How I Designed...THAT Ford Cosworth Spoiler! Ep.3

[@johnwilliammaxwell5044]

This has quickly become one of my favorite channels. Your calm competence is everything most KZbin channels completely lack.

[@vashcrockett4846]

Totally agree¡¡

[@paddudaniel9326]

The man its a living legend

[@mosn]

same

[@nielsie86]

That calm competence? Have you ever watched the craftmanshow? Dude if you need calm

[@dragospahontu]

Yup

[@MKIVGTI1.8]

Wow not a lot of real deal car designers here on KZbin, especially ones with so many high profile designs under their belt, great stuff

[@theanimelibarian7881]

Like sketch monkey lol

[@mikebrewer5372]

Thanks for the video Frank.. let’s hope this puts the controversy over the 3rd wing to bed now. It was a great design and for myself and Ant to execute your dream was a real honour on our program. And now can’t wait to see the Work Up drawings in your upcoming book. All the best Mike and Wheeler Dealers team.

[@craigstika2212]

Hope that Ant and Frank and Mike bring the Cosi to South Orange County Cars and Coffee. ☕ 🍵. Cheers Mike

[@davidelias13]

I am a bit of a late starter to following you but as a mechanical engineer working in industry and a lover of cars, I love how you put yourself in your videos with your anecdotes, stories and revelations of your experiences.

[@_chenn]

That wheeler dealers episode with the triple wing was a great. This channel 👏🏼

[@asdreww]

When people come to Youtobe who aren't just another vlogger or insta-nobodies, but are actually respected experts in their field, I get tremendously excited. Massively looking forward to your future videos!

[@jimmac1953]

What I love about Frank's explanations is the human and emotional elements of design.

[@biss7981]

It must be a crazy special feeling to see your art rolling around in car form and loved and lusted after by so many people. I can't imagine.

[@mrblimbo1359]

Thats my dream

[@RobertDoman]

I love how a lot of your advice is completely transferable to many other aspects of life in general

[@MarcusTDM]

3rd wing or no 3rd wing, the Escort Cosworth is still one of my favourite cars, albeit I’ve never owned one or sadly even driven one. Hopefully will one day!

[@MarcusTDM]

MunroM84 I fear you may be right! 😔

[@vincentagius2657]

I’ll sell you mine

[@olasubomiomowa]

This is amazing amazing Frank. Honestly, I think its amazing that you were able to design such a masterpiece straight out of design school. I also love your integration of the 3d concept into the video, the presentation of your content just keeps getting better and better. Thank you sharing this

[@FrankStephensondesign]

Thank you Olasubomi!

[@mewtwo.150]

I wasn't sure about this car, the wing at the top looked weird for me. But once I saw it with the 3 wings....... Man it looks SO AWESOME!!!! It really changes a lot between both forms

[@paulinhofagundes12]

This Escort was one my favourite cars to play on Gran Turismo 2. Really cool knowing directly from one of the creators how the car was designed! Now we know the cost-cutting doesn't come from the engineers and designers, but from the finance department.

[@Vincenzo-wn1or]

I love Venetian blinds .. These have a car attached to them

[@basithph8958]

Oh yes I’ve been waiting for this The Escort Cosworth is like the coolest car ever made and one of my favorites!!!!

[@LuisAbreu90]

Amazing. Thank you so much frank.

[@gman248]

Personally, for me, the car has a lot of character and I remember it very vividly from my childhood. I was sketching cars as a little kid and I remember being mesmerized by this car. To see this video over 15 years later is really amazing! Great work Mr. Stephenson!

[@stal5406]

Interesting idea, always thought the design was more form over function. I think I prefer the double wing in the end.

[@mrsamopus]

Being child of the 90's I was very impressed by this Escort and the rear spoiler. My father had a lot car magazines and often I was watching the pictures and this car just stood out away from the others. It is sad that the accountants determined the final look, but you sir, have to remember that the impact on one kid was big. Huge respect for you sir, who created the perfect symbiosis between visual impact, beautiful shape and functional.

[@alexairconditioning1581]

As an aspiring designer this is litterly gold for me, thanks

[@vashcrockett4846]

Awsome channel. I grew up with ur designs in my mind. This channel is pure gold for me!!

[@NazimUddin-yk2tz]

Excellent design and that rear wing is iconic

[@williamgorodetsky]

Hello! I’m student architect and I love watching your videos. Your words about overdesign and design that must work are so gold, I wrote down this phrase in my note. Thanks for inspiration!

[@writenamehere1536]

When i was young i remember going to a rally stage with my dad... when i was here there were plenty subarus and lancer evos but the one car that brought my attention was the escort. I could only get so close to see it from the back and oh my what a sight. That spoiler made the car what it is and it fascinated me. That was about 15 years ago. Ever since I not only loved the car, i became interested in cars in general. Seeing the entire process of how this design came to be is mindblowing. You drew my passion.

[@Atom-James]

excellent content. More please.

[@FrankStephensondesign]

Thank you!

[@FezzaYT]

Fantastic Frank. Childhood dream car. Drove one recently and THAT wing....it certainly puts huge smile on your face when you see it. My favourite channel by far. Thanks for sharing your design Inspirations

[@joecarrolljnr]

Frank is a true legend. Very passionate about his work.

[@1979jon]

One of the best cars ever made.

