Looks awesome like all of Ken's cars. Does anyone know the engine differences between the old GrA Escorts and this build ? Old ones were 2.0L, is the new one the same ?
@@KenBlockHHIC Agree'd there were so many iconic cars from that era! Gotta admin, I've always had a big soft spot for the Sierra RS500! One of my favourite looking cars!
It’s weird seeing an old escort cosworth again Is it something we’ll be seeing more of Old cars from the past with the modern technology I LOVE it All the best👍👍👍👍👍
MDV are a brilliant company, great folks amazing skillset. Makes me proud to see the works Brits can do, we have a long heritage in all forms of motorsport here, so great to see someone like Ken both acknowledge and make full use of the cars and skills we have. 👍🏻☺️
Well they do have the best roads/dirt track/fields in the countryside which is the best place to drive these bad boys I suppose 😂😎✌️cossie big love ❤️😍
I had one. 5000 series Rally certified. Garret T35 turbo, Magneti Marelli electronics and Weber fuel system. The car had much more horsepower then given by the manufacturer. Awesome car !!!!!
You weren’t kidding Ken, this is in my opinion the best automotive content anywhere. Amazing amount of craftsmanship in that car, beat the shit out of it and win some races.
Dusting the cage with bits of the original car is one of the dopest things I've seen and a great showcase of the love that exist in this lifestyle between driver and vehicle. Respect man.
Gotta say that livery is super sick compared to the muted black and white last year, hopefully this one wont be bubbling off in a ditch though. Keep the hoonage coming Ken.
subarus wrc team was also based in the uk Mercedes formula 1 team along with most other f1 teams are based in the uk, except for Ferrari which might explain why they win jack shit we don't make many cars in the uk no more but it seems we the best at making them go faster :)
I live on Maui and I’m 34, I have a very blessed life, I came from a broke family and have come a long way. My daughter has more than I ever did growing up. BUT there’s no track here on Maui and it bugs me more every day. I’m working to be able to afford to experience track driving and you continue to inspire me. Your so great to your fans and are an incredible driver, father, and business man. I’m stoked for you! Peace and Aloha from Maui🤙
For someone who's never had one, but watched a lot of old WRC Cossies, I love that you've carried history into the future. Taking a few symbols, ground up bits from the original, and integrating them into the paint, is an homage. It shows respect for those that worked on, and drove the originals. Hopefully, Version 2 will get the same treatment when the time comes.
@@Ctran_15 Would be rad to see a gymkhana RS200. I'm sure 1 million could get a fake RS200 with a hoonified body kit some rallycross fiesta or focus suspension goodies welded on a custom frame and cage. Slap a 2.3 liter ecoboost tuned for 600+ horsepower behind the driver. And tada! RS2HOONDRED! In the meantime I'll keep dreaming😂
I can’t say enough how amazing the Cassie looks. So good to see Derek, the HHIC and the rest of the crew doing what they love. Now let’s go get some podiums!
@@KenBlockHHIC Mr. Ken i can't wait to see you use the Ford RS 200 Group-B beast in one of your Gymkhana.. keep the awesome work flowing and big love from Europe !
As always British engineering is where its at. Small teams in workshops always produce the killer stuff. Great car Ken hopefully you thrash its ass 👍😁🇬🇧
Used to have an 88 Escort GT. But I always wanted a Cosworth rally car it's just the top of the line. And now you've gone and just made it even better. Glad to see you've brought From the Ashes what's the wonderful team of builders. Hope you can enjoy this one for a long time.
@@joshb5719 Even with the gravel setup, these cars just move around a lot less. Look at all the subaru and celica video's from the period, they never did
i reckon they should parter with cosworth again in the not too distant future... decent special of the focus... or .... reincarnate the mk1 escort for a limited run 😎😎😎
Really nice touch adding the original Cossie to the paint on cage. Number one was iconic and i have no doubt your new Cossie will be the same. The blokes at MDV have done an incredible job bringing it to life and i look forward to seeing more of it in action!!!
Love Ken & everyone he's involved with, they're always the best. Even a shout out to the guy who did the brickwork in that building, zig zags were a nice touch on the bland old cinder blocks.
