Dream Cars - Ford Escort Cosworth

The next car to be focused on in our dream car series is a car that became an icon on the roads up till the model was replaced by the Ford Focus; of course we are talking about the Ford Escort.

There were many models of the Ford Escort marketed during its production in the UK with cars such as the XR3i and the RS Turbo becoming some of the most popular and highest performing cars of the 80's and the 90's. However there was one escort model that stood heads and shoulders above the rest and was the top spec escort on the market, let me introduce you to the Ford Escort Cosworth.

The Ford Escort Cosworth is covered from head to toe in a stylish body kit with what can only be described as a distinctive whale tail spoiler protruding from the back. The engine has a 1993cc capacity and of course has been highly tuned by Cosworth.

The Escort Cosworth is renowned for its feisty performance with the engine producing 230 brake horse power. This 230bhp helps to propel the car to 137mph with a 0-60 mph time of 6.2 seconds.

Unfortunately as with any high performance car the performance car insurance for the Escort Cosworth can be relatively expensive. The Cosworth falls into group 20 for performance car insurance, this is down to the fact that this is a performance machine and is very sought after by the criminal element.

As a 26 year old office worker from hull with 5 years NCB and keeping the car garaged overnight you can expect to pay up to £1400 with a £250 excess. This may seem like a lot to pay for your performance car insurance but you are paying for just that.... A performance car.