1992 Old Top Gear - Ford Sierra RS Cosworth

Quentin Willson looks at buying a used 'cossie'
ALL RIGHTS GO TO THE BBC.

[@mambastu]

Good old Quentin. A time when car reviews were actually informative.

[@Maulinator69]

He's bang on about prices lol... I have one of the last made on a G plate. A white Sapphire RS Cosworth 4x4, black leather interior... I've had it since 1993 when I paid £5700 for a 22000 mile model. It was a treat to myself when I received a promotion in the RAF. I've spent a lot of years living overseas since then so the car has spent much time in storage... I just couldn't bring myself to sell it. I'm 50 now, semi retired and have a bit of a car collection going in the double digits. The Cossie had a bit of a restoration 3 years ago but has never needed any major body work as I had the paint protected and it ziebarted from the moment I bought it so she's near enough mint. It's on 52000 miles and with a few basic mods is knocking out about 260-70 bhp. Drives just as well as it did the day I bought it and STILL turns heads when I take it out regularly during the summer months. Recently a guy approached me whilst I was out in it and told me he'd wanted one for ages and was prepared to pay me 40k if I'd sell it to him. I declined but they really do sell for silly money these days. I just wish I still had my first ever car, a 9 year old V reg Escort MK 2 RS Harrier in white... sigh :/

[@wetleyrocks3092]

Yeah, Harriers! I think the white ones got mistaken for 'two door' Linnets!

[@replay6896]

Yeah alright mate.

[@martinhunt6004]

I say that is most splendid!

[@andrewwright.]

worth more than 40k being locked up most it's life. ...has it even reached its cambelt service with them miles? I doubt it.

[@philedwards5747]

I'm not from the UK so I'm curious as to the difference with the different starting number plate letters what does that refer to has it something to do with rego or insurance?

[@minatormyth]

I remember this when it was first aired. Were the hell have the years gone 😳

[@deejarvisful]

Good old Quentin, Clarkson owes a lot to this guy.

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[@MisterBlue50]

Quentin was actually my favorite in Top Gear. His presentations were very sensible. Jeremy was more the cynical. :-)

[@isaz597]

He & Tiff Needell were the real enthusiasts.

[@lemmykilmister4919]

You should have seen Quentin roasting the Austin Metro.

[@mariemccann5895]

Clarkson is a cun*, end of story.

[@R-Tap]

Quentin knew how to deliver a line.

[@sportshatch]

Apparently when your Sierra gets stolen it reappears as a burnt out Fiat.

[@ReelWheelsMediaLtd]

Brilliant! 😂

[@tedvarrick9599]

8-9k for a original rs cosworth!! That's an investment better than any bank could ever offer!

[@williamrae9954]

£20k today..so,yes,better investment

[@ivanfernyhough3851]

​@@williamrae9954ya dreaming,more like 60 to 70000 + today for a original 3 door.even the sapphires are going for over 30000 nowadays

[@williamrae9954]

@@ivanfernyhough3851 Education skills are lacking...£9k then is appropriately £20k today!

[@googleuser2571]

They were changing hands in the trade as little as £2k in the early 90s. Nobody wanted them.

[@ericgeorge5483]

Quentin Willson.......Legend.

[@bugattieb110ss]

Glad to hear your experience was better than mine! Funnily enough, I knew someone who had an Escort Cosworth back in the 90's and took it to a Ford dealer for a cambelt change and a couple of months later it snapped. He had a nightmare of a time getting compensation out of the fuckers and getting them to pay for repairs. On further investigation by a specialist it appeared that the oil filter had never been changed in 3 years of Ford main dealer servicing either...!

[@bighit2481]

Cosworth was founded in 1958 in London UK mike costin and Keith duckworth.. Hence the name COSWORTH. British ;)

[@SteadyRise]

You learn something new every day.

[@lnteIIigence]

I think Tinduck would've been better.

