They actually built 255 XR8’s. 5 Preproduction cars were built 6 months before the dealerships got their cars. One auto went back to the UK, Ford in Port Elizabeth had another 2 for testing and the press and my family got the remaining 2, Our cars are number 4 and 5. They sold for R27 500 back in 1984/1985. We still have them after all these years.
😂😂😂1 came to Namibia also.The diamond&gold branch of the then stil SA police force before independent Namibia.An old boer topie Hennie Brink(passed away,believe in a car crash in SA)and Schawn Geyser both from the police drove around in Namibia with that beast of a car.Whenever we saw that car car we knew the "Gattas"are around.Maar boeta,ekke dink daai gogga XR8 Sierra hy moet bietjie bang by die Chev Constantia 8 cylinder by die pad want XR8 hy wou nie,of kon nie overtake by ons nie by die pad van Windhoek na Oshakati,genuine,oshiri shiri.Sowaar ok mut hy was gebang by die Chev😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
My late dad was a director at the local Ford Dealership and he brought the XR8 home a few times. I remember I deliberately used to put my school bag in the boot and then ask for the keys just so I coud hear (and show off) when he started her up. Iconic vehicle
Lovely car, I remembering lining up against an xr8 one day, in my e36 325 the way it disappeared in my windscreen was insane😂. Sadly the only ever xr8 I saw to this day 😥
hardly smal for the era. there was only the Granada that was bigger than the Sierra in Europe at the time. the Sierra was eventually replaced by the Mondeo which is now the biggest car (ignoring SUV style crossovers etc) Ford make for Europe and it has grown to....the size the old Granada was!
What a car!Still a few here on SA roads to this day--remember test driving a 2nd hand one in '95 which had virtually doubled in value despite being 10 years later! Settled for the 3.0 XR6 followed by a 3.0 Sapphire -great cars! Thanks for sharing your XR8 story!
I know this is a bit late here but did you know about the BMW333i and 745? What about the Alfa GTV 3.0? All developed here for racing in the Group 1 class although as far as I know the class was made redundant before the 333i got to participate. SA racing also developed the Opel Kadet 2.0 “Superboss” to compete with the Golf GTI and BMW 325iS not sure if you ever got those but they were all such cool Q cars with cult followings!
Great video. Great that the owner understands the significance of the car and its very special history. Very pleased to see its original and not been modified like so many have.
Wow Im from UK and didnt even know this existed. My dad had an XR 4x4 as well as an XR 2. He would have loved a car like that if he were still with us. Scary driving in the car with him though!
Great video I lived there from 72-76 and used to love the Capri and Granada Peranas also Chevy CaAm I envy you I’ve had Trans am TVR Subaru etc but love the old V8s I did also own a 72 Torino 351
Can't be!!! an ex Cape Town car with manual trans that was not abused by spinning or used for dicing...can remember way back when I was a snot gat I used to watch the Ford Boyz from Rocklands Mitchell's Plein Cortina big 6's, 3.0 s, XR6's and Sierra XR6's that they used to spin with the XR8 was used for dicing as it had a automatic trans in it... Man the sound those cars made drove me insane I couldn't get enough of it
Absolutely a classic my dads boss had one in East London as far as i know it was sold we had the Ford Sapphire 2.0 litre GLE me and my brother tried to kill it and only broke the camshaft at about 350000km still made it to the garage woth the broken camshaft absolutely brilliant cars
Having owned two 5.0L V8 Mustangs (83 and 86), I totally understand your feeling. Congrats on a cool car. 😎 In the US, the 5.0 Ford V8 is legendary. My Mustangs weren't the fastest, but they were a blast to drive.
Wow. Im a fan of the 4 cylinder turbo Sierras, but this is pretty cool. We have a Ford XR8 here in Australia, but it's based on the Ford Falcon and has a nice V8 too.
So, theoretically, we can recreate this beast here in the US with the help of a fox Mustang since the 5.0 was taken from one of those and crammed into the Sierras or Merkur XR4Tis here.
In the UK we got the Cosworth. 2.0 4 cylinder turbo with 220bhp, quicker lighter and handled far better. However the UK missed out on all the V8 goodness and for that we are sad :(
Here in Alberton, near Johannesburg, in South Africa, we have Gavin Wilkins. His 3.0 L Capri, n/a, did 12.4 quarter mile. Then he got the Sierra v8, fastest na v8 in sa. Gav KNOW his Fords !
