TOP 5 FACTORY FORD SLEEPERS

The five best official undercover performance cars built by Ford… or at least partially sanctioned by them.

SCORPIO 24V The Cosworth-engined Scorpio made many a BMW or Mercedes-Benz owner sit up and think. Filling the time gap between the Sierra Cosworth 4x4 and the first Escort RS Cosworth was this very different Cossie. The reason for its existence was Ford-Germany, who wanted to get a piece of BMW’s action. The standard Scorpio, with 150 bhp, couldn’t cut it, but with a quad-cam, four valves per cylinder conversion of the 2.9-litre Cologne V6, Ford changed all that. Cosworth not only did the design job, but built all the road car’s engines too, in Wellingborough. Using the EEC-IV engine management system, they had enormous trouble in keeping peak power down to 195 bhp, and it was quite a relief to be allowed to push out 210 bhp with later…

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