My dad spent ages trying to tape this advert years ago when it came on,, We had a 1.6L which was quite a rare one as it was the 3-door ! Just like the Cosworth but without the sunroof, it was a 1983 model and we upgraded it to a 85 model with the Ghia style grill bumpers and lamps and also those rear "ears" at the edge of the side window that stopped the crosswinds It looked really smart, But sadly like all everyday cars it just began to rust away and in 1995 we traded it for a Granada.
I noticed a few years ago that there seem to be more 1990-93 ish Sierras around than 1993-95 Mondeos. I think Ford stopped building Sierra because they were too well made.
Brings me back to the days when sierras were a common site on our roads :( I was born in 1987 and I remember when seeing mk1 sierras, mk3 escorts etc was a daily site on our roads, now even when i see a mk2 sierra I turn my head and have a good look. Shame really not into modern cars that are difficult to fix and boring to drive.
@Cookiefan1876 my job was to maintain both. sierras could rust their sills very quickly because the metal was so thin and not well sealed these fords certainly could rust. i would have the cavalier they were better, more solidly built.. maybe it depends if you like fwd or rwd.
'it has fuel injection' haha. I think I am the last generation that will use a carb. Choke out and effing and blinding whist smashing the throttle in! Good times
@speakeasy365 From tape over to DVD using fairly high-spec kit, then the VOB files get split into individual ads and uploaded directly without any further compression at my end which I suppose explains why they still look good after YT have processed them.
Really good quality. Can you share with us what high spec kit you used? I've been trying to perfect the quest of VHS to DVD / digital transfers for years and still am not happy with it. I have hundreds of old tapes to transfer but gave up as the quality of dvd recorder on the fly mpeg compression was not good enough for me. I thought about using a DV camcorder with an AV in to transfer to dv-avi then process to dvd. But getting hold of a camcorder is getting hard.
@rareads - Sony VHS recorder, through a triple-screened gold-plated AV cable into a Philips DVD recorder. The DVD was then split up (using DVDShrink) into seperate ads. The VOB files were then uploaded to YT, who would then process them into FLV format.
Still is: The vehicle details for F734 LPU are: Date of Liability 01 01 2011 Date of First Registration 06 10 1988 Year of Manufacture 1988 Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1993CC CO2 Emissions Not Available Fuel Type Petrol Export Marker Not Applicable Vehicle Status Licence Not Due Vehicle Colour GREY
depends which 1 you get, i have the xr4x4 its very comfy, very reliable but at 21mpg on a realy good day not economical, the 2.0 is a good car especial the glsi or ghia, economy isnt bad eather. i keep selling them on but always go back to the sierra theres just something about them.
i had a 4x4 2.9i, worst understeering lump of overhyped dogshit ive ever driven. Nearly wrapped it round a few lamposts before i managed to find a mug to give me my money back for it ...never again
This was an incredible car. Superb soundtrack to highlight it. Dig the '3D' drumming at 0:11. The Sierra realy hit the benchmark in styling and technology. One of the most handsome Estates ever designed (cow car).One of the most fastest road cars ever built(superb aerodynamics).One of the most luxurious 'domestic' cars ever created.(heating & air filteration) One of the greatest range of models available(lost count!) It punched a hole into the future of British Motoring but the seals would leak!
i have an xr4x4 i show it at car shows its amazing how many comments i get like, my dad had 1 of these or this brings back memories i had 1 of these lol i love my sierra and im glad even today people still have happy memories of them.
I used to have a Sierra years ago, was only a peasant 1.6 GL, a G reg one, was absolutely mint inside and out but engine was soooo bollocksed it was embarrassing, it used to smoke so bad you could barely see through it LOL the cylinder head was cracked and so constantly burned oil but it always started 1st time everytime and ran fine, never had to service it as it always used to get a fresh litre of oil every day:-s I miss it still, especially when its been raining lol
I think the Sierra was also designed by a Belgian as well wasn't it? As far as Europe goes, I think Sierras were also built in the UK and Germany as well.