Over here in the UK 🇬🇧 we had the xr4i 2.8 litre and the cosworth 2 litre turbo which were the fastest Sierra's .. I bet the V8 were quick ,and sound great .. I had a 2 litre Ghia /GLS hatch And a sapphire . happy days 😁
Although these are quite cool, I am a Ford and a Sierra enthusiast and have an RS Saph, the cossies we all got were far faster and higher performance than these with half the motor
@@Flying_GC all true BUT you cant top the sound of a V8, which is the difference. the Cossies can sound good (unless you have a stupid loud dump valve then they sound cr@p, in my opinion) with the right sized exhaust, but a V8 will ALWAYS sound better!
A friend of mine had a V6 3.0 Sierra which was part of a cancelled order for the South African police, it was tuned had uprated wheels tyres and suspension and air conditioning other than that it was very sparton in specification. It also went very well ,fuel consumption was not great but it was not built for economy a very fun car which upset many other drivers as it looked quite mundane but pulled like a train.
I never knew Ford made a Sierra XR8. I'm from the UK, so the only performance Sierras we could buy were the XR4i, and the Cossie. I'd love to see an XR8 go head to head with a Cossie on a track. Maybe one for Clarkson, May, and Hammond to sort out?
Awsome 👍🏻 In the UK we had the xr4i and xr4x4 with V6s and obviously the cosworth Turbos but a V8 in a one would be so much fun. Would be great to see this up against a standard cosworth.
Cooper Williams My dad had a Granada with the 2.9 v6 cosworth lump. Only downside it was automatic 🤢 Still went sideways tho. It was black, K reg I think
Très belle vidéo de présentation sur cette Sierra xr8 . Dommage sur se véhicules la on pas mélanger le Cosworth avec le gros V8 mustang qu'elle possède sa aurais était un mixte chouette
I remember seeing one if these in the uk on English plates (E reg) in the late 80s,i thought thats an unusual grill for a uk Sierra? i thought as it came towards me,as it passed i remember that V8 burble and XR8 script on the bootlid...I realised at that moment that this was a South African Sierra XR8 ..wow what a car!..This particular car must have been privately imported..A shame we never got these officially Imported to the Uk..
I had the firenza can am but not original engine I had 350 Chevy discs all round and bow brake boosters only problem you battled to stop it but a true animal white n black auto and I lived in brakpan car was well liked there .it's funny you could have the latest say porsche but people always like these old beasts .
I always liked the look of the 2.0.i s in the UK with the charcoal bottom half ,I had a gls in blue over the charcoal. I'd love another Sierra ,or a Cortina mk3 or 4 ... I currently own a Vauxhall Calibra which I like ,but would much prefer a ford again
That looks like a real pocket rocket, being so small. As much as i liked the 2 litre turbo charged Ford Sierra that was kicking butt at Bathurst, you cant beat the sound and torque of a V8. Good work not making it a garage princess.
Top speed was 231kph and 0-100kph was 6,95 seconds. Power was 161kW at 4750rpm and torque was 374 Nm at 3200rpm. So I think it could run with a cossie.
Your sound levels are all *way off*. I can hardly hear what the guy is saying over the excessively loud music. Please sort it out and re-upload. I’d love to watch this video, but not like this, it becomes too painful to listen to after only a couple of minutes. ☹️
If that was debadged anyone in the UK would think been a 4 door its an XR4X4 . Shame its not a 3 door as it could easily made to look like a 3 door Cosworth the rear spoiler is similar to the 3 door Cosworth & the 3 door XR4i . The wheels had RS on them they look as if they could be the same wheels on S1 Mk3 RS Turbo escort. Would love to see it up against an early Cosworth .
I've lusted after one of these for years, sadly like the Cosworth they'll be way out of reach. For us poor british only high end cars came with a V8 so very few of us experienced one. Besides when you look at numbers a lightweight 2.0 turbo could smoke a heavy old 2 valve push rod V8. But! Then I had my own V8 experience and have lost interest in small capacity engines!! Now I get it, the torque and the noise👌
@@seegee7728 closest we got was the Vauxhall Monaro and there was very few of those. Seems everyone got awesome cars but us Brits🙁 I have to make do with my Lexus V8.
