What's the rarest car you've ever seen?

[StormVR6 0]

I'm not quite sure what your trying to show me but the RS200 is no Escort (although it has been refered to as an Escort).

The chassis was built from scratch, it has a Cosworth engine, and a monocoque glassfibre/kevlar body (designed by Ghia). AFAIK the only bits that were not made specifically for the RS200 were various parts from the Sierra (windscreen, rear lights etc).

 

No Escort, believe me. :)

 

EDIT: Although to be fair the Cosworth lump was an enlarged derivative of the Escorts RS1700T, but that's as close as the link gets!

[Rick 0]

Sorry, don't really know all that much about the car (other than I like it!), everytime I've heard of it it has been refered to as an 'Escort'

[StormVR6 0]

No need to apologise mate, I have a good knowledge of cars, although how they work is not something I have any knowledge about at all :lol:

 

And I've just realised you have a Storm at 22. Lucky git :)

I bet the insurance is a joke.

[Andy665 0]

I saw what must be the same RS200 in Guildford on Friday - a real minter

[StormVR6 0]

There is one about that I know of which has been tuned to rally spec and has an alleged 650Bhp! An apparent 0-60 of 2.5 seconds is totally mental.

[The Leningrad Cowboy 0]

There is one about that I know of which has been tuned to rally spec and has an alleged 650Bhp! An apparent 0-60 of 2.5 seconds is totally mental.

 

Evo reviewed Stig Blomquist's RS200 (October 2004). It is prepared specifically for the PikesPeak challenge. The four cylinder engine produces well over 900 bhp in a car weighing 1080kg. Apparently 60 to 80mph in 0.85 of a second, and 0-70mph in 212ft. Apparently it is geared to max out at 120mph (like most rally cars).

 

Pretty damn quick.

 

http://www.speedtv.com/commentary/17760/

[jazzdevil 0]

Not rare when new but haven't seen one for a long long time until one on the M6 yeaterday - looked pretty mint

 

Brilliant! My Dad had a yellow Gordini-Renault 17 just like that when I was about 9 years old. The car got binned in style though when the nut that held the (metal bladed) fan came off at 80mph on the M3 and cut a perfect hole straight through the radiator... :oops: not pretty!

 

We had another 17 after the 'yellow peril', a later rectangular headlamp model in a bizarre mock-Starsky style red with a white stripe which went along the door and over the roof... it wasn't anything like as good as the Gordini, but it made me a lot of friends at school :lol:

[Henny 0]

There's a guy in Congleton (well, I say Guy, he's now a lady... :? ) who owns a tuning company ( Collins Performance motorsport ) and owns 2 or 3 RS200s... I've been in the black one which they have which only has 400+ BHP and is only a little nippy.... ;) :crazyeyes: :lol:

[mrbeige 0]

I saw an RS200 on Friday, just outside Stock in Essex....can't be that rare :roll::lol:

[corradophil 3]

I saw an RS200 on Friday, just outside Stock in Essex....can't be that rare

 

Thats just down the road from where I work!! So according to your fiance is stock another plannet? :D

 

Used to be an RS200 in the town I live in, plus there was a Metro 6R4 onwed by a local Rallycross driver.

[StormVR6 0]

Yeah the 6R4, totally forgot that car ever existed, dangerous is an understatement!!

[vr6storm 0]

Sorry, don't really know all that much about the car (other than I like it!), everytime I've heard of it it has been refered to as an 'Escort'

 

 

first time ive ever heard of the RS200 being refered to as an Escort :D ...........you're maybe getting confused with the RS2000 which has always been an escort :wink:

[vr6storm 0]

filled the missus's motor up at the local shell one night.............at the next pump was a tidy bit of stuff with a F50!!!!!! 8) 8) 8)

[dazzyvr6 0]

the RS200 actually had a ESCORT XR3I steering wheel... :lol:

[Claret Badger 0]

the RS200 actually had a ESCORT XR3I steering wheel... :lol:

 

It had Sierra Doors if I remember correctly

 

So more of a mongrel

[chrishill 0]

well, I say Guy, he's now a lady...

 

holy WTF batman!

[dazzyvr6 0]

lol i remember seeing all of kim(iirc)collins cars when i was at the RSOC at donnington quite a few years ago

[dazzyvr6 0]

the RS200 actually had a ESCORT XR3I steering wheel... :lol:

 

It had Sierra Doors if I remember correctly

 

So more of a mongrel

 

no sierra doors,the body was made by reliant

[Henny 0]

lol i remember seeing all of kim(iirc)collins cars when i was at the RSOC at donnington quite a few years ago

 

Yup, formerly John Collins... :?

 

So, when you see a leggy blonde getting out of a tuned up Ford Cosworth of some description around the Congleton area, take a second look... :lol:

[vr6storm 0]

the RS200 actually had a ESCORT XR3I steering wheel... :lol:

 

 

which when covered with leather also became the Sierra Cosworth steering wheel...............in fact the RS200 had a hybrid Fiesta XR2 dash too.......with some of its rocker switches too boot

[Jimjam 0]

the RS200 actually had a ESCORT XR3I steering wheel... :lol:

 

 

which when covered with leather also became the Sierra Cosworth steering wheel...............in fact the RS200 had a hybrid Fiesta XR2 dash too.......with some of its rocker switches too boot

 

 

I thought it had a Mk1 Sierra dash - may be wrong, however.

 

EDIT: I am wrong.

 

Also bear in mind that many of the ones people are seeing today are likely to be replicas. Genuine ones are worth an absolute fortune.

[Jimbo 0]

so does that mean that Jeremy and I are still winning at the mo????

 

8)

[Henny 0]

nope, I think my Cobra Coupe is still just about in the lead...

[Riley 0]

ok,ive found a couple pics of my 2nd best favourite car of all time :D

 

saw this while passing a garage i never saw before and got to sit in it!!

 

jimmy mcrae's original opel manta 400 8)

 

some action shots too,and a pic of my favourite car of all time!

[Neil VR6 0]

I've seen Schumacher's Bugatti EB110 at the FOS which was a special one off bodied completely in raw carbon fibre