Having sold cars for most of the 80s the introduction of the sierra was an ice cold culture shock. This particular model was iirc built in Belgium at the Ghent plant. Its nickname was the ‘Belgian Bi-plane’ after the twin rear spoiler. I must admit this is one of my guilty pleasure cars. I would have bought the example you are driving if not for the fact that i can only now drive automatics. One of the killers for the sierra in the fleet market was that at launch the ford 1.6 had 75bhp. The cavalier 1.6 had 90bhp and fwd. it felt much much quicker on the road. In the early 80s the 1.6 was the ubiquitous engine for reps. Ford remedied this with the 90bhp 1.8 version available at no extra cost. The sierra was always more comfortable and the cavalier rode more harshly but felt more zesty day to day. Both cars were fantastic value. I think the Cavalier SR/SRi was a much better package than the XR4i. I have owned several of both.
I owned a mk1 and mk2 XR2 back in the day, a couple of XR3is and a XR3is convertible and a Sapphire Cosworth. The XR4i never appealed to me, although looking back, now I'm 50 years old, I wish I had owned one.
Bottom line was the fact that the cologne v6 never had enough torque or shove to keep the boy racers happy especially when powering all 4 wheels . , these things really should have left the factory with a turbocharger imho.
Great video and an iconic car! I remember this being the only Sierra to be tooled by Matchbox, we never got the standard hatchback - presumably because they thought it was too boring! I'm still trying to wrap my head around the fact that Sierra only lived for 11 years - it seemed to be around forever!
@@nkt1 Ha ha yep I remember that one! Seem to remember they did them in quite a few different colours and combinations. I think I had a black one with just the red rubstrip.
I had an 1987 xr4x4 2.8 ....it was the car ford should have brought out in the first place. Genuinely fast point to point...stuck to road and loads of feedback because it was actually rear wheel drive biased...split was roughly 67 to 33 to the rear. Driven xr4is and they couldn't come near a 4x4 on any twisty bits. Both excellent cars though.
Lots of passenger experience in the XR4x4, lovely motors. Have also scratched the Sierra itch in my driving career with a brief stint as custodian of a 2.0 GLS facelift. I will always have a soft spot for them.
@@sierraalphaalphabravo9705Leaned to drive in my dad's 1987 pre facelift 1.8 L back in 1992. My mate's dad had a brand new 1.8 Sapphire the same year, great memories. Always intended to get myself one, Im turning 50 in september still havn't done it. 🤷♂️ 😂
As a kid I had the Lombard RAC rally PC game which featured the Sierra . I used to fly round the tracks in that. Tried playing it again a while back with Dos Box and I could hardly stay on the track! My reflexes must have dimmed a bit over the last 35 years 😂😂
It’s worth remembering that the original 3DR Cosworth, was a sales disaster too. Imagine it taking years today to sell-out on a limited run homologation special ! I recall visiting my local Ford dealer’s storage yard a couple of years after the Cosworth was launched and finding 10 unsold, unregistered examples in a selection of colours. Sticker prices were £15,995 for the regular models and £17,995 for the two RS500s. I think that was around 25% discount from official list. Despite the big discounting, these cars still hadn’t sold at the dealership and had been moved offsite to the discreet yard to be sold via word-of-mouth only. My cousin (who was a salesman at the dealership) told me they’d accept any sensible offers just to get rid and the salesmen were being huge bonuses to shift hem.
I owned, for many years, a 1990 2wd XR4i in Radiant Red. 2.0L DOHC with the MT75 gearbox. They were touted as a badging exercise with the 4x4 exterior styling and should have come from the factory with 125bhp. For some reason, mine had 150 bhp. I bought it at ~2yrs old and it definitely wasn’t chipped. Such a lovely car. ❤️ Great video 👍
@@anthonyheathcote1932 No, there was a 2.0i XR4i and XR4x4 in the later body style too. The 8 valve 'I4' DOHC engine designed for the Granada. Nice and torquey. There was a 16 valve version used on the FWD and 4x4 Escort RS2000.
