breathed on by Cosworth, in the slow-selling three-door Sierra. After all, it was rear-drive and, compared to most of the competition, had a fairly slippery shape. It would be good for Ford’s ...

And that was the end of that. The Sierra Cosworth is just as beloved today as it was in the mid-Eighties. However, the earlier XR4i flopped due to its unconventional design. What few people knew ...