My dad had a K-Reg. 1.6 Sierra Azura (one of the last models ever to be made). One of the best cars he ever owned, sold it in 1999 and it still never had a spot of corrosion on the bodywork at all!
The Sierra was a great car (like this ad. Brilliant sound track. Dig that excellent drumming at 0:12) The sierra estate is of special note as it tried hard to look sleak and beautiful ('the cow car'). Remember, most estate cars were quite ugly.They would forsake looks for functionality. Those rather notorious 'species cars' that were such a blot on the roadscape in the 70s (the Ford Cortina Estate, one example) as well as the 'max cars' functional family station wagons. urgh!
Nevertheless,I think the Sierra has proved better than the Fiesta as a modern Ford car.I would definately buy one because I can't stand the Fiesta so the Sierra is my favorite Ford car.
my fav car...it would nice to own some day with licence cosworth sierra 1988 and cosworth sierra 1990 and sierra 1987 and sierra xr4 1987 and sierra estate 1987-1991
Sierras were mostly made in Belgium but they were still great cars and you still see quite a lot about even though none have been made for 15 years, they were far better than the MKII Cavaliers!
that's why people think that the sierra is something..it's because they were built in your country..but what ever is built in your country isn't the best..
it is a crap car..old, underpowered, dated, slow, low fuel economy, slopy suspension...the hyundai accent is better, has abs, airbags, better handling, engines are more powerfull...it's just cheap for people that don't want to spend or don't have to spend a lot of money.. wake up..
only cars that counted in that advert are the race cars and the cosworths
jamiej2k6 2 months ago
My grandad had 91`Sierra azura.he sold it unfortunatly.it could be mine.:(
Sierrari85 3 months ago
My dad spent ages trying to tape this advert years ago when it came on,, We had a 1.6L which was quite a rare one as it was the 3-door ! Just like the Cosworth but without the sunroof, it was a 1983 model and we upgraded it to a 85 model with the Ghia style grill bumpers and lamps and also those rear "ears" at the edge of the side window that stopped the crosswinds It looked really smart, But sadly like all everyday cars it just began to rust away and in 1995 we traded it for a Granada.
ianmax69 3 months ago
i miss the sierra. :(
EXTREME4YEARSTOCOME 3 months ago
I TAKE COSSIE RS 500 !!!!!
Alkaidapx 3 months ago
Sierra <3
FordNord 4 months ago
I noticed a few years ago that there seem to be more 1990-93 ish Sierras around than 1993-95 Mondeos. I think Ford stopped building Sierra because they were too well made.
vpole 4 months ago
Its this, its that, if it was made in England it was rotten in 3 years. For some reason the German or Belgian ones were a lot better made.
Paddy075 4 months ago
@Paddy075 Says who?? The ones from the Saarlouis factory tended to rust even faster even in Southern countries. The Belgian ones were solid though
Supermirafiori131 2 months ago
Brings me back to the days when sierras were a common site on our roads :( I was born in 1987 and I remember when seeing mk1 sierras, mk3 escorts etc was a daily site on our roads, now even when i see a mk2 sierra I turn my head and have a good look. Shame really not into modern cars that are difficult to fix and boring to drive.
cosworthben88 5 months ago 4
My dad had the xr4x4..... What a car and what dad!!!
FuggyBoards 5 months ago
I say, fuck the future!
Ignas359 7 months ago
0:22 its a bloody slow middle-lane hogging diesel
bedfordcrusader 7 months ago
its 4x4 its a race car its a hatch back its a saloon and its my DREAM CAR!
waferthin99 7 months ago
@Cookiefan1876 my job was to maintain both. sierras could rust their sills very quickly because the metal was so thin and not well sealed these fords certainly could rust. i would have the cavalier they were better, more solidly built.. maybe it depends if you like fwd or rwd.
gilessmokey 8 months ago
my dad had a green A reg. we had it for 14 years. in the end we called it lucy. was one of the family
MrKarlnufc 9 months ago
'it has fuel injection' haha. I think I am the last generation that will use a carb. Choke out and effing and blinding whist smashing the throttle in! Good times
justnukeit 9 months ago
My brother is 20 years old and has owned 16 sierra's, great cars!