[@juststuff5216]

Cosworth, like most of the British car industry, now owned by German companies! www.grandprix.com/ns/ns01599.html

[@daleoldham1761]

COSWORTH Got to be the best name in history for a butler COSWORTH fetch my whiskey and pipe lol

[@tom186i]

Could have been called Cockwort. Good job they didn't.

[@adamholmes91]

"£6000 for a good condition one" roll on 2016 - £20,000+

[@dommidavros2211]

Errrrr no, not a chance!! I don't think anyone's stupid enough to pay that much!

[@stage3muppet]

+Dommi Davros early 2wd saff Cosworth will be 20k+ withinh next 2yrs guaranteed

[@abcbcde9985]

£6000 invested in property 1990 to 2018 gives a much better return, but without the 'romance'!

[@itswais77]

Nope itll be rusted anyway lol

[@thatcarguy6190]

@@dommidavros2211 Thats a pretty stupid comment... 😒

[@isaz597]

Quentin Wilson & Tiff Needell were the best presenters the focused on the cars not on themselves

[@whiteboywhite3292]

WHEN TOP GEAR WAS GOOD ACTUALLY REVIEWING THE CARS

[@Alexander_l322]

And boring!

[@87654321j]

30 years later and the Ford Sierra still one of the most beautiful best cars ever if Oscars were given in the motor industry she'd win for sure 😍☺️

[@williamrae9954]

Wouldn't make the top 50,even a Lancia Stratos beats it in the beauty stakes?

[@Yellowswift3]

I never did manage to come by one of these all those years ago, but I love to watch these old clips showcasing them. Thanks for the upload. :)

[@damian-795]

What a brilliant presenter Quentin was.

[@willwonka1325]

Cars on Top Gear and affordable ones too!!! The days when it was clearly about cars instead of scripted jokes and personalities

[@PeaveyPV20]

Totally agree would rather see these old clips than joke gear as i call it these days

[@Ash-928]

Jeremy. Richard and James' routine got stale, even their "new" show The Grand Tour was predictable.

[@terrainaheadpullup3092]

New top gear is better in my opinion the Jokes and Challenges make it unique

[@Omie01]

Will Wonka Wonder if you would even know about top gear if the trio didn’t make it as popular as they did? 🤔🤔🤔

[@dropit7694]

It's not really a car show its all about Clarkson tbh. His ego literally fills the room. People barely paid attention when they talked about the cars and more on what wacky challenge they had next.

[@peternufc1981]

Proper lust that magenta one at end

[@mikeb6385]

Still on road today

[@robmarley2487]

A mate of mine has one that he has owned from new, he's in his 70's and still drives it

[@drey8]

yeh but I bet he spends a grand a year at a backstreet garage on work to hold it together!

[@DBCSgaming]

Still got my 2 in the garage 😍😍

[@martinaasen2453]

DBCSgaming we have one of the 2wd sierras and a rs cossie and a real rs500

[@robmarley2487]

Timmy 2 sheds

[@B1gLe0]

I forgot how posh everybody in TV land sounded in the early 90's

[@smudger671]

Yes, the standard of spoken English has become very poor in recent years. All you have to do now to get a job presenting a TV programme is to be black, disabled or have a speech impediment.

[@chrissheridan8351]

Posh Nobody is posher than Quentin The man deserves more respect.. He a fucking legend

[@nashgill1062]

smudger671 what a sad bitter outlook you have

[@johnniethepom2905]

@@smudger671 You missed one out !

[@smudger671]

@@nashgill1062 What very low standards you have.

[@rare6499]

6 thousand quid! Ugggggh. Should have bought a handful...

[@jamespiblington3836]

Josh Charlie tell me about it I mind we're good ones were 4k mines is a 4x4 saff

[@jakemalatesta9592]

@Josh Charlie. They can be bought today for the equivalent of £6k in the early 90's which is £10-11k.

[@SteadyRise]

£6,000 in 1992, just over £12,000 in 2018 money.

