Ford RS200 Rally Tribute

[ReaperDuran]

Those were great times

[12valvepower1]

i like audis

[12valvepower1]

ford in detroit would never be able to build something this cool

[M0T0RCRAFT]

Sorry it is 100Mph and not km/h.

[M0T0RCRAFT]

RS200 hold the record for 0 - 100km/h - 0 in 12,6sec and it was also a world record.

[XONation]

I heard that some of the RS200's were tuned to produce 650 to 700hp, amazing when you think all this power came from just a 2.1l engine. If you search fifth gear 0 - 60 on YT, you will also here that this car held the world record 0 - 60 for 13 years, back when the video was uploaded in 2008, don't know if it has been beaten, but even so, the video shows that the Ariel Atom couldn't even beat it, incredible.

[kalasnikov121]

ford would dominate but than again with lancia EVC with 700 hp lancia would dominate again ( group b would be named to group s and probably cars would not be rallying but on tracks like formula couse as you know there was alredy porsche,ferrari,and jaguar on the scene )

[MegaJCMartin94]

Man, I luv this car with all my heart because it's a legend and in my case its the only one in my country(Malta), it not one of the 200 were made, it was build from the spare parts but it had the engine, gearbox and other engine parts from the 200 were made.

[laddyy]

Faster than a F-40!!

[schlumpi011]

i have seen this car in the jear 1986, when i was working in a ford garage in austria.

i remember everybody laied down the work, and looked at this car

since this time this is the car I am dreaming on

[lupo0144]

If anyone wants one..... Guy in Swansea has one up for sale... £99,995 1654miles! Well.......I know what i'll be having if my numbers come up SATURDAY!

[41906404]

ford rs200 and lancia 037 is the best fucking cars!!

[waty0usay1]

FUCKING BEAST car ever.

[1982labman]

check them old trannys out

[hurrhurrbtard]

I'd say it's pretty much guaranteed that the RS200 would have been an all conquering Group B monster had the category been allowed to go on. We shall never know though.

[serchmarc]

i cant find one on my country on sale and here too ,damn

[MegaJCMartin94]

@serchmarc hey my uncle has 1 and she d only one in MALTA and i proud!

[kalasnikov121]

wany difrence between hp and bhp ?

[RRT3am]

@bLoodykNuklz You are kinda right, though not entirely ... The cars were close enough, especially because they were building the homologation cars so they can be used as base after that and not a limited street version. And the number of homologation cars for Group B was small, not like for Gr.A later (see Escort RS Cosworth ..)

So yes, they are not entirely the same car, of course, though pretty close. Even if you buy a rally car with homologation for racing,your mechanics gotta make it run ..

[phototecnica]

In 1987 My Comany Auto Tecnica of Boulder Colorado raced a 600 HP Evolution on Pikes Peak..

[RallyLanciaFan]

@bLoodykNuklz

Come on, it's not like a street RS200 isn't a Group B car at all. Well, it's not a rally car tuned for Group B specifications but it's still a homologation car for Group B. You want to say that street 037, street Delta S4, street 205 T16 or street Sport Quattro can't be considered Group B cars in some way?

[evilintel]

I actually kind of wished Ford made a lower powered, 2wd version of this. Could have taken a lot of the market for the Toyota MR2. This car is one of the few Fords I like. Too bad it's rep got mared in Portugal.

[LIP15]

@evilintel

1, lower power is ALWAYS a bad thing. And this is RWD, with the option of 4x4, they took the gear stick used for switching between RWD and 4WD out eventually.

[kisetsushin]

@un4m3d4

I think everyone who examines all the group b cars carefully would see that Audi's car was outdated, when it was brand new, it was incredible and really inovative. However, by the time the S1 was around all the other competitive cars were also AWD, in addition to that they were also mid engine and had much better balance. Audi had a prototype for Group S which was a completely new design from scratch, AWD and mid engine. They themselves knew the S1 was outdated.

[berns76]

As Carlsberg would say - probably the best Group B car in the world. What I would give to have one!!!

[kisetsushin]

@berns76

I wouldn't go that far, the normal RS200 had it problems, it actually had a bad power to weight ratio so it had laggy torque on lower rpm's. They were in the middle of fixing it with the E2 in 86 but the collapse of Group B pretty much put the E2 on hold forever.

Still one of my favorite cars, you can find them for sale used every once in awhile, they usually range from 70 to 500k depending on the model and what's been done to it.

[coalandnuclear]

@kisetsushin power to weight was fine turbo lag is why it was slow in the lower rpms, also the more rpms aan engine can hold the less low end torque they tend to have, rs200=9000rpm

[kisetsushin]

@coalandnuclear

I'm not sure, i read an article that said it had surprisingly low power to weight, which i thought was weird too, maybe the article just didn't know what it was talking about. The RS200 is really light and has a lot of power.

[SkipSidekick]

I'm going to get one of these when I win the lottery!

(I've heard they still have some "new" ones mothballed at one of the Ford H.Q.'s somewhere in the U.K.!)

