Ford Escort RS1800 driven at the Race Retro 2008 by Alan Watkins Ford Escort RS1800 with open bonnet Codenamed "Erika", the third-generation Escort was...
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developed and manufactured by Ford's European operations, and had been positioned below the Escort (later the Focus). Ford had sold over 15 million Fiestas...
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the RS1800 as the CVH engine was being phased out. The RS1800 shared its engine with the 130 PS (96 kW; 128 bhp) version of the then-current Escort XR3i...
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professional drive, in a Ford Escort RS1800, on the RAC Rally. He crashed out on the second day, but by then he had impressed Ford team manager Stuart Turner...
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a Ford Escort. He became the first overseas driver to win the East African Safari Rally in 1972, partnered by Gunnar Palm and again in a Ford Escort. In...
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Ford took the 1979 manufacturers' title with Hannu Mikkola, Björn Waldegård, and Ari Vatanen driving the Ford Escort RS1800. In the Group B era, Ford...
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RS2000, Ford Capri RS3100 1975 - Ford Escort RS1800 1976 - Ford Escort RS Mexico, Ford Escort RS2000 Mk II 1981 - Ford Escort RS1600i 1984 - Ford Escort RS...
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British rally driver. He won the British Rally Championship with a Ford Escort RS1800 in 1977 and with an Opel Manta 400 in 1985. In 1978, he won the Rally...
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RS1600) 1974 RAC Rally (Ford Escort RS1600) 1974 Rallye Côte d'Ivoire (Ford Escort RS1600) 1975 RAC Rally (Ford Escort RS1800) 1976 Rallye Côte d'Ivoire...
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manufacturers' title with the Fiat 131 Abarth in 1977, 1978 and 1980, Ford with its Escort RS1800 in 1979 and Talbot with its Sunbeam Lotus in 1981. Waldegård...
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