Never had a hot version but I did love my 1.8 CVH Sierra. Had enough grunt to get you sideways or 180 if you hit an oil patch. Would do around 110mph before you let the engine tell you "enough!" Proper all analogue old school driving with no PAS, no ABS, no TC, no ESP. Servicing cost peanuts. I once ran it almost completely dry of oil at 90mph because I thought the tapping of the valve lifters was a leaf in the air vent 🤣 But a couple of bottles of GTX sorted it with no harm done. That 1.8 CVH must be one of the toughest engines ever made.
I had a 1986 1.6 and then a 1992 1.8LX which maybe had the engine you refer to. It was fun pulling out of junctions in the wet - had just enough power and I did do a 180 once on some diesel! I think any more power to the rear wheels without traction control and I’d have been in trouble. The 1.8 was my first car that I’d actually say ‘accelerated’. My earlier 1.0 Austin Metro and the 1.6 sierra had acceleration times measured by calendar…in truth those cars were both knackered and better examples may have been nicer. Of course these were early days for me so I loved them all, polishing away rust and having welding work for every MOT.
I remember going for a mock job interview at a Ford dealership in my last year of school. At least half the time was spent talking about public perception of the then relatively new (showing my age) Sierra. It seemed they were having trouble shifting them at that time.
I had a XR4i , it was a left hand drive with full leather. It was a Brodie Britain Racing Turbo with a full RS500 body kit but retaining the stacked 4i rear wing and the wheels were TSW Evos. Fantastic car and one of many past cars I wish I still had..
I had a GLS with the 2.9 V6 and 4WD, very similar to the XR4x4. It was a complete hoot to drive, even if you could visibly see the fuel gauge going down. And hear the trees coughing as you drove past.
Here in the UK we also had the Ascona (we had 2), in essence the Cavalier without the dropped nose - also the Manta all part of GM Opel Vauxhall. Ascona was the last front engined RWD world rally championship winning car (W. Rohl)
We had a y reg 2.0 ghia hatchback when i was a kid back in the 80s, and immediatly fell in love with them. Yes it drank like a fish. And when I could drive, I had a few 1.6 and 1.8 hatchbacks and saloons. The Saphire was even better to drive than the hatchback, but love them all both the same (just not as much as rover 75s. )
I've always compared the Sierras look to a woodlouse, It was very unique to everything else on the market at the time, Most of the cars were very similar in shape and style, And maybe thats what put alot of people off, Personally i like the shape and style, and it was a car everyone knew what it was when they saw it driving about
I remember when the Sierra came out when i was a teenager wow did it look strange, but pushing the envelope is often tough to start with but they got there .
The XR4i sort of set a template for performance cars in this class which eventually saw rivals spawn performance versions some years later with similar power outputs. Like the Cavalier GSi2000, 405 Mi16, BX GTi 16, Renault 21 Turbo etc. While most went down the route of 2.0 16v engines, Ford still stuck it out with the 2 valve head, larger capacity engine.
I still love that the print on the rear quarter window says ‘XR4’ - apparently Ford decided it was getting fuel injection after the glass graphics had been signed off. As for the car - I had a Matchbox model that I loved, but if I was looking for a fast Ford in ‘83/‘84 I’d have gone for the Capri 2.8 Injection - the XR4i was just silly. Ford rescued it, I think with the excellent XR4x4.
The additional C pillar on this model makes it look much better proportioned than the 2 door Sierra's that didn't have it, even though they're the same size. I'm sure I've read that this pillar is actually to make the body more rigid, and not just a styling thing?
They called it a jelly mould when it first came out,it was a big change in shape for the time,I commented before you said it,thought being young you would have missed that bit
Ford re-engined that car to make the XR4Ti , the for runner to the Cosworth, sold in Germany and the USA. I think they used the same shell in South Africa dropping in a 5 litre V8 for local racing. When do we get to look at the Lotus Cortina in the background?
