Ford Sierra

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Scooping the saloons... How Ford will shape the really new Cortina

October 1979Car
Pictures from a clinic

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Scoop : Radical new Cortina gets the green light

November 1980Car
The new Ford Cortina - to be unveiled at the next Birmingham Motor Show in 1982 - will be a dramatically styled hatchback. But underneath its advanced body will lurk conventional rear wheel drive mechanicals

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Probe - The 1982 Cortina and beyond

October 1981Car
Ford's startling new show car is far more than pretty sheetmetal and a fascinating cabin. Its basic shape is that of the dramatic new hatchback Cortina that Ford will release next year. It also embodies revolutionary aerodynamic techniques that will transform the efficiency and appeal of all other production Fords by the end of the decade

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Sierra Revealed!

June 1982Car

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'90s Breakthrough : Ford Sierra

October 1982Car
The Flogging of the Sierra : Can Ford's Sierra, so clearly superior to their hugely popular Cortina, follow the old car's winning act?

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Oracle : Britain

January 1983Car
Within two weeks of the lauch of the Sierra the cars started to appear at auctions.

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First Drive : XR4i, King Sierra

May 1983Car
This impressive £10,000, 130mph Ford Sierra XR4i has much more to do than merely look good and go fast. It must breathe more life into the whole jaded Sierra sales scene

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Giant Test

January 1970Car
Alfa Romeo GTV6 v Audi Coupe Fi v Ford XR4i

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Long Term Test : Part Harmony

November 1983Car
Crosswinds it did not like, but our Sierra 1.6L was cheap to run and never let us down

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Merking about

August 1985Fast Lane
Having flopped with the XR4 on one side of the Atlantic, Ford are trying it out on the other side with a new name - Merkur XR4Ti - and a home-grown power train

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Road Test

August 1985Motor Sport
First impressions of the Ford Sierra XR4x4

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Less soggy Sierra

May 1986CCC
On the heels of its stiffened-up 2.0iS, Ford has added a sporting suspension package to lesser models in the Sierra range.

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The rise of a repmobile

May 1986CCC
Gerard Sauer concludes Project Sierra with a number of attractive and cost-effective body modifications — Gerard Sauer

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Sierra RS Cosworth vs BMW M3

September 1986Performance Car
Ford and BMW both have serious European Championship saloon car racing aspirations for 1987. The Sierra RS Cosworth and the BMW M3 are the weapons they will use. What kind of car does the customer get?

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Breaking the mould

March 1987Performance Car
Not even Ford would deny nowadays that the original Sierra had a shaky start, but by keeping faith with the whole Sierra concept, Ford created a market leader. Now, with the attractive Sierra Sapphire, the next phase is beginning.

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'Super' Cosworths soon

May 1987Fast Lane
A new 'super' Sierra RS Cosworth goes into production in June, fitted with a larger turbocharger and - to match its greater performance potential - larger brakes.

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Design awards

May 1988Performance Car
The new Sapphire-based Sierra Cosworth has won one of the 22 1988 British Design Awards

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Super-Rep

March 1988Fast Lane
Go-faster execs who need a conservative four-doors-and-a-boot image but who can't persuade the company to stump up BMW or Mercedes-Benz money will not be able to resist the new Sierra Cosworth, complete with its handy-for-samples boot.

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Impressions : Sierra RS Cosworth

March 1988Performance Car
The first Sierra RS Cosworth mixed rapid performance and comfort well, but was not without its imperfections. Now there's a respectable booted version, costing £19,000, and in mainstream production

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All-wheel drive club

March 1988Performance Car
Audi Quattro v Mazda 323 Turbo 4x4 v BMW 325iX v Lancia Delta HF Turbo 4WD v Ford Sierra XR4x4

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Impressions

April 1988Performance Car
Sierra RS500 Cosworth

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I did it my way

April 1988Performance Car
Ford's announcement of the Sierra Cosworth Supercar in 1986 caused quite a stir. Never before had it been possible to buy 150mph for only £15,000. Now there's the mainstream production version complete with a Sapphire bodyshell and added refinement.