@@petelattimer6808 are you joking right now you cant compare Sierra with a Mustang not with Tuff style, performance, looks,history,movies achievements, demand worldwide known as a muscle car from 1964 when the hell was a Sierra a muscle car im a FORD man to the bone have a 67 Mustang 427 also have a 72 GT XA FALCON 351 COUPE and a XW 351 UTE here in Australia i love my FORD's .please don't compare Sierra with a Mustang and don't call it a muscle car.
@@pitman2911 ok, so its nothing like a Mustang EXCEPT it shares the Borg Warner T5 gearbox, the engine came straight from a Mustang and it has a borg warner rear diff. so ignoring the bodyshell, what exactly on this car ISNT mustang?? yes the Mustang has the film icon status, but who makes all the films....America. where is the Mustang from....America. do you really think that the Mustang would be the icon it is now, if they had made Bullitt in South Africa and used a Cortina (the predecessor of the Sierra) instead? or if the 'eleanor' car had been a Ford Capri (european one) in Gone in 60 seconds? had it not been for the Dukes of Hazzard and the Fast and Furious franchises, most people outside of America would probably not know the Dodge Chargers (or Challengers i always confuse them) exist, other than on the internet! the Definition of a Muscle car was alwyas a BIG engine in a SMALL (comparitively) car, that could only go FAST in a STRAIGHT LINE. and according to the owner in the video, because of the power the handling is terrible, so fits the Muscle car category perfectly! it usess the 'muscle car' mustang Engine! America came up with the definition of a Muscle car, and this car ticks every box.
@@petelattimer6808 what if, if that we could go on and on ,people that are into cars know their cars they dont need movies most of the time been passed down from father, grandfather maybe few magazine's growing up .the Australian muscle car the XY GT HO FORD FALCON 351was the fastest 4 door in the world it was built in 1971,im not sure if it was in 2009 or 2011 that they made something faster. Now that held that record for many years nothing came close, did the Italian, German, English, American know about this beast of a car dont think so but people that are in to cars know,Australia had the XA GT HO PHAZ 5 which they stopped production and was ban on the road because it was to powerful does the world know about this one as well people that know their muscle cars do.a muscle car has got to have history has to look tuff as you look at it you got to feel that this car means business when you drive it you always thinking this car wants to kill me its a different feeling .muscle cars are not small not at all the 2 doors are as big as the 4 doors ,big motor and aggressive style to them.Sierra,Cortina,Capri are no were near a muscle car never will be,they sell for nothing here in Australia. about the movies and what if what you mentioned the Mustang made it because of what it is tuff aggressive mean pure muscle, there is a reason why we dont see sierra,Capri,Cortina in movies there is no wild factor...simple
@@pitman2911 which is fine if you are USA based. you will have to go a long way to find any of the early Mustangs or chargers etc here in the UK. without the internet, or TV etc they would ne unheard of here
I notice that Sierra is way to high in the front. the headlights would light up the moon. but cool anyways. i thought i all about eu Fords, but never seen a xr8 untill today. And i have Granadas and scorpios etc. and legally got to build a v8 Granada because of the production of the V8 302 in South Africa
I learnt something today. V8 sierras = wtf. Only new them as 2l , turbo 2l and v6. Never new them as a v8. South Africa had some cool ideas with vehicles in the day.
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They actually built 255 XR8’s. 5 Preproduction cars were built 6 months before the dealerships got their cars. One auto went back to the UK, Ford in Port Elizabeth had another 2 for testing and the press and my family got the remaining 2, Our cars are number 4 and 5. They sold for R27 500 back in 1984/1985. We still have them after all these years.
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😂😂😂1 came to Namibia also.The diamond&gold branch of the then stil SA police force before independent Namibia.An old boer topie Hennie Brink(passed away,believe in a car crash in SA)and Schawn Geyser both from the police drove around in Namibia with that beast of a car.Whenever we saw that car car we knew the "Gattas"are around.Maar boeta,ekke dink daai gogga XR8 Sierra hy moet bietjie bang by die Chev Constantia 8 cylinder by die pad want XR8 hy wou nie,of kon nie overtake by ons nie by die pad van Windhoek na Oshakati,genuine,oshiri shiri.Sowaar ok mut hy was gebang by die Chev😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Sounds like your cars got a story waiting to be told. =)
Your channel has no content. Forgive my scepticism of your claims. Best you post a vid
I take it that this car never was sold in here in Europe??