Anywhere In the world and you was in bradwell on sea, 5 minutes from my house! I wish I knew you were there and I could have met you! Legend! Love the content!
Another amazing video Ken, cant wait to see some more of this beauty. Hoping to pick myself up a new project here this weekend. Your videos are very inspiring to us all and we thank you for all your hard work.
@@KenBlockHHIC if all goes well I'm picking up a 1991 Nissan 240sx. And thanks for the reply, you're amazing. I will be patiently waiting to see more content of this beauty in action.
Man.... I am SO pumped for seeing what this car can do! Love the great video content you guys are committing to, also! Keep going fast (and come back to Texas)!
My all time favourite car ever fell in love with the yellow and blue pilot cosi when I seen it at the rallys when I was a kid no other car I ever seen had the same wow factor but what they done to yours Ken is really impressive I love it
@@bawjawmcgraw2232 that's the exact problem you are so correct the original ones enhance the lines of the car Wildey new ones are just too extreme maybe not for Ken Block though he probably uses the every bit of tire it has
The Escort Cossie is one of those cars that just looked so right in stock form, even when I was really in to modified cars in the early 90's you rarely saw a modified one that looked right* and it was hard to even get different wheels outside the classic choices, Compomotive Mo, Montecarlos, to look right. Nothing over 18s or it looked like a toy. Even the WRC was a lot uglier. * the Wolf stuff from Germany worked quite well, but was really subtle. Ken's mk II looks great and it's kind of in keeping with the time with the tarmac arches and x-pack kits of it's era. At the end of the day Ken owns my three favourite Fords (mk II, RS200 and Cossie) and he rocks his own style on all of them.
great no more throttle cable to get hung up since I've never had one hang up on me ever but what is possible is your electric throttle body can short out and hold it Wide Open when you don't want it to that's just great that has happened
This has got me hyped for 100 Acre Wood. Race motocross, started looking at Rally a little bit and can't wait to see the Cossie in action at my first Rally.
I love the aesthetic balance of the old Group A car, very 90s, clean flowing lines in the body of the car; with the front lip complimenting the large rear wing. Cossie V2 on the other hand has more of a brutal beauty. Strong hard lines in the livery, the giant box flares, to me it evokes a sort of Picasso-esque boxy, modern art feel. It has a way of just catching your eye. Very cool, its as though everything about the car was turned up to 11, without losing the soul of the original Group A car.
Turning the old parts into metal flake for the paint is the most innovative idea I've heard of for old parts to live on. Thank you Sensei Block for inspiration. 🤙🤙
@@KenBlockHHIC No problem boss. I'm always looking on how to repurpose a car part but that blew my mind and made me feel so stupid at the same time. 🤯🤦 Show quality metal flake paint at a fraction of the price. Oh well, atleast I still got my desk lamp made from a 1JZ merge pipe. 👍😎
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....can I just say....I was waiting for this video to come out and man during that Comparison between the old and new....man this car rocks!
Stoked you like that part. It was really cool to compare the two.
It's 15 years difference. What were you expecting.
Looks awesome like all of Ken's cars. Does anyone know the engine differences between the old GrA Escorts and this build ? Old ones were 2.0L, is the new one the same ?
I love the way they ground up some of the original and put it on the roll cage. Cossie lives on hahaa
Cool cars I maid some in need for speed I’m a big fan
Grinding up parts of the old cossie to add to the cage is the coolest shit ever. Love the respect ken has for the fallen Cossie
what happened to the first one?
@@wmwnwmn rolled it up in Maine and it burst into flames. Completely destroyed the car. Luckily Ken and Alex got out unscathed
Cody Culligan that's cause Ken can't drive
@@SavouryLobster ok buddy I'm sure you are a much better driver than Ken Block
@@CyberDemon1776 Give him a million bucks and a car and I bet he can crash a Cossie into the forest as well.
Mr.Block, I love your work. You are truly inspiring. I wanted to say thank you for all of the rad videos. You are truly my hero.
Thanks Jay - that means a lot to me! I appreciate all the support.
Tarmac, gravel, or snow - what's your favorite rally surface?
Yes.
Snow
Tarmac no doubt.
each of them are equally great.
