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LIVE AT AUCTION WITH EVOKE CLASSICS. Owned for 18 years. Rated as A1 Condition by RS Owners Club. Previous full restoration. Good document pack. Very well maintained. Covered and dry stored. MOT'd to June 2025. Located in Grimsby, Lincolnshire.Ford announced its all new Escort Mk III in 1980, the new car being the first Escort to feature front wheel drive and a transverse mounted engine. A hot hatch version, the XR3, was available from the start and was followed by a much hotter limited edition version in 1983, the RS1600i. This only lasted in production for one season, being replaced by the new Escort RS Turbo in 1984. Introduced to homologate the Escort for the Royal Mail Datapost entry into the Touring Car Championship, the RS Turbo was limited to a production run of 5,000 but eventually around 8000 were believed to be produced. Its specification included RS alloy wheels, a limited slip differential (believed the first time one of these was fitted to a front wheel drive production car), Recaro seats and on the Custom model, a glass sunroof. The RS Turbo used a combination of a tuned 1.6 litre engine with a Garrett turbo bolted on. This package worked very well and produced a healthy 132bhp, making it one of fastest Escorts, sprinting to 60 in 8 seconds on its way to a maximum of 125mph. FOR FULL DETAILS AND MORE IMAGES, PLEASE SEE OUR WEBSITE. GUIDED AT £23,000 TO £25,000