Nope
Very different cars

Frank knows far more than I, so I'll let him give a fuller answer

 

Ok thanks ant. Sometimes european cars got different names once they crossed the ocean....

 

Until Frank replies

 

Hi JP,
no very very different vehicles. Thats a Sierra but not with a Cosworth engine. iIRC that would be a 3 ltr v6 with an aftermarket turbo kit.

The Escort RS Cosworth was based on the Sierra RS 2.0 ltr Cosworth.
All Escort Cosworths shells were hand built in Germany my Karmann and are very rare. Only 2500 Homologation Specials were ever built with a total of 7000 ota of the car in total. It has been estimated that there are only 4000 Escort Cosworths left in the World every time one is scrapped there is a Gold Rush for parts.

 

Thanks for the info Frank and this nice video ant! In fact it is a very special car!!!!!

 

The trouble is they assumed the basic shape of an Escort so every one thinks they are just Escorts with body kits and a go faster engine. When in fact they are very different in many ways to the Escort range of cars. At 1300 kg they are quite light so what the 2ltr engine lacks in big big power 540 bhp will feel like much more

 

I'm actually pleasantly surprised that anyone in the US has heard of these cars

Frank, you've got my brother on the hunt for a new car now........good man!!

 

 

i used to live in england and had a 205gti, always wanted the delta but could never find a clean one...always dreamed of a cossy but the insurance was crazy, $25,000 a year !!!

wish they would hurry up allow them in the U.S.

 

To people that know cars , these cars are known allover the world .

I had the pleasure of driving in one when I was in Greece , and i fell in love with them from then on.

I also had the honor of getting a ride in a lancia delta integrale..

 

What is it that stops these cars being allowed/legal in the US?

 

I don't know why they were never imported ,but then again we never get any of the cool cars from Europe that I wish we did.

There was a company in Oregon I think called sun import I think , where they imported and made them us legal. As to what they did , I think converted the klm to mph and sone other stuff can't remember exactly..

But I'd love to get one , I heard you can get one from Canada and bring it down.