![]() ![]() ![]() As if being a one of forty-four M-Sport built Focus WRC cars produced between 19 doesn’t make it special enough, the rear windows carry the names: McRae and Grist. The DirtFish showroom is home to one of the few Ford Focus RS WRC cars in the world, and a very special one at that. Some of the most notable rally cars that have been a product of the Ford World Rally Team are the Mk1 and Mk2 Escorts, the monstrous and fabled RS200, the Escort RS Cosworth, the Focus RS WRC and most recently, the Fiesta WRC. Since that first season, nearly forty years ago, Ford has built their fair share of extremely successful rally cars, while pushing the limits of technology and innovation. That was the beginning of one of the most successful manufacturers to ever grace the WRC. In their inaugural WRC season, Ford was able to bring home their first WRC win from the Lombard RAC Rally with the Escort. Entering into the championship with the already proven Escort RS1800, with world-renowned drivers, Hannu Mikkola and Bjorn Waldegard. They have developed a reputation for building some of the most impressive rally cars of all time, with their first foray into the World Rally Championship in 1978, which was the same year the WRC was founded. Since the birth of the World Rally Championship, Ford has cultivated an overwhelmingly successful and extensive history in the world of rally all around the globe.
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