Sierra RS 500 Cosworth - the 80s BTCC homologation hero

The Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth was the 80s BTCC homologation hero that also became the affordable super car. In this episode Jonny visits an owner with probably the perfect pair of examples; an unrestored 34,000 mile RS500 and Group A touring car. The latter has been raced both in the winning hands of Andy Rouse and Peter Brock. Thanks for stopping by this episode of The Late Brake Show, where Jonny meets Rupe Kent and his pair of stunning Sierras. In the summer of 1986 the Sierra Cosworth went on sale to the public as a homologation car. They needed to sell 5000 in order to go racing and beat Rover and BMW in British Touring Car. A year later they increased the intensity of the Cosworth recipe and created a homologation ’evolution’ which became the RS500. As reflected in the name, only 500 of these needed selling in order to trounce the opposition on the race tracks of Britain and Australia. Archive clips of BTCC footage credited to Barrie Hinchliffe Productions (BHP), Duke V