Due Week Commencing 27/10/08

Originally chosen for the Cosworth treatment because its 4 door saloon was both the lightest and stiffest in the range and with its 0-60 time of 6.4 seconds and fantastic traction. The Cosworth is one of the few cars, pehaps the only one to be threatened with extinction early in its life because it was just too good. Theft of Cossies became an epedemic in the early nineties, and the insurance industry pushed premiums sky high, making ownership untenable. Ford countered by fitting a sophisticated alarm as standard, giving the car a stay of execution.