Pwnedbycake 10 months ago
When Ford actually did have a bit of style on their cars lol
1welshdevil 10 months ago
Great work getting this uploaded at such good quality! It might be old but the Sierra 4x4 still looks great I think!
tjf4375 11 months ago
itz my dream saloon if im 18
mofunzonecom 11 months ago
I like all the variants mentioned... Until he said "Diesal"...
NegativeNumbers427 1 year ago
Ford Sierra and GMC Sierra hmmm.....
TJC450 1 year ago
"The only reason you didn't buy a Ford Sierra Sapphire Cosworth is because you forgot about it."
Jeremy Clarkson
BeattieBullet94 1 year ago
haha i love how the diesel is being overtaken by a coach and a lorry on both sides! a hint at how slow it is.
alexx400 1 year ago
may seem like an odd question but how come the video is such good quality? is it not from VHS?
speakeasy365 1 year ago
@speakeasy365 - It was taken off a 20 year old VHS tape!
atariman1988 1 year ago
@atariman1988 wow it looks like its from professional master! how do you get VHS on to youtube? whats your process?
speakeasy365 1 year ago
@speakeasy365 From tape over to DVD using fairly high-spec kit, then the VOB files get split into individual ads and uploaded directly without any further compression at my end which I suppose explains why they still look good after YT have processed them.
atariman1988 1 year ago
@atariman1988
Really good quality. Can you share with us what high spec kit you used? I've been trying to perfect the quest of VHS to DVD / digital transfers for years and still am not happy with it. I have hundreds of old tapes to transfer but gave up as the quality of dvd recorder on the fly mpeg compression was not good enough for me. I thought about using a DV camcorder with an AV in to transfer to dv-avi then process to dvd. But getting hold of a camcorder is getting hard.
rareads 9 months ago
@rareads - Sony VHS recorder, through a triple-screened gold-plated AV cable into a Philips DVD recorder. The DVD was then split up (using DVDShrink) into seperate ads. The VOB files were then uploaded to YT, who would then process them into FLV format.
atariman1988 9 months ago
@atariman1988
Thanks for that info
rareads 9 months ago
@speakeasy365 some video machines recorded brilliant m8 just analog tv and early scart that usually let it down
somervillearron 1 year ago
I'm in love with SIERRA by FORD
tttthhhhaaaa 1 year ago
Used to find stolen sierras dumped all over the countryside
ihatepolice999 1 year ago
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those were the days when queers were killed.
now they herald them as normal people.
watanabehefuml 1 year ago
nice ride, the xr4i i like that car.
CxMehmetcikCx 1 year ago
They did a one off high performance Ford Sierra XR4x4i too!
AnthonyUK 1 year ago
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A car for a farmer. ;)
FrightfulAccountant 2 years ago
Fords are great cars.
stepheng1483 2 years ago 6
666rivnat 2 years ago 2
so how are these cars to run as a daily drive?Expensive? Reliable? Economical? Comfy?
daryl4classic 2 years ago
depends which 1 you get, i have the xr4x4 its very comfy, very reliable but at 21mpg on a realy good day not economical, the 2.0 is a good car especial the glsi or ghia, economy isnt bad eather. i keep selling them on but always go back to the sierra theres just something about them.
winjinsinjon 2 years ago
thanks mate, need a new everyday car and it must be a ford lol.