No he didn't. It was a 2.3v6. I rented one for a week in 1988 and it didn't rev very well, but it covered motorway miles in a way that I had never experienced. I've driven, owned and liked Sierras and Cavaliers. I prefer the Cav, but always wanted either the XR4i or Cossie. Got other and faster cars in the interim, I'd still buy one at the right price.
nice review...the early Sierras did have a front grill...think it was the XR4 you have there that didn't....then of course we have......the Cosworth....
Given that the XR4x4 was being developed simultaneously from 1982-83, the XR4i was only ever going to be a stop gap but they we're still available for the majority of the mk1's production span. Hardly short lived.
I'm an '82 model myself, so I grew up seeing these and mk2 Cavaliers, and ALWAYS thought the Sierra was a much better looking, cooler car. Plus my Dad was always weirdly furious about them being RWD, which may have increased the appeal (I drive an RWD car now - turbocharged rather than V6, sadly!)
Wow, i had one in that colour, and a black one, sold them for £500 each 😢 The gearboxs were rubbish, always blowing up. Also had a 2.9 XR 4x4 with the much stronger gearbox.
I had a MK 4 Cortina, that blew a hole in the diff, pissed all the oil onto the M25 resulting in the diff welding itself together. I had a MK 5 Cortina, where the gear stick would regularly detach itself from the gearbox, generally on a dual carriageway. I liked the XR4i. A poor man's Cosworth and remember seeing plenty being driven round in the middle to late 80's.
I distinctly remember disliking the style of the Ford Taurus here in the US, and the Sierra as well [Merkur here], but I eventually began to like the Taurus. I still think it looks better than this.
My Mum's and her bf bought one 1991 for 6k, my Mum asked me to collect something from the car one day, I rung the neck on that V6, she got in the car asked what is that smell of burnt rubber 😂
I rather foolishly cancelled an order for a new Saab 900 16v turbo and bought one of these Xr4i's instead from the Southampton Ford dealership. It unfortunately had a problem with the drivetrain which was never ever really sorted out by Ford under the warranty. My missus and I drove it to Switzerland in the firts year of ownership where it was looked on by the locals with some incredulity. I was never really convinced by the car and sold it to a Southampton footballer after a year and went back to the Saab dealer in Southampton and ordered a black Saab 16v Turbo Carlsson....a fabulous car.
These old Ford V6’s were dog rough and roared like a bolshy old Lion when you revved them . The 2.8 and 2.9 xr4x4 had laughable transmission losses, a 1.8 Sri mk2 Cav would bladder one in acceleration.
The Sierra was such a strange beastie when it emerged. None were pretty, nut some were just awkward and gawky. The XR4i didn't work aesthetically, nor did the cheaper models with odd-coloured grille panels. The Sierra worked best (looks wise) as an estate or a Sapphire saloon. From the outset it seemed somehow to be one of those evolutionary dead ends...
Dull car. Years ago a Kiwi mate wanted to do a racing experience at Pembrey, driving Formula First, Ford and hopefully a F3. He wanted me to come with him. I'd been racing for 9 years for real so wasn't keen but anyhow off we went. My mate hired an XR4i. Absolutley nothing exceptional about it. Both of us were disappointed. Admittedly I do not much like the Sierra. I drove a 1600 hire car which rattled and banged and the gearbox was crunchy. My younger brother also owned one in NZ and it was a banger. I've owned Cortinas Mk I and II and IV and for their time they were a hoot.
This guy is such a brilliant presenter, could listen all day
Really slick delivery, no bumbling or waffle. Great job.
Doesn't know his facts he is awful . Know te facts b4 spouting crap.
Very enjoyable and informative, not to mention a fantastic trip down memory lane.
