaro · June 25, 2007, 03:51:55 AM

Awesome vehicle.

When the McLaren F1 came out and was in the Guiness book of World Records as the fastest accelerating production car in tghe world with aq 0-60 of 3.1 seconds someone at Ford thought "erm, hang on a a minute, drag an RS200 out of our museum, I seem to remember that was faster".
And 2 weeks later they did a 0-60 time of just 2.9 seconds wiping the McLaren out of the record book.

When Group B rallying was cancelled and they sold off the remaining road going versions they could hardly give them a way. Now they're collectible and expensive. Very expensive. I've heard of them going for well over £100,000

Roadkill · June 25, 2007, 04:19:04 AM

Don't recall hearing of them before . . . .

F Body · June 25, 2007, 07:59:27 AM

Quoting: Roadkill

Don't recall hearing of them before . . . .

Come on RK even a Ford Hater like me would have one of them, if I get time I'll post some interesting stuff about how and who built them ?
Invovles the three wheel car people Reliant

Roadkill · June 25, 2007, 08:31:07 AM

I obviously hate Fords more then you realise.

EDGE · June 25, 2007, 10:50:19 AM

the rs200 was one of the sweetest cars ever built.... i have a big feature in an old magazine about them, from concept to racing... very interesting..

Pod · June 25, 2007, 11:13:35 AM

I saw one of those at Santa Pod a year or two ago...

Ponti · June 25, 2007, 01:13:31 PM

Quoting: F Body

Yeah yeah I knows it's a Ford but I watched some great Group B rallying in 80's

Now where did I put my 6R4 Metro

Now there were a lovely pair of cars, always fancied a 6R4

F Body · June 25, 2007, 01:16:03 PM

Quoting: F Body

Invovles the three wheel car people Reliant

The Ford RS200 cars were built on behalf of Ford by another company well known for its expertise in producing fibreglass bodies and three wheelers - Reliant

Quoting: F Body

if I get time I'll post some interesting stuff about how and who built them ?

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philoldsmobile · June 25, 2007, 01:18:42 PM

Quoting: Roadkill

Don't recall hearing of them before . . . .

and you call yerself a car nut?

F Body · June 25, 2007, 01:59:11 PM

Quoting: Ponti

always fancied a 6R4

Basically an Austin Metro with a shoe-horned Rover V6 engine in it - which was literally the 3.5 litre V8 with two cylinders chopped off

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philoldsmobile · June 26, 2007, 04:59:06 PM

i'm sure there has been more of those destroyed in rally cross than were ever built...

Roadkill · June 26, 2007, 06:00:38 PM

Quoting: philoldsmobile

and you call yerself a car nut?

No, I don't, actually . . . I know what I know and don't pretend to know anymore.