daryl4classic 2 years ago
i had a 4x4 2.9i, worst understeering lump of overhyped dogshit ive ever driven. Nearly wrapped it round a few lamposts before i managed to find a mug to give me my money back for it ...never again
007bondspy 2 years ago
@007bondspy You shouldn't brag about that, shows how incompetent you are behind the wheel - -
LostZer0 1 year ago
i wish i could buy a 2.0 ghia sapphire brand new today
666rivnat 2 years ago 11
Dont we all!
dougisamug 2 years ago 2
This was an incredible car. Superb soundtrack to highlight it. Dig the '3D' drumming at 0:11. The Sierra realy hit the benchmark in styling and technology. One of the most handsome Estates ever designed (cow car).One of the most fastest road cars ever built(superb aerodynamics).One of the most luxurious 'domestic' cars ever created.(heating & air filteration) One of the greatest range of models available(lost count!) It punched a hole into the future of British Motoring but the seals would leak!
Regalseven 2 years ago 2
Q CHULO
NENUCO80JER 2 years ago
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Loved by chavs throughout the land.
revcom301 2 years ago
i had a ford sierra and the window got jamed
thetaylorschool 2 years ago
@thetaylorschool so what
LostZer0 1 year ago
the estate one lasted till march 2004
dannyisso 2 years ago
the one that said it has 4 wheel drive the white one lasted til april this year 2009! wow probably scrapped now :(
dannyisso 2 years ago
more likely stripped for parts if it got to that age.
winjinsinjon 2 years ago
WOW COOL the second one the turbo one in this ad F734 LPU is still ALIVE and on the road wow!!
thge owner must be pourd!! xD
dannyisso 2 years ago
the sapphire cosworth is actually for sale on the pistonheads website
SierraCoz 2 years ago
i have an xr4x4 i show it at car shows its amazing how many comments i get like, my dad had 1 of these or this brings back memories i had 1 of these lol i love my sierra and im glad even today people still have happy memories of them.
winjinsinjon 2 years ago
a friend of mine has an XR4i,
i don't know what condition it is in,
but i want to get it running
UBIQUEROL 2 years ago
Get it running and get a vid up on YT, you know you want to.
dougisamug 2 years ago
My dad used 2 av a sierra bout 11 years ago, it was the same type sierra as the one at 0:22, exept i was white.
:)
JAKE09GY 2 years ago
I have a sierra sapphire cossie :) HOpe to own a RS500 someday.
CRF250RGUY 2 years ago
I used to have a Sierra years ago, was only a peasant 1.6 GL, a G reg one, was absolutely mint inside and out but engine was soooo bollocksed it was embarrassing, it used to smoke so bad you could barely see through it LOL the cylinder head was cracked and so constantly burned oil but it always started 1st time everytime and ran fine, never had to service it as it always used to get a fresh litre of oil every day:-s I miss it still, especially when its been raining lol
drewerz01 2 years ago 3
the sierra was designed by the french
guy "patrick le quément" thank you !
davlaurent 3 years ago
I think the Sierra was also designed by a Belgian as well wasn't it? As far as Europe goes, I think Sierras were also built in the UK and Germany as well.
80sfordman 3 years ago
My dad had a K-Reg. 1.6 Sierra Azura (one of the last models ever to be made). One of the best cars he ever owned, sold it in 1999 and it still never had a spot of corrosion on the bodywork at all!
There is, only one....Ford Sierra! :)
80sfordman 3 years ago 3
hey i have the 2.9 engine hihi
goes lika rocket
bmxjoa 3 years ago 2
i like how they actualy show the car unlike most ford ads of today.
i love the sierra, i sell 1 and get something else but i always return to the sierra.
s1njon 3 years ago
They can bury me in my sierra. Love this advirse.
robisierra92 3 years ago 2
The Sierra was a great car (like this ad. Brilliant sound track. Dig that excellent drumming at 0:12) The sierra estate is of special note as it tried hard to look sleak and beautiful ('the cow car'). Remember, most estate cars were quite ugly.They would forsake looks for functionality. Those rather notorious 'species cars' that were such a blot on the roadscape in the 70s (the Ford Cortina Estate, one example) as well as the 'max cars' functional family station wagons. urgh!
