Wanting to establish itself back up front, Ford greenlit the RS200 Group B project in 1983. The regulations were set to go ...

A fiberglass composite body. A total weight of just 2,200 lb. A complex 4WD system. This was the Ford RS200, a bespoke racing car created with the singular purpose of beating the fastest rally ...

Ask any rally fan to name their favourite era and chances are that the wild Group B years will be at the top of most people’s list. It was a time of uncompromising and completely unhinged ...

But those cars bore at least loose resemblance to road cars in each manufacturer’s lineup; the Ford RS200 was quite unlike any Escort or similarly humble Ford. Like the 6R4, Ford chose a mid ...

The car has more power than the standard Ford RS200 and also includes some extra creature comforts. Ford is thought to have sold just 147 units of the road-going RS200, 20 of which were S models.