[@thatcarguy6190]

I used to steal em pal im 35 now and think joyriding is the most ridiculous chavvy shitty thing ever.. Just shows ya when we are young we take things for granted 😡

[@greigsanderson]

In 1992 though.

[@ajwest3081]

“Top Gear Thursday, Top Price Saturday” I believe we used to say after all TG used car reviews!!

[@hirdy161]

That Quentin bloke was such a drip. Not a joke to be had.

[@ant2312]

oh shut up you twat

[@hirdy161]

@@ant2312 ahaha come on hes like the teacher no one listens to

[@thatcarguy6190]

6k lol i was a kid then... Fast forward to 2019 im now 36yrs old and this beautiful machine is going for 30k+ on Ebay 😊

[@15kilkenny]

6 grand jesus cant buy the engine for that now

[@RetroJay1974]

Proper old-school Top Gear that informs you with real world information! Maybe Clarkson & Co should watch a few of these and take some pointers/hints.

[@davekp6773]

Clarkson used to be on this Top gear and he found it so boring and so difficult to write nice things about the mass produced crap on offer that he quit.

[@paulhunter123]

clarkson used to do the same thing

[@lemmykilmister4919]

If it wasn't for Clarkson and Wilman, Top Gear would have only been remembered as a boring automotive review show and quickly forgotten. The 2002-2015 Top Gear was the best car show ever ever produced. It's too bad that the BBC had more sympathy for Jimmy Saville's sex offences than for Clarkson's errors.

[@airguntherapy8665]

When I was a kid the landlord of a local pub had an Escort Cosworth. He bought an electric fence type kit and electrified his garage door so nobody would steal it. He had to remove it in the end because there were dead foxes and cats laid outside of it on a regular basis. Didn't seem that funny as a kid but when I tell people today they are falling off their chairs.

[@eoin730]

Did anybody actually get eletricuted by his garage trying to steal it? xD

[@eoin730]

+Kostya Tszyu sweet jesus! Yup,only owning a cossie was pretty much impossible around that time :/

[@airguntherapy8665]

+eoin730 Yeah, I was only a kid back then so a car was just a car to me but with my dad, being a mechanic it's all he ever went on about at the time. I think it was Clarkson who said he got an insurance quote for 20 thousand pounds a year for one. Crazy but not surprising in those days, cars went missing on a daily basis where I lived, no matter how rubbish they were.

[@eoin730]

+Kostya Tszyu car theft and joyriding are rare now, for the better everyone would agree :)

[@eoin730]

aaron irvine serious? What part

[@markfarnon6742]

So informative and interesting - tv really was better in the old days!

[@moodyguymick]

When TopGear was actually about motoring and not ego's.

[@BREN70S]

Remember Quentin got his collar felt for selling clocked cars . Naughty Quentin .

[@sahhull]

Not suprised, there isnt such a thing as a straight 2nd car dealer..

[@BREN70S]

@@sahhull difficult to find that's for sure .

[@g.j.koster1986]

Love that car. Great presentation!

[@madheadmadDAZ]

Awesome car, this and the Civic type R are my favourites!

[@e36racer44]

That magenta sapphire is gorgeous

[@davidfos84]

It's still on the road too.

[@gerry6420]

That cozy at the end was 👌

[@davidknowles7466]

Back in the 90s I was lucky enough to have access to a Sierra cosworth and a Sierra 4×4 with a garret T 4 fitted, the 4×4 was hands down quicker I had 130 in a 40 zone felt like if you pulled on the steering wheel it would take off. Aargh the 90s 👍👍

[@WeMuckAround]

God cars from that era had so much charm. Such a shame how expensive 80s & 90s cars are becoming today. Prices a student like me out of the market!

[@birdiges]

My dad had a nearly new Vauxhall Calibra in the early 90's. He had a Vecta alarm fitted at home shortly after he bought it. The guy who did it turned up in a Cossie identical to the last one in this video. It was tuned though, approx 300hp. He took us out for a spin in it. It was quick. Always wanted one since then.