[epibeast885]

GROUP B all the way

[russianpenguins]

the cars great but now its baanded thats sucks.i do have to say it was a good car in its time but now its not so good but go all rs200 loves

[quake4fanimies]

Group B back to WRC! I miss those cars

[adakar83]

you will soon miss TODAY cars in WRC when you will see Hirvonen or Loeb in Fiesta or C2 with 1,6 engine ...

it will be the same sadnes as they took away Group B in 80's

[fentonjd]

In 10 years time, you will see Hirvonen or Loeb walking around the track instead of driving. To save the environment

[adakar83]

yeah but "super" FIA will make a rule that you have to walkt on super stage backwards , so it will be more exiting ;-)

and you will have to HUG EVERY TREE that you will miss by ;)

[Tibarus]

@adakar83

I dunno, those 1.6's are still pretty damn fast... But yeah Group B was something entirely... They were true fire breathing monsters back then.

[coalandnuclear]

@Tibarus 1.8, 2.1 in the race car

[Frazz0]

@quake4faminies: i miss the dead drivers...those cars were monsters ...awesome monsters, but monsters

[beamer6376]

Hello All RS 200

iam from germany, but in a area miidle south germany, odenwald,lives a man who buy in the end of the season from rs200, one car from ford sport departmend,

cotinue down stars

[beamer6376]

they will never do that to day,

but he can drive by with insurens on german streets, he say that his car have 800HP last modifyd version, this version was used at least in race, the other one with more HP was not more real tested in race, may be to much troubleshooting about defekts engines,

but he can speed up to 100km/h less than 2,5 second, to 150km/h 2 second more,

real test drivers was messured with his car faster as he,

[beamer6376]

he means in his neighborhood is a ferrari testarossa driver,

and when he was driving in his area, the first days the ferrari driver was thiking to drive faster as he, and he was giving as first not full power,

days later than he was playing and drive full power and the ferrari driver was very upset that he can drive like a formula 1 car,

today is hard to find a car to compete that i think,

regards from germany

[spydebergskrens]

Group B ended with the death of Henri Toivonen in Corsica (in a Lancia) in -86. Audi left Group B after this rally. 87-88-89 season became more or less a "Domani sempre Domani " everyone was waiting for FIA to decide what to do with rally. Group A was "founded" i 86, with Lancia as THE car.Suddenly Toyota, Mitsubishi and Subaru joined Group A, winning the whole of the 90`s,only 1991 season was won buy a non Japanees car(lancia of course).

[dunderogbrak]

Crazy traction out of corners! Holy crap!

[Marvdogger]

The RS200 rally car put out 450bhp, ford had planned for a second Evoltion which could output up to 600bhp. But after Evolutions were banned after Corsica they were stuck with the 450bhp engine for the rest of the season.

[Lillie1986]

@Marvdogger Rallycross version had over 800 hp

[CamaroSS2236]

@Marvdogger niice! I just copied and pasted this to serve a douche bag on another page. Thanks!

[Laszlo920819]

The original Group B RS200 had 450hp, but in 2009 Mach2 Racing started another RS200 at the Pikes Peak Hillclimb (built from '84-'86 and still racing!) with 950hp engine that had a built-in NOS bottle that can add +200hp power-boost. That's why some people belive this car has more than 1000 horespower.

[abnormal2555]

NO!! the Ford rs100 put out about 1150hp and 0-60 in 2.1 seconds it will beat anything it comes up agianst...the only problem the car has killed so many people that it was banned because its a shit load of power on a very light car for someone to handle

[andben]

wow 1150hp! that's amazing!! you are also amazingly stupid. you put out about 1,000,000hp

[justforever96]

LOL. Well said. The RS200 is a great car, but that is just BS.

[35yearoldboy]

LOL.

[Digimahn]

dickhead!

[gunyoudown5595]

ive drove one of those their awsome

[pietruski]

why was this car banned from wrc? please someone tell me.

[minimax453]

this was a group b car and group b was banned after only four years because there were some major accidents most fatal so the FIA desided to ban group b after the death of Henri Toivonen on the tour de corse on the 1980's

[pietruski]

thanks alot.

[LOGIKLAG]

alot of cars where when the restricted the power or something like that

this car put out something ridiculous like 500 or something

[nickrapids]

i would sell my soul to the devil himself just to own a rs200

[Lelostule]

the price of car????????????????

[wrcmex]

Awesome Beast!!!

[mrchrisdavies]

Great video by the way - I was lucky enough to see them in the RAC rally as a kid and my fave car of all time

[mrchrisdavies]

I entered a competition to win one of these when they came out. It was run by The Sun newspaper. Its still my dream car and First thing I would buy if I won the lottery! I actually saw one of these (road going ver) sell for just over £30,000 just a few years ago with 800 miles on the clock. Now they're worth nearly twice that value again and increasing all the time. I would have bought it if I had had the cash, for that price.

[racedemon89]

i have a blue metal matchbos rs200 and always lvoed it, still do, ribbed tires and log bouncy suspention lol, the rally car doesnt seem as good...

[liam196501]

When competitive drivers (even very skilled ones) are pushing to the limit it's inevitable that there will be crashes. It's not the car's fault when it does.