@@chrisdorrell1 Such as?
@@chrisdorrell1Care to educate us all? 🤣🤣
My dad had 1 in 1985
Loved the car , proper iconic
Same
Having sold cars for most of the 80s the introduction of the sierra was an ice cold culture shock. This particular model was iirc built in Belgium at the Ghent plant. Its nickname was the ‘Belgian Bi-plane’ after the twin rear spoiler. I must admit this is one of my guilty pleasure cars. I would have bought the example you are driving if not for the fact that i can only now drive automatics. One of the killers for the sierra in the fleet market was that at launch the ford 1.6 had 75bhp. The cavalier 1.6 had 90bhp and fwd. it felt much much quicker on the road. In the early 80s the 1.6 was the ubiquitous engine for reps. Ford remedied this with the 90bhp 1.8 version available at no extra cost. The sierra was always more comfortable and the cavalier rode more harshly but felt more zesty day to day. Both cars were fantastic value. I think the Cavalier SR/SRi was a much better package than the XR4i. I have owned several of both.
I owned a mk1 and mk2 XR2 back in the day, a couple of XR3is and a XR3is convertible and a Sapphire Cosworth. The XR4i never appealed to me, although looking back, now I'm 50 years old, I wish I had owned one.
Bottom line was the fact that the cologne v6 never had enough torque or shove to keep the boy racers happy especially when powering all 4 wheels . , these things really should have left the factory with a turbocharger imho.
Great video and an iconic car! I remember this being the only Sierra to be tooled by Matchbox, we never got the standard hatchback - presumably because they thought it was too boring! I'm still trying to wrap my head around the fact that Sierra only lived for 11 years - it seemed to be around forever!
I had a Matchbox one; same colour as this example, but with a broad, dotted red stripe down the side.
@@nkt1 Ha ha yep I remember that one! Seem to remember they did them in quite a few different colours and combinations. I think I had a black one with just the red rubstrip.
To my mind the ford Sierra is the forerunner of most modern cars from boxy angled to more rounded form of cars today
Technical/historical content aside, this is a really well presented video. Good skills.
I would love to have this classic car... It takes so many "Yes" boxes.
I had an 1987 xr4x4 2.8 ....it was the car ford should have brought out in the first place. Genuinely fast point to point...stuck to road and loads of feedback because it was actually rear wheel drive biased...split was roughly 67 to 33 to the rear. Driven xr4is and they couldn't come near a 4x4 on any twisty bits. Both excellent cars though.
Lots of passenger experience in the XR4x4, lovely motors. Have also scratched the Sierra itch in my driving career with a brief stint as custodian of a 2.0 GLS facelift. I will always have a soft spot for them.
@@sierraalphaalphabravo9705Leaned to drive in my dad's 1987 pre facelift 1.8 L back in 1992. My mate's dad had a brand new 1.8 Sapphire the same year, great memories. Always intended to get myself one, Im turning 50 in september still havn't done it. 🤷♂️ 😂
@@martytdd1606Sapphires are lush cars!!!
Remember the XR4i coming out in the Summer of 1983 when aged 9 years old
Me too. My dad bought me the radio controlled version 😊
I was mesmerised by the first sierra.
As a kid I had the Lombard RAC rally PC game which featured the Sierra . I used to fly round the tracks in that. Tried playing it again a while back with Dos Box and I could hardly stay on the track! My reflexes must have dimmed a bit over the last 35 years 😂😂
The jelly mould turned into the fabulous cozzie…
It’s worth remembering that the original 3DR Cosworth, was a sales disaster too. Imagine it taking years today to sell-out on a limited run homologation special ! I recall visiting my local Ford dealer’s storage yard a couple of years after the Cosworth was launched and finding 10 unsold, unregistered examples in a selection of colours. Sticker prices were £15,995 for the regular models and £17,995 for the two RS500s. I think that was around 25% discount from official list. Despite the big discounting, these cars still hadn’t sold at the dealership and had been moved offsite to the discreet yard to be sold via word-of-mouth only. My cousin (who was a salesman at the dealership) told me they’d accept any sensible offers just to get rid and the salesmen were being huge bonuses to shift hem.
