Incredible 80s style! Ford Sierra XR4i tested
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- Опубликовано: 4 авг 2024
- At last! I've admired these cars since I was a child and finally, I got to drive one! The Ford Sierra XR4i uses the 2.8 Cologne V6 to produce a thrilling soundtrack and strong performance for its day. Huge thanks to Tony for letting me take his car out. #ford #retro #80s
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Thanks to @HubNut for the honest review.
Car was owned by FMC for 6 months,then sold by Strath ford, Dumbarton,Ford Main Dealer to a company in Glasgow who had it for around 12 months before I part exchanged my XR3 for it.
Thanks for letting me have a drive, and for your stint with Kitch. Info overload!
@@HubNut I was gonna say, an electric sunroof on a Ford? Ford and Vauxhall always made you wind the sunroof!
@@clivet3252I had an electric sunroof on a ‘94 1.6 LX Escort.
@@clivet3252 Yes, they liked to keep you fit didn't they!😂
@@2760ade I remember you'd always see the reps furiously winding, whereas if you had a Japanese or French car all you had to do was press a button.
It's amazing how well the styling has held up. Gorgeous car, particularly in that color!
It was extremely advanced for the time, they basically copied the prototype.
Nimbus Grey
I'd have this over a Cosworth I think mostly because it is v6 and sounds much sweeter. Not too fast so you can enjoy revving it out.
@@Oldsmobile69advanced is hardly the proper word. The wet noodle chassis, powertrain and suspension basically made it a facelift of an early 1970's Taunus. Cabin had a decidedly low-rent feel to it with exposed screws and nasty plastics. A contemporary bmw e30 or even the humble 1982 Opel Ascona felt decidedly more 'advanced' in comparison.
@@user-su5cm1kh9n The design was advanced, the tech wasn't.
Out of all Sierra's, the XR4i is the one I prefer the most. Combination of the big lights mk1 front end and the rear quarter styling with the split windows make it the best looking Sierra in the line-up. Nice and sporty looking as well. The rear glass of a standard 3-door car was absolutely massive in comparison. .
An XR4i would fit nicely on the drive next to my Escort XR3.
and of course the Cosworth got the standard 3-door glass.
Escort Cosworth clear indicators on the front finish these off perfectly.
Wow!!! My father had a Caspian Blue XR4i when I was 15 in 85, and I loved it. It felt so special at the time and quite outrageous. I'd have one any day!
Lucky you!
Same here. I was 9 though. All my friends were jealous.
My Dad had a black B reg. I was 12. All my friends were jealous too.
My Dad had a 'B' Reg 2.0 Ghia, as his last company car, after a string of Cortina's, all 2.0 Ghias. I always thought it was so cooooooool!!!
One issue he did have was that the ride was too soft, it gave my Mum car sickness! He ended up having stiffer shocks fitted which solved that 'problem'. I still love the look of the interior, especially the dashboard. It seemed so futuristic in 1984!
Thanks HubNut for bringing back some lovely memories.
Jonathan.
Them lights on the screen for the brakes is a check light, once you press the brake they go out if there working. This brings back Lots of memories of my dad's ghia 2.0 auto. Thanks
Also had a yellow or red snowflake on the roof for ice warning.
@wirdy1 yes below 5c yellow and below 3c red for Ice. 🙂
90s Ravers's car. My mate had a black A-reg with a Cossie wing, that replaced the double-decker. Used to go to early 90s raves in it 👍
A classic Ford is like no other manufacturer, it has nostalgia Like nothing else to many people. No wonder they command a premium as they get older. This is a great example.
Biggest mistake I ever made selling mine, in silver A390UGC.
Will forever regret that. Bought mine after a friend got a white one.
So much fun to drive.
Wow! 40 years old! I can't imagine our 2020 cars lasting that long.
Very very few 1980s Fords are left, that's why they're valuable now. Total rotboxes that literally rusted to bits beneath you. Were great to drive but build quality, what a joke. Only British Leyland was worse (nobody mention Lancia 😂).
Most of these were terminally rotten by the mid 90s, to be fair.
They just looked so outrageous when they were launched. A twin spoiler! It was just crazy!
Amazing intro to another great video absolutely love 80s ford's,really enjoyed this one 😊
I soooo wanted an XR4i! Terrific review.
That's a beautiful sounding car. Thank you for the road test!
That was a great video to watch, I really enjoyed that.
What a great car that is… good work Mr. Hubnut! 👏👏
Such a great car, thanks for sharing your drive and to the owner for allowing you to present such a rare example
One of my dream cars!! Thanks Ian 🙂
Stunning inside and out
Beautiful 80's madness. I love it.
Gteat review.Also one of my childhood favourites! Have been driven in all the other trims avaliable but never an Xr4i. So thanks again !
