Is the Ford RS200 rare?

Is the Ford RS200 rare?

An exceedingly rare homologation car for the crazy dangerous FIA Group B. Ford’s RS200 Evolution had quite an up-and-down career path, yet it remains one of the raddest cars to ever go rallying, mostly because FoMoCo took a different approach when building it compared to what Audi and Lancia were doing.

How much is a RS200?

Not only is the RS200 an ultra-rare rally prototype, it’s also a delightful four-wheel-drive featherweight with 250 horsepower and a five-speed manual transmission, capable of entertaining on or offroad. Sadly, because of its extreme rarity, this RS200 is going for a solid six-figure sum. $285,000 to be precise.

How many Ford RS200 are in the US?

Only around 200 RS200 examples were produced by Ford in order to meet the World Rally Championship’s Group B homologation requirements. Yep, Ford produced these 200 so that 24 of them could be peeled off the deck for racing use.

What engine is in the Ford RS200?

What is a Ford RS200?

The Ford RS200 is a mid-engined, four-wheel drive sports car that was produced by Ford Motorsport in Boreham, UK, from 1984 to 1986.

Can you import a Ford RS200?

9 Can Import: Ford RS200 Unfortunately, because of its power to weight ratio, the Ford RS200 was never able to be competitive: the engine suffered low-RPM lag which made it harder to drive, especially when competing at high speeds.

Why was the Ford RS200 discontinued?

The accident at Rally Portugal set off a chain reaction and the RS200 became obsolete after only one full year of competition as the FIA, the governing board, which at the time controlled WRC rally racing, abolished Group B after the 1986 season.

Is s13 illegal?

Why is this car illegal in the United States: This particular vehicle was declared illegal because it did not meet federal safety and pollution standards and it had a right-hand steering column, similar to cars in England.

Is the Ford RS200 E2 a game changer?

Still, it wasn’t the game changer Ford hoped it would be. Martin Schanche drives the #11 Ford RS200 E2 during the Motaquip British Rallycross Grand Prix on 3rd December 1988 at the Brands Hatch circuit in Fawkham, Great Britain. The road car didn’t find much love either, only being appreciated years after production ended.

What happened to the RS200?

In Group B competition, it was a victim of bad timing. The RS200 made its competition debut in 1986, where it showed a lot of promise in the face of its intense competition. The things made Group B rallying exciting–wildly powerful cars and spectators that couldn’t get enough of them–made it extraordinarily dangerous.

Who designed the Audi RS200?

Tony Southgate–an F1 designer who later went on to devise the Le Mans-winning Jaguar XJR-9 –designed the RS200’s tubular space frame chassis, which used dual shocks at each corner. The drivetrain was arguably the wildest element of the RS200.

How many RS200s did Ford ever build?

When we drove a race-spec RS200 back in 1986, Ford told us it intended on building more than 200 roadgoing RS200s, though that never happened. Being a tiny mid-engined car designed for rally, the RS200 feels somewhat like a spiritual successor to the Lancia Stratos.