The Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth Was A Serious Limited Edition

In the middle of the 1980s, Ford had plans to take part in the upcoming World Touring Car

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Championship. For this, they required a new car, hence the creation of the Sierra RS

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Cosworth. To homologate the Sierra for racing, Ford was required to produce 5,000 Sierras

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for the road. The "normal" RS Cosworth was already an exceptional car, but then the Sierra

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RS500 Cosworth appeared. Ford was given permission by a Group A racing Evolution

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regulation to create an improved RS Cosworth, but they were only allowed to produce 500

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of them, giving the vehicle the name RS500.The basic Sierra RS Cosworth and the RS500

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appear extremely similar to the untrained eye. There seem to be, however, slight variances.

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Ford fitted a new front splitter and a narrow aperture above the licence plate in the new

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front bumper to funnel more air into the engine compartment. At the back, they toughened

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up the rear wing and added a trunk lip spoiler as a second piece of aero. The chassis of the RS500 is almost identical to that of the standard

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Sierra RS Cosworth, which is not a bad thing. Ford outfitted it with powerful springs, shock absorbers, and anti-roll bars so it could travel as quickly around a bend as it was straightaway.

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