Yahoo Autos Join Vaughn Gittin Jr. at Ford Europe’s Candyland
While it may surprise some Americans, without Ford's European operations in England and Germany, there wouldn't be a Ford GT, nor WRC race cars or RS models wearing the blue oval. To see for himself, Mustang-builder/drift master Vaughn Gittin Jr. recently got into Ford's warehouse near Cologne, Germany and found treasures rarely seen across the water.
His tour started with a couple of RS Capris from the seventies in road-going and Group 2 spec, accompanied by 1981's Group 5 monster. While the Group 2 Capri has a 3.4 V6 and rear mounted radiators in a fairly stock body, the Group 5 car is built around a tubular frame covered in a Kevlar shell, packing a 1.4 turbo that will rev to 10,000 rpm. Sporting 19x13 inch rear wheels, this Zakspeed special was unbeatable in its day.
Unsurprisingly, Ford Cologne also has some RS Cossies in stock, including a homologation special Sierra RS500, and 1987's Texaco-liveried 600hp touring car. But while Sierras kept glazing the circuits with rubber, Ford UK also built a Group B car, the legendary RS200. No Ford collection would be complete without one.
Then, there's the 1.1 liter Fiesta from 1976. Yes. There is that.
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