Escort Cosworth vs Focus RS

[richboy900]

LOL 1.24 the audio is funny as fuck

[johnjackson12]

the escort cossie got a massive jump start! its also driven by the stig! not saying the focus would win but would be alot closer

[bajsmuffin]

you can't put an RS emblem on something that is front wheel drive!

[erebus38]

I'm not from Europe and we don't have the Cosworth Escort here,but I'll take the AWD any day over a boring front wheel drive.

[Jordzindaplace]

I'm a massive ford fan. at the moment I'm 14 and the cossie is like my dream car. I'm getting a focus as my first car and really like the mk1 frs. they are very good to tune. but I want that 4wd system in my life. but by the time i can get one it will be difficult already theyre very rare. what would you say I should get. the focus rs or an escort rs cosworth?

[semiside]

@Jordzindaplace if u r planning to get one as ur first car, i hope ur rich cuz they r expensive to buy and even more to insure, anyhow i think it would have to be the escort cossie 4wd, they look better, sound better and they have they have the grip

[Jordzindaplace]

@semiside lol not as my first car, im getting a focus 1.6 as my 1st car :D and yeah i know, insurance figures for them are nuts!

[rs200000000000]

@Jordzindaplace i got quoted £4000 fully comp for a saphire cosworth , not bad really ive only just got my licence

[Jordzindaplace]

@rs200000000000 Shit! you just got your licence? how old are you? im looking to get a focus 1.6 when im older :D i definitely can afford any cossies. and im only 14 at the moment :D

[RafaCosworth]

Normal. El cosworth es mejor coche en TODOS los aspectos.

[starfre77]

old school all the way...

[FocusSTFan]

Escort = 1 hour drive, 1 month repair. Think about that.

[TheKamikazeMAR]

@FocusSTFan Repair what?When you drive him well he is reliable.

[starfre77]

nope. sierra cossie forever.

best streetcar made.

[lullo456]

@starfre77 i agree

[GepieNL]

great sond!!!  (not)

[HiggsFenderU2]

1998 Kankkunen-Repo #7 Ford-Escourt RS Cosworth.

Best car ever made. With a Straight Cut Dog gearbox.....Sound of heaven!!!

Matt.

[marcel863]

what episode is it?

[johnjackson12]

The cossie went about a second before the focus and had the stig at the wheel... im not saying the cossie would loose but would of been alot closer

[1980cossie]

@johnjackson12 Thats why 4 wheel drive cars as faster 0-60 nothing to do with setting off first. The Focus was struggling to grip.so you've got a standard cossie not running like it would have been when it was only a couple of years old and it wooped that shitty Focus RS in its own hay day. Not many standard Cossie's round anymore. Most are tuned 300-600bhp, you can't tune that crappy Focus RS. Thats why no one will remember them in 10 years time.

[1980cossie]

@johnjackson12 Hold the vid at 1.37 and you'll see they both move at exactly the same time!

[Smiggybfc]

Bring back the escort1!!!!!

[cisarak]

escort is best car

[jjrocks3333]

if i were to own one id choose the cossie, but i still love the focus

[kubusiek77]

Escort cosworth rulezzzz.... Forever!

[EXTREME4YEARSTOCOME]

COZZY FTW! 4wd is way way way better then fwd

[JohnFotios]

the escort is'nt just an escort, its a cossie. but the focus, is just a focus.

no cossie = no win =p

[TheStevie1977]

fuck off u twat both r proper

[cuprahard1]

you buy a cosworth because of its status. once a cosworth always a cosworth.i would never choose the focus over the cosworth...love um!

[longdistancetrucker]

There was also a 2wd Escort Cosworth made, The 4wd was an option. Check it out. The Focus is only an RS, not a Cosworth. Not even in the same league. When you bought a Cosworth you knew you had something special. You buy a Focus RS, its still a Focus. and FWD

[mmcsafi]

@longdistancetrucker the 2wd cossie was only for the sierra and the escort was always 4wd

[tazzer010]

@mmcsafi . There was 2wd escort cossies made RWD

[UBIQUEROL]

The Focus RS is nothing more than a cheap copy,

ESCORT FOREVER!