I owned, for many years, a 1990 2wd XR4i in Radiant Red.
2.0L DOHC with the MT75 gearbox.
They were touted as a badging exercise with the 4x4 exterior styling and should have come from the factory with 125bhp.
For some reason, mine had 150 bhp.
I bought it at ~2yrs old and it definitely wasn’t chipped.
Such a lovely car. ❤️
Great video 👍
2.8i xr4i
@@anthonyheathcote1932 No, there was a 2.0i XR4i and XR4x4 in the later body style too. The 8 valve 'I4' DOHC engine designed for the Granada. Nice and torquey. There was a 16 valve version used on the FWD and 4x4 Escort RS2000.
I had one of these A93 RTC loved it!!
Never had a hot version but I did love my 1.8 CVH Sierra. Had enough grunt to get you sideways or 180 if you hit an oil patch. Would do around 110mph before you let the engine tell you "enough!"
Proper all analogue old school driving with no PAS, no ABS, no TC, no ESP. Servicing cost peanuts. I once ran it almost completely dry of oil at 90mph because I thought the tapping of the valve lifters was a leaf in the air vent 🤣 But a couple of bottles of GTX sorted it with no harm done. That 1.8 CVH must be one of the toughest engines ever made.
I had a 1986 1.6 and then a 1992 1.8LX which maybe had the engine you refer to. It was fun pulling out of junctions in the wet - had just enough power and I did do a 180 once on some diesel! I think any more power to the rear wheels without traction control and I’d have been in trouble. The 1.8 was my first car that I’d actually say ‘accelerated’. My earlier 1.0 Austin Metro and the 1.6 sierra had acceleration times measured by calendar…in truth those cars were both knackered and better examples may have been nicer. Of course these were early days for me so I loved them all, polishing away rust and having welding work for every MOT.
I love sierra's .I grew up with them .
Horrible in an accident though😢
Great Video...
Gud vid 💯💥
Had my current 4i 22 years. Done a full Cosworth conversion on it, goes a lot better now lol
Please tell me you have kept the two rear side windows.....
@@V8GECKO yes
My dad bought a brand new F reg 2.3 DGL sierra. I’ve owned two sapphire cossies ❤
I remember going for a mock job interview at a Ford dealership in my last year of school. At least half the time was spent talking about public perception of the then relatively new (showing my age) Sierra. It seemed they were having trouble shifting them at that time.
I had a XR4i , it was a left hand drive with full leather. It was a Brodie Britain Racing Turbo with a full RS500 body kit but retaining the stacked 4i rear wing and the wheels were TSW Evos. Fantastic car and one of many past cars I wish I still had..
It was a great car when it came out but so was the Capri 2.8i so a difficult choice in the showroom. ❤
I had a GLS with the 2.9 V6 and 4WD, very similar to the XR4x4. It was a complete hoot to drive, even if you could visibly see the fuel gauge going down. And hear the trees coughing as you drove past.
Here in the UK we also had the Ascona (we had 2), in essence the Cavalier without the dropped nose - also the Manta all part of GM Opel Vauxhall. Ascona was the last front engined RWD world rally championship winning car (W. Rohl)
We had a y reg 2.0 ghia hatchback when i was a kid back in the 80s, and immediatly fell in love with them. Yes it drank like a fish. And when I could drive, I had a few 1.6 and 1.8 hatchbacks and saloons. The Saphire was even better to drive than the hatchback, but love them all both the same (just not as much as rover 75s. )
I hate to contradict, but the Orion was a version of the Escort. The saloon version of the Sierra was the Saphire.
I had a light blue one in 92 best most fun car i ever owned.
