Sierra RS Cossie is a rally monster

Video footage of the Ford Sierra RS Cosworth rally car. It’s very loud, and very sideways

Posted by: Vijay Pattni, 07 March 2011

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Ford SIerra RS Cosworth

Forget that ‘Back End Integration' meeting and cancel your 12pm Pilates class. This is more important.

It is footage of the Ford Sierra RS Cosworth rally car in its 1980s heyday. It is five-and-a-bit minutes of loud, oversteery goodness which reminds you why these super-saloons were machines of mayhem.

Watch the footage below, taken from European rally events in the 80s and 90s, and then try and concentrate on the rest of your day. Enjoy.

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Everyone take note: That's the correct way to make a rally video. No idiotic music competing with the car.

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Mmmmm, wonder how many pf those spectators had have a change of underwear!!!

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I didn't realise anyone was filming me..... ;-)

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This is spectacular to watch, but at the same time - its just slow. Driver looks to be a good one and its a shame, that he decided to show off by picking such a car, instead of taking on the competition in a proper, modern car. ...like for example, of course - ASTON MARTIN ;)

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nice, rally capturing. right on the sweet spot in the action corners of the track. Otherwise, i find this events very dangerous for spectators. i have seen severel times the pilots strubbeling with there car, and in a matter of seconds the could hit some people badly. realy powerful cars and tricky road tracks, ar somtimes onpredictible. somtimes the organisation fals to be awere to disipline the spectators from sutch an event. otherwise. My gongratiolations for the film-maker, he has a good job done, maybe like the real tv-report, you can add som somment on the background? yours sencerly, Antropoloog

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