Regalseven 3 years ago
they missed out the most common one- "it's a 1.8 LX driven by a sales rep stuck in traffic on the M25" lol
These were good reliable cars, let down for me by poor rustproofing. I still own a 2.3 sapphire, they can bury me in it
mrspivvy 3 years ago
i used to to have a 2.0 gls and was mint.great on motorway.
kjo78 3 years ago
Same here matey lol 1987 2.0 gls could cruise at 115 all day long
2litresierra 3 years ago
Im in love with ford
Cyrusgabe 3 years ago 3
"Why dont they do adverts like that anymore"
Why dont they build cars like that anymore.
dougisamug 3 years ago 16
@dougisamug yea most of the ford ads now dont even show you the car, shows there proud of the crap they make now lol
winjinsinjon 1 year ago
@dougisamug i had one 2 litre injection went like shit of a shovel back then was the dogs bollox if you had a cosworth you was rich lol
dummyspitter 5 months ago
one of the greatest cars ever made!!! love it!!!
gavbcossie 3 years ago 20
its a beast !
Cascada283132 3 years ago 4
Nevertheless,I think the Sierra has proved better than the Fiesta as a modern Ford car.I would definately buy one because I can't stand the Fiesta so the Sierra is my favorite Ford car.
Tomj2110 3 years ago 3
Great Sierra advert,I love Sierras.
Tomj2110 3 years ago 4
This advert actually makes me want to go out and buy one...can't say that for most adverts these days!
ed47846 3 years ago 5
Why dont they do adverts like that anymore
cashw55 3 years ago 3
my fav car...it would nice to own some day with licence cosworth sierra 1988 and cosworth sierra 1990 and sierra 1987 and sierra xr4 1987 and sierra estate 1987-1991
josatinho 3 years ago
Sierras were mostly made in Belgium but they were still great cars and you still see quite a lot about even though none have been made for 15 years, they were far better than the MKII Cavaliers!
MidlandNinja 3 years ago 3
My Sierra 2.9 4x4 ghia is still going strong!
xlr82u 3 years ago
My Sierra 2.9 4x4 ghia is still going strong!
xlr82u 3 years ago
These things sure are a superb vehicle, in turbo petrol form certainly. Dominated Motor Sport in Australia in the late 1980's.
80sOldSkool 3 years ago
ford sierras are great
in fact fords in general pretty much built the UK, just look at the transit!
fruitnveg 4 years ago 2
that's why people think that the sierra is something..it's because they were built in your country..but what ever is built in your country isn't the best..
batiriskaiasxhmos 4 years ago 2
very true - british leyland built some appauling cars!
fruitnveg 3 years ago
And Ford didn't? Rust buckets!
WoolWool1990 3 years ago
Sierras were built in Genk, Belgium.
postie2003 3 years ago
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it's too old....even a hyundai accent is a better car..
batiriskaiasxhmos 4 years ago
Of course its old its been out of production since 1993, but that dont mean that its a bad car you cock head.
The Accent however always was a cheap eurobox lookalike disposable car.
There is only one Ford Sierra.
dougisamug 4 years ago 2
it is a crap car..old, underpowered, dated, slow, low fuel economy, slopy suspension...the hyundai accent is better, has abs, airbags, better handling, engines are more powerfull...it's just cheap for people that don't want to spend or don't have to spend a lot of money.. wake up..
batiriskaiasxhmos 4 years ago
Congrats mate - you have just demonstrated your complete lack of knowledge about cars if you think a hyundai accent is good...
goochi01 3 years ago 2
his right..hyundai and kia's cars are more modern than a 20 year old ford. look at thei30 and the cee'd
aravikipita 3 years ago
This was always my argument about the sierra. how many cars could you say this about
2litresierra 4 years ago 2
hell those were the days!!!!
Adamswordly148 4 years ago 2