Hardly the best fast Ford to drive, but at least this Escort is £630,000 cheaper than the Diana car.
I’ll level with you. I don’t think that the Ford XR3i is that great a car. Not dynamically speaking. It’s certainly not the best-handling Ford there’s ever been, and not even the best-handling Escort for that matter. Not when the Escort’s back catalogue is full of gems such as the Mexico and RS1800.
But it was a rubbish motor compared with GM's Family II engines. I can remember racing a few XR3i’s off the lights in my knackered-out old Mk1 Astra 1300 S. Talk about showing something a clean pair of heels. It was no sweat getting ahead, much to the chagrin of those Ford boys, who were no doubt paying a fortune for their insurance for the privilege of driving such a sought-after and highly nickable machine. It was also a coarse engine.
Right, well that’s a litany of negativity about how disappointing the XR3i is, which might have you wondering why the hell I am writing about it. Here’s why: despite the faults, I just love ‘em. Whether it’s the Mk3 or a Mk4 like this one, a warm feeling comes over me every time I clap my eyes on an XR3i. Especially this one, actually, because the guy that worked on our farm when I was growing up had one just like it.
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