Love the retro music and love the car
Brilliant video and a beautiful car.
Great video Ian, you look to really be enjoying yourself
Always loved these, thank you Mr hubnut and the owner for showing us this lovely motor, if i ever was to own a sierra it'll be either an early xr4i like this, or really late saffire 4x4 with all the toys thrown ate!
It looks fantastic. Love the headlights
This is a great video!! I'm not a ford fan but really enjoyed this one, what a nice car!! ❤
Ooh yeah, I could see myself driving one of those! Another great vid Ian, many thanks for sharing.
Nice car
another great video has always Ian and miss hubnut and hublets and hubmutts 👍
I can't believe it! The moment has finally arrived! Hubnut reviews a Sierra! As usual Ian does a brilliant job🙂Loved the intro ☺️
Thanks for the explanation about the XR4 window glass. I wondered about that when I owned one in the late 90's.
I absolutely loved it and it got many an admiring looks. Mine was in the dark metallic blue colour.
Great cars and this one is tidy ,great review :)
Absaloutly brilliant video ian❤👍 what a beautiful car yeah they don't make them like that any more brilliant
I have an 1989 2.9 XR4X4. I absolute love it. Always loved the XR4i Great video
That is for me a serious piece of cool. Having spent a fair amount of learning to drive in a D-plate 1.6L this would be the stuff of dreams. The spec’ and subtle mods, awesome ❤
Thank you very much for this fantastic video. The fan base of the XR4i drivers are falling down on their knees making this fantastic video.We feel the passion with which you are driving this legend.
Sounds really nice! 👍
This is beautiful! My favourite style of Sierra with those big headlights and split rear side windows 😍 And I love that is specced to the likes of the owner.
Also, loving the dual camera setup 😃
Oh wow!! What a fabulous video, I had an XR4i back in the day it was a fantastic car and I'm pleased to say it survives to this day. It was featured in Practical Classics magazine as one of its projects !!
Brings back memories, my dad had this car ,we loved it as kids and when we was dropped off at school or picked up my mates loved it ,even now my dad said he should of kept it ,I've shared this video with him ,thanks for this made me smile and I'm sure when my dad sees this, it's gonna make him smile too ,great video.
Absolutely love these cars, so special back in '83 and even more special now !!
The car my dad had when I turned 17 and the one I used to drive to school in the 6th form. White, A619RDM. Glorious chunk of metal. I want one again!!!
Excellent stuff. Dad had 3 sierras in a row, two 2l ghias and an estate gl. Loved the ghia's that I learned to drive in and borrowed when I passed. It was mentioned that the tyre wear had increased substantially after I passed my test in '86. The estate was very very lairy in the rain.
Excellent video.
Very nice indeed, Mr Hubnut.. 👍👌😉
Headlight washers!!!! Beautiful car. Two rear wings/ spoilers. I always forget the difference. Great work on the stream with kitch
What a beautiful car always makes me smile when I see one they really were brilliant cars so underrated but the style has aged well
My father had one, he had many cars during his life. But this was the one he loved the most and the one that identified him. Thanks for the video
Thank you, great review and what a car. The Sierra, very cool car, from the L to the Cosworth, styling and power still appeals greatly. A serious treat, thank you very much to the owner and to you Mr HubNut. A Ford Sierra stationwagon you say, now that is a HubNut review to look forward too..perhaps the diesel VAN✌😃 Cheers, solidly appreciated!
I had one of these as a company car in red and absolutely loved it. At the time it was so fast for me but I just remember the torque and the V6 sound. Great car and thanks for the review.
Love these. There was one that lived by me in the late 80s early 90s. In black stunning car. One of the reasons I love cars
Superb Ian. I worked in a used car dealer from 89-91 and all our stock was between 1908 and 1990. I was lucky enough to drive a load of these and also some other now iconic 80's cars. I do remember we had a few of these that had prop shaft issues and had to be sent off to get re-balanced.
I learnt to drive in an XR4x4 in the same colour as that one nice update hubnut
Did you know that all of the Sierra hatchbacks were originally intended to have the whacky dual wing spoiler? Apparently, that’s how it was developed in the wind tunnel but the marketing folks baulked at the appearance and bean counters the cost, so it was deleted from the majority of the range. The result was a car at launch with horrendous cross wind instability at motorway speed. Apparently the smooth airflow coming from the rear of the car would blow around and take the car with it, much like a balloon on the end of a stick. Within a year they’d developed a fix. Some little ‘bats ears’ that fitted behind the rear edge of the rearmost windows. The stuck out about an inch and broke up the airflow a bit to stabilise things. Look out for the ‘bats ears’ next time you see one.