My late dad was a director at the local Ford Dealership and he brought the XR8 home a few times. I remember I deliberately used to put my school bag in the boot and then ask for the keys just so I coud hear (and show off) when he started her up. Iconic vehicle
Lovely car, I remembering lining up against an xr8 one day, in my e36 325 the way it disappeared in my windscreen was insane😂. Sadly the only ever xr8 I saw to this day 😥
I've owned an XR4x4, and 2 XR4I's in my late teens, early 20's. Then finally got me to my 3 door cossi later on. Wicked memories
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I was just going to say the same
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I have a xr4ti murkur
I did not know that this was built in SA, thank you for sharing with us this beautiful machine. Another reason to be proud. #ProudlySouthAfrican
You guys in South Africa got all the best of the small Ford's.
hardly smal for the era. there was only the Granada that was bigger than the Sierra in Europe at the time. the Sierra was eventually replaced by the Mondeo which is now the biggest car (ignoring SUV style crossovers etc) Ford make for Europe and it has grown to....the size the old Granada was!
@@petelattimer6808 It's way more compact than Scorpio
I never knew there was a v8 version of this beast, I know the turbo version was very popular here in Australia. Very nice car
What a car!Still a few here on SA roads to this day--remember test driving a 2nd hand one in '95 which had virtually doubled in value despite being 10 years later!
Settled for the 3.0 XR6 followed by a 3.0 Sapphire -great cars!
Thanks for sharing your XR8 story!
You have to be a v8 enthusiast to really appreciate it. Awesome car no matter who says what
Very nice that you actually enjoy the car and not just storing it. Please, more engine sound, less music....
What a special car and a great guy. SA got some great cars we never got in UK & Ireland.
I know this is a bit late here but did you know about the BMW333i and 745? What about the Alfa GTV 3.0? All developed here for racing in the Group 1 class although as far as I know the class was made redundant before the 333i got to participate.
SA racing also developed the Opel Kadet 2.0 “Superboss” to compete with the Golf GTI and BMW 325iS not sure if you ever got those but they were all such cool Q cars with cult followings!
Great video. Great that the owner understands the significance of the car and its very special history. Very pleased to see its original and not been modified like so many have.
Wow Im from UK and didnt even know this existed. My dad had an XR 4x4 as well as an XR 2. He would have loved a car like that if he were still with us. Scary driving in the car with him though!
Thanks for sharing. =)
Gotta love the late 80s and early 90s cars.
I had no#14 for 8 years.... mis that boy every day.
A blast from the past - childhood memories !!
This is a nice vehicle in mint condition! With that V8, what a car, what a car!
Great video I lived there from 72-76 and used to love the Capri and Granada Peranas also Chevy CaAm I envy you I’ve had Trans am TVR Subaru etc but love the old V8s I did also own a 72 Torino 351
Can't be!!! an ex Cape Town car with manual trans that was not abused by spinning or used for dicing...can remember way back when I was a snot gat I used to watch the Ford Boyz from Rocklands Mitchell's Plein Cortina big 6's, 3.0 s, XR6's and Sierra XR6's that they used to spin with the XR8 was used for dicing as it had a automatic trans in it... Man the sound those cars made drove me insane I couldn't get enough of it
Old legends never loose there names.its build to be a legend and it will die a legend.
What an awesome car bro! I had no idea that Ford had commissioned such a car. I want one you lucky bugger! Thanks for sharing!
First order car you and yours have manifested. Plan to have a bash at sorting one out for myself.
Bravo! Nice presentation.
Absolutely a classic my dads boss had one in East London as far as i know it was sold we had the Ford Sapphire 2.0 litre GLE me and my brother tried to kill it and only broke the camshaft at about 350000km still made it to the garage woth the broken camshaft absolutely brilliant cars
From an Aussie Falcon XR8 owner- i have always wanted a Sierra XR8
XR8 Falcon it's the ducks guts Max
Why, It looks like the sort of car people who drink latte's would drive.....
@@incomingshell3268 Bogan Holden fanboy!!!
AU Xr6 VCT standing in my garage mint condition. Right next to my MT09.
@@omgwtflmaololrotfl2368 Am I supposed to be impressed?
Why?
You are so right, not many people know about this car. Sierra Xr8 Beast. Wow. I certainly didnt know anyway. Lol
Great car, nice to see one kept so well. The XR8 is really a legend of a car 🔥
Lekker to see this video, loved this car as a kid, nice to see some clean examples out there...