These were (and are) fantastic cars and with the right driver can get from any A to any B faster than any car on the planet.

Today there are RS200s with truly ridiculous power outputs - did I say ridiculous - I meant fantastic!.. Look out for one of them with 900+bhp at Pikes Peak this year.

[tonylockhart1963]

I had the privilege of a passenger ride in an RS200 at Snetterton back in 1985. About 4 laps driven by John Taylor, what an experience! Mind you, a remapped Seat Leon Cupra Tdi might accelerate faster now lol!!

[eljaco88]

its not the rally drivers fault that group-b stopped, its the fucking spectators, jumping out in middle of the road, and that crash that banned group-b, the spectators didn't move out the way! they used the worst spot to spectate and then to me it was suicide..

[tonylockhart1963]

Spectators didn't kill Henri or Sergio, or nearly kill Ari. They were killed by unsafe cars. Full stop.

[eljaco88]

about half right,700bhp in car weighing like half a socks weights like a formula one car, but some people do die because they jump out like lunatics.

[tonylockhart1963]

Right, here goes: I'm 45 years old and went to all the 1980's RAC rallies. I saw all the Group B cars, except the ugly Citroen, in the forests and parks of Great Britain. Our spectators behaved well, but still the cars crashed or burned. On most rallies the spectators behaved well, but still the cars crashed.

Perhaps with modern safety devices, tyres and transmissions etc, etc, etc, the cars would be safer but probably a lot faster too. Ever see a works car on the Isle of Man? Insane speed.

[eljaco88]

no im talking about other race car sports, i see what you mean, group-b cars are deadly(but fantastic) other race car sports like motorcross i once saw on the news someone died cos he jumped out or something but i see what you mean...

[eljaco88]

and plus, im only 14 and i didnt go lol but i do love cars and the ford rs200 is my favourite

[Thunderchief35]

By the way, what is the music? Sounds very 80s!

[hagarr82]

well, it is 80s! It's "to live and die in L.A." ost for the same name film!

[Thunderchief35]

Knew I had heard it before but would never have known it was that. Film features a great chase the wrong way down a freeway. Thanks a lot.

[Thunderchief35]

Awesome clip AGAIN Marvdogger. Your postings are THE best on Youtube.

[werdna230667]

Sex on wheels!

the sound! the looks! and then the climax!!

what more could a man ask for!!!

and not many RS200's left in this world!!

[mudaphucker]

to me the best rally car ever apart from the one that started it all

the audi Quatrro

[Megara4everLiou]

In Group B there were many good cars, as the Lancia Delta S4, The AUDI Quattro and the Ford RS 200. Now, about Ford, I think there was not enough time for that car to approve its real worth...

[Rawr454]

It's unfathomable how right you are!

[xXxteddy2shoesxXx]

it was only banned cos of the stupid spectators they stood in the most retard position ever of the qoutside of a bend that level with the track it those IDIOT faults that the Rs200 was banned

[Rawr454]

That was one reason, Group B was banned because of all the spectators and drivers dying. The deaths that were the final nail in the coffin were Henri Toivien(Correct spelling?) and his co-driver, they were piloting an Delta S4.

[P555LOK]

probly still smoke anythin out there 2day...

[peetukku81]

I want one of those ;)

[carnera83]

E' la vettura che ha fatto registrare il guinness dei primati dell'accelerazione da 0 a 100 all'ora... un vero mostro di tecnologia e potenza bruta...era la vettura più compatta del gruppo B

[kaupunkimoukari]

It´s a shame that rs200 didn`t take part more in 1986 season. Best designed car of all group B cars. And good looking thing anyway.

[rnoux]

peccato che non abbia corso molto in italia!

[henkkaS4]

who knows how will things end up in rs200 v.s delta s4...

[kaupunkimoukari]

insane car indeed

[Rally1993]

What is the music?

[iknowit85]

They didnt continue with it because Groub B was canceled in 1986, mostly thanks to those stupid viewers on stages. They just had to try and touch the car. You can blame them,mostly spanish and french, that we have those boring WRC cars of today...

RS200 saw its evolution on rallycross on late 80's and 90's

[onewing949]

See what i don't understand is if Ford had made this prodegy of a rally car, why didn't they just continue with it? So what if this car isn't all that popular or widely known it's a really nice car.

[gameking28]

I love how hard these things accelerate. You'd think it'd pop a wheelie, or take off, or something. I definitely hope to own one of the normal ones some day. Until then, I'll keep racing them in Gran Turismo 4...

[M0T0RCRAFT]

That car still gets me everytime, sad here in finland are only 2 or 3 thease :(

[guygittins]

Quality. Long live Boreham. Long live Stig! Long live the BDT! B200 AYD is at Suttons rally museum in Davantry... still gets used!

[456mikey]

Well done Marv, Its the longest 200 footage I've seen so far?

[dgr64]

nice.keep 'em coming marv.

[Marvdogger]

Thanks man, i got the rest of the footage i wanted from the RAC. So i stealthy removed the old on stuck this up, makes all the difference.