FORD ESCORT
FORD ESCORT
FORD ESCORT
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Above: 19 0 Escort Ghia<br />
1. l. Right above: The<br />
Wagon version proved<br />
popular with families.<br />
Bottom right: The first<br />
Escort Cabrio comes off<br />
the Karmann production<br />
line<br />
1 | Escort<br />
The RS and Mexico badges had now been largely<br />
replaced by the XR moniker applied to a range of<br />
hot hatches with the XR3 accounting for one in<br />
every 10 sold, although a limited edition German<br />
developed and built RS1600i was sold in small<br />
numbers in 1982 and ’83.<br />
Niche models were now creeping into product<br />
ranges and, following a 1981 concept study, Ford<br />
joined forces with German coachwork specialists,<br />
Karmann to develop and produce the first in a series<br />
of Escort cabriolets.<br />
A booted version, known originally as the Orion,<br />
appeared in 1983 coinciding with the Escort’s third<br />
consecutive year as the world’s best selling car:<br />
827,000 to be precise. The Orion was sold very<br />
much as a family saloon in GL, Ghia and Injection<br />
trim with no sporty XR versions. Later, the Orion<br />
name disappeared as the vehicle became a full<br />
member of the Escort family.
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