My Dad’s 2.0 Ghia had the picture of the car with the opening doors. In the middle of it there’s a double snowflake symbol in two colours. When the first part lit up it meant less than 4°C (risk of black ice) and when it came fully on with both colours it meant less than 0°C.
I just spat my tea out realising you’ve just driven past the end of my road on this review 😮 great vid.
About time you reviewed a Sierra Haha. been looking forward to this one
Brings back great memories, company I worked for senior sales managers had these as company cars, complete with the Philips transportable phone. Few occasions I got to drive could not believe the levels of road holding especially at speed around curves compared to usual company fare of Cavaliers and 1.8LX Sierras😂
I too think this is the coolest Sierra version, unique styling in those rear side windows, and the rear spoiler. Childhood dreamcar for me too in the 80's, and was happy to get a white Matchbox Sierra XR4i toycar back in the 80's, which I still have it in pretty nice condition :)
you re really good with ford,these are the beautiful cars we used to admire as kids in the 80s
Great review ian,nice to see this, takes me back to my childhood, my dad had a light blue one of these and i always remember being in the back of it and the police pulling us over to inform us that there was another xr4i somewhere in essex,( im from cambridgeshire) wearing the exact same number plates, ( this was the 90s when ringing cars was too commonplace), the car was taken away from us and my dad had to go to court to get the car back proving he knew nothing about it and brought it in good faith. The car was impounded for a considerable amount of time before it arrived back without number plates awaiting the correct number plates, the strange thing was the car was wearing ele 666y and the original was a666 jeb. So after a long time of things being sorted my dad changed the flat front to a cosworth style grille with the big hole and kept the car for some years after, to this day my dad wishes he still had it and my mum still says it was her favourite car dad ever had 👍👍
Watched this video this morning after I finished my shift in work , very good video Ian ,keep them coming, you should try and feature a sierra RS500 Cosworth, I absolutely love oldskool Ford's, and do appreciate other oldskool motors you feature 😎👍
A rare car even when new! The later XR4x4 was a popular choice where we lived in rural Wales in the late ‘80s. I always loved the sound of the 2.8 and 2.9 V6s.
Very nostalgic 👌 In 96 i bought E777 WWG XR4X4 in metalic grey. Lovely motor
That brought back some good memories Ian. The chap who owned the chippy in our village bought a brand new early XR4i, which I'm certain was on a Y plate. In silver, with pepper pot alloys, it looked & sounded ace. As young kids, we'd be eating chips in the bus stop opposite of an evening & it was always a treat to see him roar off in it.
What a smooth engine did not notice hubnut started it up to I saw the rev counter move
Lovely car. My dad had a D-reg Sierra in black, D922 UAU.
Always loved them. They came a couple of years too soon though - people just weren't ready for that shape.
Used to love these as a kid. Had a Tamiya model that I built of one in metallic blue. Was watching the road test and realised I recognised your route, I often travel on those roads on my way home from work!
That is a tremendous combination of seriously tidy condition and A-reg "patina". The fact that just about everything still worked well is even more impressive! What an incredible example!
I had a couple of these I really loved them and it was great to see your review that reaffirmed what a nice car it was , I would agree that 5 th could have been a bit more relaxed
Had a 1.8 Sierra and even that Engine when You floored it it really shifted nicely and could blow many away ,but was a good all round workhorse, plenty of room for the kids and didn’t cost the Earth to run , XR2 was nice as well
The XR4i looked beautiful when it was launched & it STILL looks good today!! I remember seeing a black one in a shopping centre, when it was new & I loved the sporty look of it & like you, I think I prefer it to the more sporty Fords that have been on the market since...!! 👍🙂
Superb.....my favourite is the XR4x4. There's one in Mid Wales i know rusting away on the road side. Makes me sad every time I pass, even though its red and I always wanted a black one. I've never driven one but I'm still obsessed with them.
I nearly bought one when I lived in NZ 20 years ago. Getting it back from Turangi to Wales put me off. Always regretted it.
What a great car. Still remember being properly surprised by the rear spoiler as a young boy in the mid eighties.
So odd to see you doing a video in my hometown! And one of my favourite cars too!
I always loved the Sierra, the first one was the 2.0is, then I upgaded to the 4x4 facelift 2.9i, I have it for 6 years. loved it
Really enjoyed that Ian. I’m from a family fond of Fords. I had a sierra gt years ago on a k plate in white. Wish I had a Time Machine I loved that car 😢
Yyyesss I loved these when they were new! There was a small Quicks Ford dealer near us that got one in & I remember seeing it in the showroom...I will have been 7! That 3 door shell with the extra pillar looked very special!