Seen a red j reg 4x4 Sierra in my local pub car park yesterday, looked in good nick
Shame it didn't sell in your July Auction
Similarly, I had a 1986 Ghia 4x4 2.8i. Great fun to drive - 70mph on roundabouts was possible 😮
I've always compared the Sierras look to a woodlouse, It was very unique to everything else on the market at the time, Most of the cars were very similar in shape and style, And maybe thats what put alot of people off, Personally i like the shape and style, and it was a car everyone knew what it was when they saw it driving about
Thanks for the ride 😊
A great car, the thinking mans Capri 2.8i.
I remember when the Sierra came out when i was a teenager wow did it look strange, but pushing the envelope is often tough to start with but they got there .
Beautiful 🤩
The XR4i sort of set a template for performance cars in this class which eventually saw rivals spawn performance versions some years later with similar power outputs. Like the Cavalier GSi2000, 405 Mi16, BX GTi 16, Renault 21 Turbo etc. While most went down the route of 2.0 16v engines, Ford still stuck it out with the 2 valve head, larger capacity engine.
I had one but it had a bit of a drink problem
And oil leaks but loved it.
It was great 👍
I still love that the print on the rear quarter window says ‘XR4’ - apparently Ford decided it was getting fuel injection after the glass graphics had been signed off. As for the car - I had a Matchbox model that I loved, but if I was looking for a fast Ford in ‘83/‘84 I’d have gone for the Capri 2.8 Injection - the XR4i was just silly. Ford rescued it, I think with the excellent XR4x4.
It was just the name that was changed late in the day. There never was a version without fuel injection.
The Mk5 Cortina was 1979-1982.
Mk5 was a facelift. 😂
The additional C pillar on this model makes it look much better proportioned than the 2 door Sierra's that didn't have it, even though they're the same size. I'm sure I've read that this pillar is actually to make the body more rigid, and not just a styling thing?
Never had a Mk1 sierra but always and still do think they are ugly, loved the many Mk2 sierra sapphire's I owned, my current car is a V6 mondeo :)
They called it a jelly mould when it first came out,it was a big change in shape for the time,I commented before you said it,thought being young you would have missed that bit
Ford re-engined that car to make the XR4Ti , the for runner to the Cosworth, sold in Germany and the USA.
I think they used the same shell in South Africa dropping in a 5 litre V8 for local racing.
When do we get to look at the Lotus Cortina in the background?
In the day Autocar put the XR4i up against the still available Capri 2.8i and they put the Capri ahead.
Had them both in period and have to agree
My dad had the 2.4 ghia in blue metallic from 86
No he didn't. It was a 2.3v6. I rented one for a week in 1988 and it didn't rev very well, but it covered motorway miles in a way that I had never experienced. I've driven, owned and liked Sierras and Cavaliers. I prefer the Cav, but always wanted either the XR4i or Cossie. Got other and faster cars in the interim, I'd still buy one at the right price.
Nice nice🎉
The best looking Sierra
Had one exactly the same has that one same colour and everything back in Late 80s
Should never have sold my silver XR4i ☹️
I wonder if A390UGC (as was at least) still lives??
It was last taxed in October 1999
I regret selling my silver one as well.
nice review...the early Sierras did have a front grill...think it was the XR4 you have there that didn't....then of course we have......the Cosworth....
my father-in-law had the US spec XR4ti, even the same color, back in the day. Quick, fun car, except it ate turbos every 60k miles....
Merkur xr4ti , brits got the 2.8 cologne while Americans got a turbo in line 4.
Given that the XR4x4 was being developed simultaneously from 1982-83, the XR4i was only ever going to be a stop gap but they we're still available for the majority of the mk1's production span. Hardly short lived.
I'm an '82 model myself, so I grew up seeing these and mk2 Cavaliers, and ALWAYS thought the Sierra was a much better looking, cooler car. Plus my Dad was always weirdly furious about them being RWD, which may have increased the appeal (I drive an RWD car now - turbocharged rather than V6, sadly!)
