Boreham Motorworks out of the UK is making a brand new Ford RS200 and an Mk1 Escort continuation.
Jun 24, 2024 at 10:04am ET
The Ford Mk1 Escort was identified for tearing up rally levels all through the late Nineteen Sixties and early Seventies, with a manufacturing model constructed between 1967 and 1975. The Ford RS200 then grew to become probably the most iconic rally vehicles of Group B within the Nineteen Eighties, however manufacturing of the road-going mannequin solely lasted two years, between 1984 and 1986.
Now each of them are again… form of. Boreham Motorworks out of the UK signed a model license settlement with Ford to supply a restricted variety of RS200 and Mk1 Escort fashions over the subsequent few years.
The RS200 returns simply in time for its fortieth anniversary and will probably be “a wholly new, ground-up construct”—not a continuation mannequin. Primarily based on the teaser photographs of the RS200, it’s going to have fashionable touches like LED headlights, whereas the inside will most definitely be up to date for contemporary use, much like what Kimera did with its Lancia 037 recreation.
The Escort, then again, will probably be “blueprint-accurate” and “period-sympathetic.” It should also have a continuation VIN quantity. And each of those vehicles will probably be street-legal (not less than within the UK).
We nonetheless do not know particulars like worth, energy, or efficiency for both of those fashions, however Boreham does reference the RS200’s unique mid-engine, four-wheel-drive structure—in order that’s more likely to stick round. And provided that the unique RS200 had a light-weight fiberglass physique, Boreham’s fashionable iteration ought to maintain it simply as gentle with in depth carbon fiber.
Boreham says these aren’t the one two fashions the corporate has deliberate below its Ford partnership. A minimum of 5 extra vehicles will probably be produced with the Ford license—some continuation fashions and different recreations.
Supply: Boreham Motorworks
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