This was my dream car as a 13 year old 😍 Still got my Ford ‘Cars’ brochure that I gleaned from the Motor Show in Glasgow that featured it 😉👍
I loved these when they were released around the time that I passed my car test. I never had the chance to drive one though at the time as my primary transport was motorised two wheels. Bikes were quicker and you had to plan the bends to stop you ending up with your teeth in a tree or worse. I did drive a couple of the whale tale Cosworths though and they were epic to say the least. I used to help out someone who had fingers in the used car market and sometimes needed a driver so for a young biker with a taste for speed who at the time had no chance of affording such a car it was like nectar to a bee. Those things were brutal in the day. Anyway it's great to see a decent example of what could have been an icon had the Cosworth made it the bridesmaid. Many thanks for sharing.
I clearly remember one of those parked outside my school in the mid 80’s
Never normally saw rear wing extravaganza like that where I grew up 😃
I loved the styling of the Sierra, also known as the jelly mould. Once everyone took to it, all cars looked like it. The XR4i looked menacing on the road. That huge rear spoiler and 2 doors, you knew it meant the business.
Wow, that’s an incredible car. Such beautiful condition.
I was a young Ford mechanic back when these (and the Sierra range generally) were newly released. Worked on a fair few of em....happy days nice and simple compared to today
My dad put his Y reg Sierra in for a service back in 1984, the garage found problems with the car and loaned him a black XR4i demonstrator. I was 12 at this time, so yes, very impressed with the sound of the engine and the hifi system was pretty punchy too.
I'm m now reminded of the Golf VR6 which is another beautiful purring sound when cruising and then an angry growling when power banding, a very addictive sound indeed and great fun to drive, especially with a full stage 3 stainless exhaust system, a lowering kit complete with Bilstein shocks/coils all round, b-e-a-utiful!!
Brilliant video great content this is for the channel just great 👌👌👌
Lovely car! I’m almost certain the 2 red lights on the display go out once you’ve pressed the brake pedal for the first time & proof the brake lights after start up. My Dad had a couple of 2.9 Granada Scorpio’s in the late 80’s & early 90’s & that’s how the display worked on them.
Always loved the Sierra ended up buying myself a 2.0i GT in the mid 90’s when I was only 21 (the insurance was a tad steep) but an XR4i was always a bucket list car for me. Excellent review as always.
My mum worked at a Ford dealers when the XR4i was launched. I never left the showroom, it was love!
Always loved them too, so many got turned into "cossie" reps ... so nice to find a good one ...👍
This brought back great memories. As soon as I saw it I guessed "Ford management car"! Essex registration and fully loaded with extras! I was living in Brentwood up until 1988 and the place was teeming with management cars, with Warley HQ and Dunton research centre nearby. A really great video. Thanks for posting. 😊
Frog island at the weekend 😉👌👌👌
boss vid ian , my dad had a Y reg 1.6L sierra its was gold coloured , i had two later versions a 1.8GL and then later on a G plate a 2.0GLX which has headlamp wipers on it 😀😀 , loved sierras .
My dad had one of those in about 1984 - metallic black. 8 year old me - a big fan of "Knight Rider" - thought it was the absolute cat's pyjamas. Loved the sci-fi on-board computer etc - and the fact that it went like the proverbial off a shovel!
Love this car!
Everything about this car is so cool. Two tone paint, red pinstripe, split rear window, double spoiler... just awesome.
Oh my word.. My dad had a '84 B plated 1.6 EMax.. 4 speed box.. Could watch the fuel gauge go down at 70 mph! lol!
But had such a fantastic 4 speaker set up (Especially the little joystick control!)
Such an easy car to drive, but lordy yes.. Much fun in the wet and snow!
I'd happily have one, even today..
That brings me back to my 1988 1.8L Sierra MK2 sedan. A friend of mine has a white XR4i.
My third car was a 'J' reg Sierra XR4x4. Did 138,000 miles in it. Fantastic, versatile car in its time. Thanks for sharing. ❤
My favourite generation of Ford Sierra. I remember a family friend who had a base model 5 door Sierra in Beige
I had a black 1985 over here in Canada. Bought it brand new, ours came with a 2.3 l turbo charged putting out 175 ~ 185 hp and was called the Merkur XR4ti as you mentioned. It was the first car I owned that came with heated seats.
I also had the 2.8 xr 4 x 4 C reg nearly swapped it for a Capri 2.8 but got fed up stretching my neck to see out of junctions over the long bonnet....shout out to miss hubnut hope she is feeling better....
Such a cool car! We got the turbo version only in the States. The looks are 'contemporary' for the day. I actually like the side window profile and the double rear spoiler! Great review!
The Merkur XR4Ti here in the (formerly) good old USA. A guy on my street had one back in the day and loved it. It was the only one I've ever seen in the metal.