Having owned two 5.0L V8 Mustangs (83 and 86), I totally understand your feeling. Congrats on a cool car. 😎 In the US, the 5.0 Ford V8 is legendary. My Mustangs weren't the fastest, but they were a blast to drive.
Wow. Im a fan of the 4 cylinder turbo Sierras, but this is pretty cool.
We have a Ford XR8 here in Australia, but it's based on the Ford Falcon and has a nice V8 too.
I wish we'd had that Sierra here in the UK.
So, theoretically, we can recreate this beast here in the US with the help of a fox Mustang since the 5.0 was taken from one of those and crammed into the Sierras or Merkur XR4Tis here.
Yes, but a Merkur Turbo with a extra few pounds of boost would smoke the xr8..
@@xsduprwd3937 Yep; or if you can get your grubby hands on one of the Eggenburger 4 cyl Turbos ala Aussie touring cars
@@maxrockatanksyOG aka Cossie!!
In the UK we got the Cosworth. 2.0 4 cylinder turbo with 220bhp, quicker lighter and handled far better.
However the UK missed out on all the V8 goodness and for that we are sad :(
@@FullBoostJ4 a heavy cast iron v8 would ruin the handling
What a classic Sierra XR8😍💖💓❤️
I remember working on these and servicing these cars.
Nice..owned a 2.8 xr4i with some mods...good sideways action but
Always wanted xr8..
Great video.
What a beast it was back in the day, nice one again guys but my 2 cetns, lose the crap music and replace with engine noise please!!!!!!
Here in Alberton, near Johannesburg, in South Africa, we have Gavin Wilkins. His 3.0 L Capri, n/a, did 12.4 quarter mile. Then he got the Sierra v8, fastest na v8 in sa. Gav KNOW his Fords !
Love it !! Thank you for sharing it with us !!
Over here in the UK 🇬🇧 we had the xr4i 2.8 litre and the cosworth 2 litre turbo which were the fastest Sierra's ..
I bet the V8 were quick ,and sound great ..
I had a 2 litre Ghia /GLS hatch
And a sapphire . happy days 😁
the XR4 Coupe is a Clasic here in Argentina. its has a 2 litres 4 cilindres engine.
I never know these existed
Awesome , I wish we had these in Australia
Saw one at a car show last year. That was the first one I ever saw
Great car bro I've got a 4x4 sierra in the lockup I know this is a S/A production car only wish Britain had it 💯👍
Although these are quite cool, I am a Ford and a Sierra enthusiast and have an RS Saph, the cossies we all got were far faster and higher performance than these with half the motor
@@Flying_GC all true BUT you cant top the sound of a V8, which is the difference. the Cossies can sound good (unless you have a stupid loud dump valve then they sound cr@p, in my opinion) with the right sized exhaust, but a V8 will ALWAYS sound better!
A friend of mine had a V6 3.0 Sierra which was part of a cancelled order for the South African police, it was tuned had uprated wheels tyres and suspension and air conditioning other than that it was very sparton in specification. It also went very well ,fuel consumption was not great but it was not built for economy a very fun car which upset many other drivers as it looked quite mundane but pulled like a train.
What a special car.
Just learnt something new
I never knew Ford made a Sierra XR8. I'm from the UK, so the only performance Sierras we could buy were the XR4i, and the Cossie. I'd love to see an XR8 go head to head with a Cossie on a track. Maybe one for Clarkson, May, and Hammond to sort out?
Plus V6 in SA....
Awsome 👍🏻
In the UK we had the xr4i and xr4x4 with V6s and obviously the cosworth Turbos but a V8 in a one would be so much fun.
Would be great to see this up against a standard cosworth.
Cooper Williams My dad had a Granada with the 2.9 v6 cosworth lump. Only downside it was automatic 🤢
Still went sideways tho. It was black, K reg I think
Lovely car. I own sapphire 3 litre V6. Fantastic car.
I saw one only, in the uk going up m18 years ago......I'm aware of the cortina xr6 too....sa and oz had some mad cars then (and fuel was cheaper lol)
Très belle vidéo de présentation sur cette Sierra xr8 . Dommage sur se véhicules la on pas mélanger le Cosworth avec le gros V8 mustang qu'elle possède sa aurais était un mixte chouette
Amazing beast
I remember seeing one if these in the uk on English plates (E reg) in the late 80s,i thought thats an unusual grill for a uk Sierra? i thought as it came towards me,as it passed i remember that V8 burble and XR8 script on the bootlid...I realised at that moment that this was a South African Sierra XR8 ..wow what a car!..This particular car must have been privately imported..A shame we never got these officially Imported to the Uk..