[jaffacake1578]

@UBIQUEROL not the new one!!!!

[maule91]

@UBIQUEROL

the Focus RS isn´t a cheap copy, it´s a very good car, but the cossie is a legend. the cossie hasn´t got so much kg. It´s not fair.-

Focus Forever!

[Smiggybfc]

what are you on with the escort would still of bet the focus even if it was the same weight the cosworth yb was miles powerfuller and a better builld engine than the focus rs mk1

[stevejwilson102]

what top gear episode is this off?

[ChrisParker318]

cnt get sick of this video cossie kills it

[EvilSockProductions]

escort amazing car but how can you compare a front wheel drive vs a 4 wheel drive in a drag race

[numptybaws3]

Well a landrover defender 110 against an escort 1.8 would get toasted

[CobraMarty]

Cossie... Retro Ford tuner For the win! - My biggest fav. is the Sierra Cosworth though. both 2 and 4WD

[techstyle123]

it would not hold up with the new rs ...301 bhp looks good .....the old 1 s still look nice too

[jamesymcc2009]

thats the exact same cosworth as in the fith gear test check both Reg's

[bluntyn40]

COSSIE POWER . . . . RETRO NUFF SAID and one absolute tunable engine :)

[000ntafi000]

ESCORT THE BEST CAR'S

[TheMillFairfield]

Even Fith Gear did a test between the 2 cars. The Escort trounced the Focus then too..

Escorts forever.

[brlm340]

Cosworth no doubt bout it

[astro1218]

you guys can all just go take a shit in your own cereal... PERIOD....

[latin74]

This manubilbo faggot know shit about cars, a FF car never can beat a 4WD car if both have the same size and power, 4WD cars have a superior acceleration, even my gramma know that...

The Escort is so much quicker that this moron thinks it was a false start...ahahahahaha

[ultrav87]

Surely you should consider transmission loses in your rant? Same engine in the same car but different drivetrains, I'm sure your gramma would know that the 4wd drivetrain will have more power loses through it than a fwd drivetrain, maybe she forgot to tell you?

Yes this will only work until a point that the fwd cannot get traction but below this point FWD will be lighter and have more power a the wheels.

[latin74]

So genius explain why almost 100% of the racing cars and super cars like Ferrari, Porsche or Sports rally cars like Impreza WRX have 4WD, FR or RR traction and NOT FF traction?

Maybe cars with FF traction have a better economy and more internal space (they don't have the axel shaft) but a inferior performance...ask your gramma in the hers lifetime cars with FF traction doesnt even exists...

[ultrav87]

Did you miss where I said FWD would only have it's advantages until it could no longer get traction to put the power down? Ferrari's and Porches would exceed this!

[latin74]

Well after all the Cossie Escort is faster than Focus RS live with that....

[johnmadden1989]

wouldnt a 4wd car have greater traction? im not an expert, just curious...

[verticallyblessed]

1966 Oldsmobile Toronado?

[94XJ]

Torque steer hell!

[verticallyblessed]

425ci engine with 385hp. Yeah, torque steer hell is right lol.

[rvsgamer]

The cossie fucking pwned the focus :-))

[manubilbo]

false at all.the cossie exits first.

[latin74]

Not dumb, a FF drive have a inferior acceleration if you compare to 4WD car with the same power...

[manubilbo]

you are a douche bag and a faggot.

you can hear the escort reving the first.

top gear´s videos are scum,they said in another video than a golf v gti is faster than a focus rs and a cosworth,and it´s not true.

[latin74]

Stop crying pussycat...The Escort is fastier, period...

[joe588]

Well that was a suprise heh.

Fuck me, the sound of the audience with the poor quality is scary as fuck. Play it full volume for optimum frights

[markobegus]

for optimum frights ahahahah nice one!

[AmiiAmarth]

Cosworth <3

[DANATRINGWOOD]

the sound on this vid is poor but the footage was great cossies rule

[escortcossie012]

Cossie all the way