Snow
Love and respect your taste for old UK Fords sir.. I've had a 92 Escort RS for over 20 years now.. Still love it..
I love that you love the old Ford Cossies! Being from the UK I've loved these things since I was a kid, good to see them getting ragged around still!
The 90s were an awesome era for rally. Love the racecars from that time.
@@KenBlockHHIC Agree'd there were so many iconic cars from that era! Gotta admin, I've always had a big soft spot for the Sierra RS500! One of my favourite looking cars!
The us got screwed on the escort models...😢
@@Cekmore Just googled the US version... God lord, why'd they do that to you??!?! There again, the US has had it's fair share of fucking EPIC Fords!
@@DunkDrives my family owned a wagon model in the 80s... worst car, always cooling issues. Economics I reckon.
Certainly epic designs over time!
It’s weird seeing an old escort cosworth again
Is it something we’ll be seeing more of
Old cars from the past with the modern technology
I LOVE it
All the best👍👍👍👍👍
The 90s Ford Motorsport logo is so awesome; rad to see you incorporate that into your gravel wheels. Can't wait to see more of this car! 👊🏼
I agree. Love seeing it on those gravel wheels.
MDV are a brilliant company, great folks amazing skillset. Makes me proud to see the works Brits can do, we have a long heritage in all forms of motorsport here, so great to see someone like Ken both acknowledge and make full use of the cars and skills we have. 👍🏻☺️
Such a cool race shop with a great reputation. Really glad we ended up going with them for this build.
Ken Block they are a great bunch, followed there progress for a long time. I can’t wait to see your adventures in the car 😊
@@KenBlockHHIC What is that crazy Corvette Grand Sport looking late 50/early60s fibreglass blue/silver sports car thing on the lift in the background?
We NEED a hot wheels set with all the Gymkhana cars and THIS!
TA CK true
YASSSSS
TA CK also we need it in Forza Horizon 4, one of the beauties rally I have ever seen :,)
Rodrigo Irigoyen play a sim racer instead of that trash
Yeah dude! FH4 is still boring. Need bigger map, more cars, more dlcs and updated car pass 😏😎
Wasn't expecting to love this car as much as I do. idk why I ever questioned the taste of 43.
R.I.P Ken. Such a wicked car 👌🏼
Tear to the eye seeing this! R.i.P lad
Thank you ken this made my day sooo much better thank you for sharing!
Every day is better with rally cars!
all those times when jeremy clarkson jokingly said that they built racing cars in sheds out on the countryside...
he was actually correct.
Noble cars Leicester... They had a shed.. admittedly a big shed.
Morgan, Noble, Tvr all shed based industrys making cars that are world leaders to this day
Well they do have the best roads/dirt track/fields in the countryside which is the best place to drive these bad boys I suppose 😂😎✌️cossie big love ❤️😍
He wasn't joking
Congratulations on all your success Ken and thank you for inspiring us all with your work! The Cossie looks SICK!!!
Thank you Drew! Love the way this thing looks.
Car looks amazing man!!! Keep doing what you do! Love the videos! Huge fan of you!
Thanks! It's been fun so far.
I had one. 5000 series Rally certified. Garret T35 turbo, Magneti Marelli electronics and Weber fuel system. The car had much more horsepower then given by the manufacturer. Awesome car !!!!!
You weren’t kidding Ken, this is in my opinion the best automotive content anywhere. Amazing amount of craftsmanship in that car, beat the shit out of it and win some races.
Damn, that's high praise. Thank you!
Love it! The Cossie looks amazing. I really wish I was seeing it at 100AW. Please keep it in one piece so I can see it in person eventually.
Don't jinx it
Dusting the cage with bits of the original car is one of the dopest things I've seen and a great showcase of the love that exist in this lifestyle between driver and vehicle. Respect man.
Thank you ken for the ♥️!!!
Gotta say that livery is super sick compared to the muted black and white last year, hopefully this one wont be bubbling off in a ditch though. Keep the hoonage coming Ken.
xtr0city _ 😆
Savage
Thanks for getting back on the yt horse and sharing that awesome new new machine! Looking forward to seeing you shred this season!
It's been really fun chronicling everything on this channel. It's going to be a big year content-wise!