Always looked at it as a rebodied Capri
The design was inspired by the 928
Enjoyed the video. Was you even born in 1983 ?
Wow, i had one in that colour, and a black one, sold them for £500 each 😢
The gearboxs were rubbish, always blowing up.
Also had a 2.9 XR 4x4 with the much stronger gearbox.
Hello 👋
It was ugly back then but now it has gained the aura of becoming a classic.
I had a MK 4 Cortina, that blew a hole in the diff, pissed all the oil onto the M25 resulting in the diff welding itself together.
I had a MK 5 Cortina, where the gear stick would regularly detach itself from the gearbox, generally on a dual carriageway.
I liked the XR4i. A poor man's Cosworth and remember seeing plenty being driven round in the middle to late 80's.
Mark Currys lad
Ed are you hosting two channels now?
Gud vid 💯💥
I distinctly remember disliking the style of the Ford Taurus here in the US, and the Sierra as well [Merkur here], but I eventually began to like the Taurus. I still think it looks better than this.
Is that Andy’s car?
My dad got one instead of his 320bmw. It was better but he did go back to BMWs.
My Mum's and her bf bought one 1991 for 6k, my Mum asked me to collect something from the car one day, I rung the neck on that V6, she got in the car asked what is that smell of burnt rubber 😂
Didn't it cost way more than the capri and was slower?
I had one the same reg was A899 NOO
Mine was a299 kud.
🥝✔️
Please can you do a piece on the 3 series behind you..?
Uwe is pronounced oovey
I rather foolishly cancelled an order for a new Saab 900 16v turbo and bought one of these Xr4i's instead from the Southampton Ford dealership. It unfortunately had a problem with the drivetrain which was never ever really sorted out by Ford under the warranty. My missus and I drove it to Switzerland in the firts year of ownership where it was looked on by the locals with some incredulity. I was never really convinced by the car and sold it to a Southampton footballer after a year and went back to the Saab dealer in Southampton and ordered a black Saab 16v Turbo Carlsson....a fabulous car.
These old Ford V6’s were dog rough and roared like a bolshy old Lion when you revved them . The 2.8 and 2.9 xr4x4 had laughable transmission losses, a 1.8 Sri mk2 Cav would bladder one in acceleration.
It has always been a nice looker and, for a while, was as cheap as chips. Whoever ordered one without pas must have been a cheapskate, though.
I believe that the last time through the auction, it fetched £10,500 or thereabouts. I hear that the owner is hoping for double that.
The Sierra was such a strange beastie when it emerged.
None were pretty, nut some were just awkward and gawky.
The XR4i didn't work aesthetically, nor did the cheaper models with odd-coloured grille panels.
The Sierra worked best (looks wise) as an estate or a Sapphire saloon.
From the outset it seemed somehow to be one of those evolutionary dead ends...
Dull car. Years ago a Kiwi mate wanted to do a racing experience at Pembrey, driving Formula First, Ford and hopefully a F3. He wanted me to come with him. I'd been racing for 9 years for real so wasn't keen but anyhow off we went. My mate hired an XR4i. Absolutley nothing exceptional about it. Both of us were disappointed. Admittedly I do not much like the Sierra. I drove a 1600 hire car which rattled and banged and the gearbox was crunchy. My younger brother also owned one in NZ and it was a banger. I've owned Cortinas Mk I and II and IV and for their time they were a hoot.
Convert it to electric.
The Xr4 was everywhere when I was a young man so please get your facts right. Unpopular silly thing to say. You were there so you don't know .
1.6. Engine . Shite
Don't you mean XR4Ti? 😂
Stop repeating yourself, make your point once and move on.
He’s talking a lot of shite in amongst some useful info
I've always thought if you round off that boot line you're not far off the looks of the AMC Pacer!