Although it was outshone by the later Escort RS Cosworth, the Ford Sierra was a very capable rally car in its own right. It debuted in the 1987 WRC season, originally as a rear-wheel drive Sierra ...

In a barn in a forest somewhere mysterious, a pair of pretty rare Ford Escort RS Cosworths sit surrounded by trash and covered in moss.

A lot went into taking the Ford Sierra RS Cosworth from homologation special road car to fully paid-up race-ready weapon, which of course you can get the full lowdown on in our feature.

But then the original Ford ... car racing in the early ’80s, Ford motorsport boss Stuart Turner suggested putting an experimental turbocharged 16-valve 2-litre Pinto motor, breathed on by ...