[@whynotagain3639]

The Calibra Turbo 4x4 was a Cosworth without the badge, I had one. Lovely car as fast as the Escort Cosworth and looked much nicer.

[@Bladerunner4511]

The good old Vecta immobiliser i used to fit these by the lorry load i wonder how many are still working now in 2020 you got to love a ford cosworth

[@l34052]

In my younger days these cars were the business, I'd love to own one now but the prices for a decent one are off the chart. I've seen a decent RS500 selling for £80k, 80k!!! This is one of those unfulfilled life dreams for me I'm afraid :(

[@dommidavros2211]

Well whoever paid that for a car like this must have more money than sense! You need to pay more attention to this video! He found a decent one for £10k. As this was more than 20 years ago and it's aged, it would be way cheaper now! I wouldn't feel too downhearted if you never owned one of these. The fuel economy is ridiculous! Not worth it in my opinion!

[@hydorah]

You need to get a grip! Ever heard of appreciation? Find an RS500 for sale Saved you the effort. Here's one www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-Sierra-Cosworth-RS500-Full-restored-absolutely-stunning-car-/282138482528?hash=item41b0c39760:g:HSMAAOSwIgNXsyIg

[@dommidavros2211]

+hydorah Bloody Hell! What a rip off! Can't believe anyone would be crazy enough to pay that for a Sierra!! Why do I need to get a grip? I'm not getting one!

[@hydorah]

Because you imagined they'd be cheaper than 20 years ago, that's why

[@dommidavros2211]

Of course! You expect most cars to depreciate. The link you sent me was for a mark 1 which I guess may be considered a classic as they're pretty rare now but you could pick a Mark 2 for less than £10k I'm sure!

[@Nixter1974007]

Absolutely stunning looking the Sapphire. I adore these. Thought about investing in one but struggling to find a decent one for under 30k. Absolutely gorgeous after more than 30 years later. Fabulous

[@esssexboy]

Shame Ford stopped using the colour Magenta. One of my favourites. I think the Scorpio cosworth is a good cheaper alternative to the sapphire cosworth. Alot more spacious too.

[@jonburrows7695]

Great car,my mate had a grey h reg 4x4 for about 20 years it was mapped chipped etc and it was quick.

[@andyboothe4377]

Ah Top Gear when it was a proper show, not a mid life crisis 🤔

[@williamrae9954]

Pretty boring...suit the southern Nigels

[@user-gi5nh6ng7g]

@@williamrae9954how’s the crisis going?

[@williamrae9954]

@@user-gi5nh6ng7g "crisis" the favourite Leftard word...no crisis in my World, wether it be climate,banking or anything else...go cook up another grievance 'Tard

[@raithrover1976]

The Cossie was great but my favourite classic Ford has to be the Capri 2.8i.

[@howey935]

Glen Haig i used to have a 1974 RS Capri it was a 3.1 litre V6 and I wish I still had it now for a good one you’re talking £40k

[@jameslatimer1432]

Mr Wilson i wish you was back.on top gear as you was THE best the old team bring him back plz tv

[@leeperkins450000]

proper top gear days. not like todays celebrity worshippers

[@GooSe763]

you must be old

[@KretinoSantino]

GooSe763 And you must be dumb. Anyway, I love both old and new top gear series.

[@GooSe763]

and you are a bigot?

[@KretinoSantino]

No, I'm not. I'm not insecure little crybaby like you.

[@GooSe763]

You were the one crying?

[@Andrew.Prentice]

My old Magenta one at the end. Seems to be still on the road too. I had it about 25 years ago when it had the later style wheels, and the door locks had been removed (which I hated).

[@deldia]

Ha, when car theft was normal everyday life.

[@MD-uu5nt]

It still is if you own a Fiesta ST or Golf R.

[@That_Guy-]

@@MD-uu5nt or any car with keyless entry

[@bugattieb110ss]

Sort of agree, but times have changed and internet forums have taken over where this sort of program would have been. As for 'petrolheads' dying off, well that's sadly a generational thing caused mainly by the internet. Ridiculous insurance premiums, boring overly complicated FWD modern cars and the demise of scrapyards for cheap replacement parts.