All good rally cars are built in English sheds
Even Mitsubishi had their WRC team based in Rugby UK.
Even the mighty Delta S4 had a 4wd system co designed with Hewland in the UK. We have the best fords over here too 😉
@@battfinkz I didn't know that, cheers for the info.
ain't that the truth 👍
subarus wrc team was also based in the uk
Mercedes formula 1 team along with most other f1 teams are based in the uk, except for Ferrari which might explain why they win jack shit
we don't make many cars in the uk no more but it seems we the best at making them go faster :)
I live on Maui and I’m 34, I have a very blessed life, I came from a broke family and have come a long way. My daughter has more than I ever did growing up. BUT there’s no track here on Maui and it bugs me more every day. I’m working to be able to afford to experience track driving and you continue to inspire me. Your so great to your fans and are an incredible driver, father, and business man. I’m stoked for you! Peace and Aloha from Maui🤙
Love the new purple theme, absolutely beautiful!
Fly high Ken 💚🕊️
If you are American and want a Escort RS Cosworth let me hear you !!!!
✋
Im canadian can i put my hand up still
They used to be everwhere over here in the UK, you barely ever see them these days
I miss the 90s so bad, there were 10 houses on my street two had Cossies outside, one rally spec one road car.
I would love to find a German LHD version of the RS COZ.
For someone who's never had one, but watched a lot of old WRC Cossies, I love that you've carried history into the future. Taking a few symbols, ground up bits from the original, and integrating them into the paint, is an homage. It shows respect for those that worked on, and drove the originals. Hopefully, Version 2 will get the same treatment when the time comes.
That ground paint idea...SUPER COOL. Hope to see this work of art in person some day!
Living the dream! Absolutely love seeing these cosworth live on, and being developed further.
Amazing car. Lots of great people. Can't wait to see you two in action! When will you build an RS2HOONDRED?!
Noah Snyder probably not gonna happen 😂 that would be a 1 million dollar piece of madness though I gotta admit.
@@Ctran_15 Would be rad to see a gymkhana RS200. I'm sure 1 million could get a fake RS200 with a hoonified body kit some rallycross fiesta or focus suspension goodies welded on a custom frame and cage. Slap a 2.3 liter ecoboost tuned for 600+ horsepower behind the driver. And tada! RS2HOONDRED! In the meantime I'll keep dreaming😂
I can’t say enough how amazing the Cassie looks. So good to see Derek, the HHIC and the rest of the crew doing what they love. Now let’s go get some podiums!
Super sick.
Soooooo sick.
@@KenBlockHHIC Mr. Ken i can't wait to see you use the Ford RS 200 Group-B beast in one of your Gymkhana.. keep the awesome work flowing and big love from Europe !
Honestly I've never wanted to be in a car more than this cossie. Its like a pissed off bulldog. So fucking cool. New dream car 100%
As always British engineering is where its at. Small teams in workshops always produce the killer stuff. Great car Ken hopefully you thrash its ass 👍😁🇬🇧
Yb cosworth most winning race engine of all time
It's great seeing some love for Cosworth from across the pond!
I’ve seen lots of cossies but just wow 🇬🇧👍
Escort Cossie has been and always will be my favourite car. That group A car was my pin-up picture i love it. Glad to see these cars getting some love
Thank you Ken, for solidifying that British motorsport engineering is the best in the world!
Used to have an 88 Escort GT. But I always wanted a Cosworth rally car it's just the top of the line. And now you've gone and just made it even better. Glad to see you've brought From the Ashes what's the wonderful team of builders. Hope you can enjoy this one for a long time.
You can really see the difference in suspension. It actually compresses like a WRC car. The 90's ones all look to be so stiffly sprung
The group A car is in tarmac spec. That's why it's so much lower.
@@joshb5719 Even with the gravel setup, these cars just move around a lot less. Look at all the subaru and celica video's from the period, they never did
Just amazing to see you driving this car again!!! For this year we need first place in every stage and I know you can
Ha, that will be tough in a fresh build, old chassis, and unproven platform. But I'll be driving it to its limit anywhere we go.
@@KenBlockHHIC you should come try some rally in the snow in canada !!!