Someone in my town owns a Capri V8 perana...also a nice car
That Mustang engine is put to far better use in that Sierra than in an 80s Mustang!
❤❤❤❤❤ beast
WoW. 302 Windsor in a Sierra🤩🤩
Love it!
I had the firenza can am but not original engine I had 350 Chevy discs all round and bow brake boosters only problem you battled to stop it but a true animal white n black auto and I lived in brakpan car was well liked there .it's funny you could have the latest say porsche but people always like these old beasts .
Hi, I am trying to find out what number out of 250 mine is where exactly do I look or which digits on the chassis plate tell you this?
Hi. Check on the engine number. The last digits are the nr of the car
...just love it...
Xr6 next? I'm getting one soon and am desperately looking for more info on it. The internet isn't helping much
Surprised so few will built.
Australia also built XR8's but they were Falcons
Yeah XR8 Falcons came a number of years after these
@@roxannenuttall1510 and were alot better
I always liked the look of the 2.0.i s in the UK with the charcoal bottom half ,I had a gls in blue over the charcoal.
I'd love another Sierra ,or a Cortina mk3 or 4 ...
I currently own a Vauxhall Calibra which I like ,but would much prefer a ford again
It's classic icon..👌🏽👍🏼
Wish we'd had these in the UK 🙁
Hala peeps. Are you guys going to feature a Ford Sierra 3.0 irs by any chance?
Only seen one in the UK.We had the XR4 and RS Cosworth.
Goosebumps ! Clearly Better than the Cosworth ! If only they were not as rare as golden eggs !
Are you crazy..? Better than a cosworth? Tell that to the Sierra cosworth’s that are doing high 9’s 1/4 mile!!!!
Wonder how it stacks up against a cosworth?
What does he mean when he says 'Sideshafts'? Does he mean axels (inside the diff)?
That looks like a real pocket rocket, being so small. As much as i liked the 2 litre turbo charged Ford Sierra that was kicking butt at Bathurst, you cant beat the sound and torque of a V8. Good work not making it a garage princess.
At 1:30 you open and close hood, but never show 5.0?🙄
Mzansi finest❤❤❤❤❤
Is it possible for you guys to produce a video without any music playing on the background? Would be nice to hear the engine only!
I'm British and had a mark 2 rs2000 with the xr8 low compression bottom end to a pinto head wi a set of 48s on it what a toy
not really sure how you managed to put a V8 enginebottom end into the RS2000 and only 1 Pinto head (which was a 4 cylinder engine)
Lovely car '
What's wrong with the front end looks 2 high ?
Nice car but it needs new springs at the back!
No it doesn't, the sierra's are low at the back by default. I think it's to keep the wheels planted as the have negative camber as well
@Pandu Hishiko the car sat level when new as magazine tests at the time proves
@@africankat1 yeah it sat level 25 years ago...
Ok. Like it more this way though. Looks as if the car is in constant acceleration
Pandu Hishiko The rear wheel arches are also cut lower than the front wheel arches which makes it look like it’s sagging more than it actually is.
Nice
Top speed was 231kph and 0-100kph was 6,95 seconds. Power was 161kW at 4750rpm and torque was 374 Nm at 3200rpm. So I think it could run with a cossie.
Why is the front end really high
Amazing but in argentina it's sierra XR-4 and the motor is 1.6L and 4 cylinder
kwaai man!
Best, Sierra first love
Classic!
Your sound levels are all *way off*. I can hardly hear what the guy is saying over the excessively loud music. Please sort it out and re-upload. I’d love to watch this video, but not like this, it becomes too painful to listen to after only a couple of minutes. ☹️
Only in south africa
keegan reddy 😆😆
If that was debadged anyone in the UK would think been a 4 door its an XR4X4 . Shame its not a 3 door as it could easily made to look like a 3 door Cosworth the rear spoiler is similar to the 3 door Cosworth & the 3 door XR4i . The wheels had RS on them they look as if they could be the same wheels on S1 Mk3 RS Turbo escort. Would love to see it up against an early Cosworth .
Reminds me of a V8 Ford Taurus
Mine was no. 233 of the 255 made, it was written off shortly after I sold it….i was gutted
why Is there background music it, spoiled the entire video
Drove up to Cape Town. 5:48. Up to Cape Town? Damn, from where can you drive up to Cape Town.that is at sea level?