[@dixienormus5606]

Tiff Needell was the best presenter. He was the best driver as well

[@trickym5748]

Dixie Normus Tiff Needell is a posh prick

[@bonecruncher2641]

Wish I could get one for those prices now!

[@bad-bunnyblogger8171]

Ford could easily win back this audience with a new RS Cosworth.

[@chrisslater3174]

Agreed. Every brand should have at least a couple of halo models in their line up. Ford's connection with Cosworth is set in stone, and when people are paying £600k for an old one, albeit an homologation special, the market is out there.

[@ssoltys4128]

In the US it was called Merkur XR4Ti

[@chriswalker9850]

never knew Rob Brydon (2.00) was a Cosworth Specialist 🤔

[@StuartOliver83]

I loved my cossi replica when I was 15 I had the 2ltr pinto and it had cossi bumpers and big exhaust lol oh and a pioneer sticker on the rear window hahaaaa I’m 35 now😞

[@annonom1058]

The Red Sierra at the end still lives

[@forresg500]

I remember when first aired Scary the years gone by

[@dxutube]

Best car ever full stop the end. Long live history.

[@hydorah]

Lying twat! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_Twin_Cam_engine Integrale: Weber www.integralingham.com/#!fuel-injection/c1ia Cossie: Bosch or Weber. www.burtonpower.com/parts-by-category/fuel-system/fuel-regulators-injection.html Third party industry suppliers. People like you that just make shit up are a disease You can hate a car. But don't tell lies like you know stuff you do not

[@slenderman6963]

Steve Vegan Younmust be blind the body is the best looking of the three cosworths and the cospwrth engine is one of the most iconic racing engines of the 80s-90s

[@W42PZ]

dxutube 🔔⛔️

[@airmax90_king93]

There shit cars

[@watergate9557]

Best car ever 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ziggypop79]

I had a Saphire with a dented rear door (previous owner) but loved it. Went like a rocket, needless to say someone broke into it and ripped off the ignition barrel, regrettably got rid.

[@alternativeperception6949]

Remember there was a reason they went cheap . Then nostalgia kicks in and everyone wishes they didn't sell their Cossie for as little as £1500 .

[@ThomsonAirwaysFs]

Would absolutely love one and i'm really frustrated that they've appreciated in value so much and i can't justify in paying over £12,000 for a standard one which in today's standards is a poor performing car which 'wayne and dave' can blow in their remapped Vectra's and Mondeo's. Pay no attention to me please, i'm just really pissed that i can't afford one.

[@johnparsons6608]

But a Vectra will never be as cool as a cossie

[@chiefrocka8604]

Imagine if matey parted up £14 grand for a stonka and now it’s £35k He’s still missed the cozzeh boat lol

[@StephenButlerOne]

6k car, with 20k insurance in the day.

[@roberthough3576]

When top gear hadn't turned into the last of the summer wine

[@markrs59]

8-9k for a clean 3 door!!! Omg😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@dannyboyspain1]

WHERE lol

[@LawnMowersThingsThatMakeNoise]

If i could go back and buy a couple of those :-)

[@sahhull]

The cars would be rusted away, but the oil patch where they leaked will be there for decades to come.

[@thedrivebygg]

Classic video and car, awesome

[@livndays45]

Ah the good old days. When cars were genuinely good. Power and reliability? Yes you can.

[@ianb9508]

Graham Goode - Is Still going, got my last exhaust from there . 👍

[@realtruths2291]

Kids take note if you buy the right car a keep it for long enough you can make a fortune its 2018 and a 1987 3 door cossie is around 100k but to put it in perspective the average house price was 10/20k depending on where u lived

[@chrissheridan8351]

140 mph shuttle 😂😂😂 Shuttle .. Quentin the clocker Wilson Executive slingshot War horse Fuck me Quentin...has such a snob He such a legend ... That sapphire is the shag

[@_7.8.6]

THEY NEED TO HAVE A REUNION

[@deanscott3357]

Works out at £12500 in todays prices for a 2 year old Sapphire Cossy with 20k crazy

[@mentalmonkey26]

when a motor was a motor!