Protesting Fords descision of not making new hatchbacks and sedans in favor of pick-up trucks? Great choice of car to do it.
i reckon they should parter with cosworth again in the not too distant future... decent special of the focus... or .... reincarnate the mk1 escort for a limited run 😎😎😎
Really nice touch adding the original Cossie to the paint on cage. Number one was iconic and i have no doubt your new Cossie will be the same.
The blokes at MDV have done an incredible job bringing it to life and i look forward to seeing more of it in action!!!
Ken Block lives such a crazy life.
I don't take it for granted.
@@KenBlockHHIC me neither :)
Please never get back into WRC. They still don't allow editing of your runs.
I love the way the tires look inside those huge fenders, and especially how both look when it’s actually moving.
Ken is the adult child I wish I was
Smiling from ear to ear your new cozzy is beautiful! That group A original tho wow wow wow gimme gimme
Please dont break this one ken!!! :)
My girlfriend gets jealous how much I praise this man. Thank you Ken Block, for some of the sickest driving of all time. You rock man!
Super stoked to see the new car in forza and new gymkhana!!
Man this feels different watching old videos now that he is gone😢
Another good cossie for scrap yard I guess
wow, JUST WOW! Ken knows his specialists, unbelievable craftsmanship and great taste, when great minds come together this is the result. MASTERPIECE!
Can't believe you just walked past the Colin McRae R4 by the door
Oh trust me, we checked that thing out in detail.
The white car? That's not a McRae R4!
@@tbtstt yes it is
@@acherontiaatropos1 The first car with the EU58BVM registration? NOT a McRae R4, looks like a McRae Enduro from the rear view.
tbtstt I was under the impression DJM Motorsport built McRae’s R4?
Love Ken & everyone he's involved with, they're always the best.
Even a shout out to the guy who did the brickwork in that building, zig zags were a nice touch on the bland old cinder blocks.
My gosh what a beaut
Agreed.
Genuinely didn’t think a Cossie could get any cooler, but hats off guys, that is the most bad ass cossie ever created! Can’t wait to see it compete.
The hoonigan boys don't touch your cars I'm guessing 😂
Im getting the same vibe we got when Gym 1 came out. Back to the roots. Cant wait for more
HIP HIP!
Panda Vengeance HIP HIP
Bloody hell just see this. Grew up in Bradwell and still live here now. Wish I'd known Ken was over there I'd have gone and watched
I feel like Derek doesn't realise he's in shot at 10:22. What a legend.
Anywhere In the world and you was in bradwell on sea, 5 minutes from my house! I wish I knew you were there and I could have met you! Legend! Love the content!
I love the new Cossie.
I think I can say I'm first too
I love the new Cossie too. I might have been here before you though... just saying. 😉
If you aint first you're last...
Another amazing video Ken, cant wait to see some more of this beauty. Hoping to pick myself up a new project here this weekend. Your videos are very inspiring to us all and we thank you for all your hard work.
Thanks Patrick! What project are you getting into?
@@KenBlockHHIC if all goes well I'm picking up a 1991 Nissan 240sx. And thanks for the reply, you're amazing. I will be patiently waiting to see more content of this beauty in action.
9:08 to get to the driving.
Man.... I am SO pumped for seeing what this car can do! Love the great video content you guys are committing to, also! Keep going fast (and come back to Texas)!
So is this the third Escort cosworth in the Hoonigan pack now, or?
That's correct! With one of them being burnt down, unfortunately.
@@KenBlockHHIC Did this car start as a road car, or was it an ex-Group A or WRCar Escort?
@@KenBlockHHIC what about hooning a Transit (or a Ranger)?
Proper Cossie! The "fizz" a Cossie makes is the best music man has made👌
OMG the owner he look like Dr Hannibal Lecter
My all time favourite car ever fell in love with the yellow and blue pilot cosi when I seen it at the rallys when I was a kid no other car I ever seen had the same wow factor but what they done to yours Ken is really impressive I love it
Rally time
Is the best time.
Ken Block Very true
Keep making videos keep remember what Hoonigan said! Bring your channel back to life pleaseeeee! Thanks for always being rad.
