400HP Ford Escort RS1700T Group B Prototype in Action: Lovely Turbo Noises, Accelerations & Sound!

This kind of special vehicles is the reason why I love the Festival of Speed. I know it would be better to see them in their natural habitat but being so rare even to be seen inside a museum, having the chance to record them in action it’s way more rewarding. The car of this video is the Ford Escort RS1700T which was a prototype RWD machine based on the Escort Mk3 model and designed by Ford Motor Company in the early 80s to compete in Group B rallying. Compared to the two previous models, the road-going Escort Mk3 was unveiled in 1980 as a completely new car, and was conceived as a hi-tech, high-efficiency vehicle which would compete with the Volkswagen Golf and Honda Civic. The biggest changes being the adoption of front-wheel drive, the new hatchback body and all-new overhead camshaft engines. At the same time Ford also sold all of its works rally team to David Sutton Team. This choice was made so that Ford could ditch everything related to the outgoing Escort Mk2 and fully focus on developin