A very different beast to the Aussie XR8.
Give me an Australian xr8 anyday
I've lusted after one of these for years, sadly like the Cosworth they'll be way out of reach.
For us poor british only high end cars came with a V8 so very few of us experienced one.
Besides when you look at numbers a lightweight 2.0 turbo could smoke a heavy old 2 valve push rod V8.
But! Then I had my own V8 experience and have lost interest in small capacity engines!! Now I get it, the torque and the noise👌
You need to import some Aussie Commodore and Falcon V8s. They were just affordable everyday cars for us.
@@seegee7728 closest we got was the Vauxhall Monaro and there was very few of those. Seems everyone got awesome cars but us Brits🙁 I have to make do with my Lexus V8.
We got better BMW’s than America the m3 was detuned for them don’t know about South Africa
Plz review a corolla rxi
I dont know if it should go under the category of MUSCLE CAR
why not? Sierra shell, MUSTANG engine/gearbox. last i heard, the Mustang was classed as a muscle car (in the 80s at least) so why not?
@@petelattimer6808 are you joking right now you cant compare Sierra with a Mustang not with Tuff style, performance, looks,history,movies achievements, demand worldwide known as a muscle car from 1964 when the hell was a Sierra a muscle car im a FORD man to the bone have a 67 Mustang 427 also have a 72 GT XA FALCON 351 COUPE and a XW 351 UTE here in Australia i love my FORD's .please don't compare Sierra with a Mustang and don't call it a muscle car.
@@pitman2911 ok, so its nothing like a Mustang EXCEPT it shares the Borg Warner T5 gearbox, the engine came straight from a Mustang and it has a borg warner rear diff. so ignoring the bodyshell, what exactly on this car ISNT mustang??
yes the Mustang has the film icon status, but who makes all the films....America. where is the Mustang from....America.
do you really think that the Mustang would be the icon it is now, if they had made Bullitt in South Africa and used a Cortina (the predecessor of the Sierra) instead? or if the 'eleanor' car had been a Ford Capri (european one) in Gone in 60 seconds? had it not been for the Dukes of Hazzard and the Fast and Furious franchises, most people outside of America would probably not know the Dodge Chargers (or Challengers i always confuse them) exist, other than on the internet!
the Definition of a Muscle car was alwyas a BIG engine in a SMALL (comparitively) car, that could only go FAST in a STRAIGHT LINE. and according to the owner in the video, because of the power the handling is terrible, so fits the Muscle car category perfectly! it usess the 'muscle car' mustang Engine! America came up with the definition of a Muscle car, and this car ticks every box.
@@petelattimer6808 what if, if that we could go on and on ,people that are into cars know their cars they dont need movies most of the time been passed down from father, grandfather maybe few magazine's growing up .the Australian muscle car the XY GT HO FORD FALCON 351was the fastest 4 door in the world it was built in 1971,im not sure if it was in 2009 or 2011 that they made something faster. Now that held that record for many years nothing came close, did the Italian, German, English, American know about this beast of a car dont think so but people that are in to cars know,Australia had the XA GT HO PHAZ 5 which they stopped production and was ban on the road because it was to powerful does the world know about this one as well people that know their muscle cars do.a muscle car has got to have history has to look tuff as you look at it you got to feel that this car means business when you drive it you always thinking this car wants to kill me its a different feeling .muscle cars are not small not at all the 2 doors are as big as the 4 doors ,big motor and aggressive style to them.Sierra,Cortina,Capri are no were near a muscle car never will be,they sell for nothing here in Australia. about the movies and what if what you mentioned the Mustang made it because of what it is tuff aggressive mean pure muscle, there is a reason why we dont see sierra,Capri,Cortina in movies there is no wild factor...simple
@@pitman2911 which is fine if you are USA based. you will have to go a long way to find any of the early Mustangs or chargers etc here in the UK. without the internet, or TV etc they would ne unheard of here
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I notice that Sierra is way to high in the front. the headlights would light up the moon. but cool anyways. i thought i all about eu Fords, but never seen a xr8 untill today. And i have Granadas and scorpios etc. and legally got to build a v8 Granada because of the production of the V8 302 in South Africa
Pinto OHC is pretty good also
I learnt something today. V8 sierras = wtf. Only new them as 2l , turbo 2l and v6. Never new them as a v8. South Africa had some cool ideas with vehicles in the day.