A 1992 Ford Escort RS Cosworth once evaluated by Jeremy Clarkson over 12 months is heading under the hammer at auction.
One of three ‘pre-production prototypes’, this particular Escort RS Cosworth was featured in both Top Gear Magazine and Clarkson’s Car Years, with the former seeing Clarkson running the car for a year and writing 12 different reports about his time with the car.
The Escort RS Cosworth remains one of Ford’s most sought-after models, having been created to homologate a car destined to be used on the World Rally Championship stage. However, it remains a very rare car with just 2,500 homologation special versions ever produced.
Now, the Ford Escort RS Cosworth is heading under the hammer via Iconic Auctioneers at its event on August 24 where it could fetch up to £75,000 when the hammer falls. A famous Ford previously sold by Iconic Auctioneers – Princess Diana’s black Ford Escort RS Turbo – had a final winning bid of £650,000, so there’s a good chance that this Cosworth could breeze past its estimate.