[@bensmithkent22]

What does that even mean? But i agree these are iconic.

[@goddersgti]

Great review

[@davidthompson6834]

Just found a 88 plate on auto trader £28000 fully comp for me £350 how ironic I can now afford to insure these cars but I can't afford to buy them

[@craigcullen28]

A 4wd sapphire cozzie does 0-60 in the same time as a testarossa!! - crazy 🤪 luv them

[@andyb4796]

Not really, Sapphire Cossies 4x4 do 0-60 in about 6,9 seconds, Testarossas are quicker

[@rocknroll6760]

@@andyb4796 doesn't was 6.5?

[@LayLoow]

Quetin losing his hair at 35 looks much older

[@bensmithkent22]

Nabeel G fuck me not just the hairline but just the style and way he looks. Im 34 and i feel amazing about myself right now compared to that!!

[@gsoup7850]

When TV was for people with brains

[@garethjones8047]

Just after he says 20,000 miles and accelerates past the camera check out the blue smoke

[@CreRay]

Put it on a forward gear before reverse and it will never crunch the gears on you.

[@ianpurcell7266]

Nearly bought one in the 90s but insurance at 4000pounds...seen a rs500 for sale recently for 50000euro.

[@michaelkelly7775]

Those prices 😮😮 I wish that was today's figures!!!

[@mattbod]

Nice car but felt like it was built from cornflake packets even from new. It was the Merc 190E 2.5 16 Cosworth I wanted and still do!

[@waynester71]

I remember when they were this price... insurance was also the killer. I had S2 RS Turbo Escort in 1991, and that was just about affordable..

[@CycolacFan]

I was quoted over £6000 third party for a 205 GTi 😄

[@totalno-one3472]

So.... Alan Partridge was modelled on the Cosworth Specialist Graham Goode!!!!

[@CaptainCarling]

The best of the trinity has to be the......SLAP!!!!

[@time2kickarse]

I had a volvo 850r in 96 and it was quite quick for a stock factory car. I traded that for a gc8 wrx which then became like that burnt wreck after it was stolen.

[@Relumer]

Best Car i ever had...!

[@classicraceruk1337]

On my older cars back in the day, I used to remove the rotor arm from the distributor.

[@niallmackenzie99]

What a good idea 💡

[@moneymandan6217]

Love them 💕

[@RFSA180]

Partridge smashing the servicing details

[@grandadgamer8390]

Jeez, account for inflation then look at that insurance quote 😲

[@manc7808]

I used to own a 2wd Saphire Cosworth about 9 or 10 years ago, I had an E30 BMW 325i Sport and swapped it for the Cossie.... Both equally good cars but the BM just had that extra feel of quality.

[@easydrive3662]

And 30years on the rs cosworths are sort after gold mines, selling at over £50.000!!

[@bugattieb110ss]

My biggest bloody gripe of the car was the stupid archaic cable clutch, hated it. Try drilling out 4 (of the 16!) sheared exhaust manifold studs with the head in situ...an impossible job without specialist right angle aircraft air drill equipment. Or how about replacing the heater water hose at the back of the head that goes through the bulkhead to the heater core...another nightmare! Like I said, I loved the car when it went, but I guess i was chasing 15 years of botched problems.

[@tomwilliams7391]

They talk as though they are from a 1930s black&white film I can't believe I was alive back then (only 8 though!)

[@markbaker3391]

The magenta one is still on the road or MOT'd at least..worth a bit more than £10,000 now! 🤑

[@michael5089]

Loved that colour!!

[@superfreak19891]

My dream car as a teenager, far too expensive to get one now , nevermind it will just remain a dream unless I ever come into serious money 😥😥