Μόνο εγώ είδα τα ελληνικά ονόματα και την ελληνική σημαία στο δεύτερο escort 12:24
του σταφυλοπατη το καινουριο οπλο για αναβασεις ειναι
Bad ass how they grinded some the old cars parts up and added it into it 🤘
As far as looks go I like the group a car better
Its value will be far higher in years to come too. This "V2" is nothing more than a silhouette racer. Group A spec car has actual heritage.
100%
The arches/flares kill it for me, too square and boxy...I understand the advantages of the wider tyre and track etc but looks wise, its not pretty...
@@bawjawmcgraw2232 that's the exact problem you are so correct the original ones enhance the lines of the car Wildey new ones are just too extreme maybe not for Ken Block though he probably uses the every bit of tire it has
The Escort Cossie is one of those cars that just looked so right in stock form, even when I was really in to modified cars in the early 90's you rarely saw a modified one that looked right* and it was hard to even get different wheels outside the classic choices, Compomotive Mo, Montecarlos, to look right. Nothing over 18s or it looked like a toy.
Even the WRC was a lot uglier.
* the Wolf stuff from Germany worked quite well, but was really subtle.
Ken's mk II looks great and it's kind of in keeping with the time with the tarmac arches and x-pack kits of it's era.
At the end of the day Ken owns my three favourite Fords (mk II, RS200 and Cossie) and he rocks his own style on all of them.
great no more throttle cable to get hung up since I've never had one hang up on me ever but what is possible is your electric throttle body can short out and hold it Wide Open when you don't want it to that's just great that has happened
only flaw are the xenons... that's just modernizing on the wrong end
ThePitget nooooo, it looks amazing that way man
Epic video. 👌🏼
Its wierd hearing Ken and the other lad say “Causy” 😆
Always loved the escort cosworth but lets face it ken block doesnt have the skill to drive one competitively.As he proved in donegal.
Super sick. Gonna be building my 93 escort for rally.
Yup. I'm the idiot who disliked! 👍🏻😏 The Cossie needs more than a like. It need a hug 🤟❤️
This has got me hyped for 100 Acre Wood. Race motocross, started looking at Rally a little bit and can't wait to see the Cossie in action at my first Rally.
Another classic wasted just like the mk2
Leave them be
The later scenes of the dirt track area is G&B Finch Ltd @ Batemans Farm, Great Leighs, Essex
Horizon 4 dlc?????????
Maybe
He liked the comment... dlc confirmed?
@@calebm.5698 because Hoonigan are partnered with Turn10 and Playground Games
this i probably one of the best looking rally car I've seen. and I've seen some pretty cool cars
I love the aesthetic balance of the old Group A car, very 90s, clean flowing lines in the body of the car; with the front lip complimenting the large rear wing.
Cossie V2 on the other hand has more of a brutal beauty. Strong hard lines in the livery, the giant box flares, to me it evokes a sort of Picasso-esque boxy, modern art feel. It has a way of just catching your eye. Very cool, its as though everything about the car was turned up to 11, without losing the soul of the original Group A car.
Well put.
Big respect going to a family run business in the uk. Those guys are serious about what they do.
Can't wait to see this in person blasting through the Ozarks next weekend!!
The channel is amazing! I love the inside look at anything Ken drives.
I'm going to see this next weekend at the 100 Acre Wood Rally!
Yes! See you there.
One of my all time favourite cars, what a improvement
Glad to see you back on the track Ken. Looking forward to seeing you hoon professionally this year.
Absolutely ausome video!... loving the behind the scenes content & the people behind the projects!.... brilliant guys thank you 😎 ✌️
What a fantastic car.Love that you coming up with these awesome classic and iconic cars!
Turning the old parts into metal flake for the paint is the most innovative idea I've heard of for old parts to live on. Thank you Sensei Block for inspiration. 🤙🤙
Thanks! Always trying to do some fun/unique stuff with my racecars.
@@KenBlockHHIC No problem boss. I'm always looking on how to repurpose a car part but that blew my mind and made me feel so stupid at the same time. 🤯🤦 Show quality metal flake paint at a fraction of the price. Oh well, atleast I still got my desk lamp made from a 1JZ merge pipe. 👍😎