[@LesAtlas]

Nice to discover this great series. I just happily subscribed. I used to have a Merkur XR4Ti, which was the Americanized version of this Cosworth. It had the same wing and body as the production Ford Cosworth, but a different engine. I babied that car, kept it for almost 20 years, and made sure it was 100% stock. There were some design issues, but not Frank Stephenson's fault. Like the A/C return was routed right over the hot turbo. But I kept it perfect and used only OEM parts, to keep it 100% as from the factory. I used to get compliments both about how it looked and how it ran. Little kids would say, "what a cool car." And driving it on mountain roads, where the nice handling and turbo torque kept the power coming, was amazing. But my wife thought it was ugly. So in spite of it running as good as new, I sold it for almost nothing. I now have a Honda S2000 as my fun car. I'm not complaining, but still wish I could race up a winding road in that Merkur, with that nice rear downforce.

[@Adin21st]

I'm blessed that Mr. Stephenson had created his channel. A lot of knowledge in car designing surely inspired the youth to do the best on their portofolio. Thanks Mr. Stephenson

[@kieran796]

I'm so fascinated by the way he sketches it's beautiful to watch his very steady hand and the gestural lines start coming together into a recognizable shape

[@Relumer]

This pure gold! Thank you for sharing!❤

[@merthayta]

WHERE WERE YOU FRANK WHERE WERE YOU? I'VE BEEN WAITING THIS CONCEPT VIDEOS AND THIS CONFESSIONS. OH GOD I'M SO HAPPY RIGHT NOW, I CAN DIE HAPPILY AFTER THIS AS AN CAR ENTHUSIAST.

[@LaFritePerreGoat]

This wing is so much iconic thats for your work and your insider view so interesting!

[@mso8190]

One of the best designed cars. Can you do a video on the first generation Focus?

[@NiMercado]

Este canal es increible!!!! Escribo en español porque sé que Frank habla esapñol, gracias a que lo comentó Esteban Palazzo ! Saludos desde Argentina Frank, eres un genio!

[@karlcarrington9548]

still to this day one of the most iconic talked about cars

[@SirAlexthedriver]

Frank, sei per me fonte di ispirazione. Grazie per la tua creatività e semplicità d'animo, un abbraccio dall'Italia, da Roma. I really miss London.

[@leehenry5764]

One of the best looking cars ever

[@faberrich8635]

Dear Frank. You are wonderful.

[@ccwnyc5671]

Frank's channel hit my suggestion box I bet because I watch Sketch Monkey. This is next level stuff. "Vanishing point", you go Frank.

[@AndreasHamberg]

And iconic car and in my opinion still one of the most aesthetic looking hot hatches of all time!

[@chrischarizard4067]

Frank, I'm not sure if you'll ever even read this but thank you for designing the cosworth, even without the mid-wing you loved it was still such a pretty and mean looking car, and even cooler looking in rally trim. It's also my go to car in Forza Horizon and hopefully will be a car I can own in my life time.

[@RRRV27]

Our respect for you has grown leaps and bounds sir.

[@JohnSmith-pn2vl]

this was the dream car for many people, and the number one reason was the insane Spoiler :) amazing work there, just legendary

[@EveryDayBrute]

I’m in awe

[@darius2640]

yo dawg i heard you like spoilers so we put a spoiler on your spoiler on your spoiler

[@random_cocaine4667]

spoiler alert

[@chunkymilk1288]

@@random_cocaine4667 xD

[@Papieck37]

Love it....please keep sharing !

[@hxteng5348]

creativity is the mother of invention!

[@richardsullivan9722]

One of my favourite cars of all time

[@PaulabJohnson]

Excellent video.. Thanks for providing the insight into what has become an iconic Ford

[@csjames69]

I’m glad that Wheeler Dealers were able to bring to fruition your design and as you say that it actually worked both in the wind tunnel and on the road.

[@Zeem4]

The interesting thing is, when he says that they chose the Escort platform, is that they didn't. The Escort Cosworth is a Sierra Cosworth floorpan with a modified Escort body on top of it. The front-end body panels aren't interchangeable with a standard Escort because they're longer, to accommodate the Sierra platform's inline engine.

[@itz-amemario426]

Yep, and the middle wing doesn't make any sense in terms of aerodynamics.

[@rnichol22]

He was just out if college , no way did he design this car entirely, part of the design team yes but that's it. As you said this entire car is based on the Sierra, wing included. But it is gorgeous, and to me the third wing is just not part of cos worth. Bet he was pissed they removed the top one later on aswell

[@Sphyn0x]

@@itz-amemario426 What? He mentioned in the video that it actually performed better, and same was said in Wheelers Dealers.

[@apexseal2811]

We stand upon what could possibly a future classic, not far from now. Steve and Frank have clearly turned a rather "dull", ordinary street car into a pretty aggressive and iconic looking vehicle.

[@leehenry5764]

It is a classic have you seen cost of these things today?

[@JohnMcMahon.]

Wow. Great to hear this straight from the horses mouth. Thanks for giving us such an iconic car and well done for persisting with your original design. I never knew about the third wing but even without it, it’s still a masterpiece. 👍

[@meikneumeyer3165]

The Escort Cosworth Design is still my favorite of the 90's. Awesome 😀😀

[@steveharper4535]

Thanks Mark.....

[@balasuryashanmugasundaram]

instant fan. binging your videos now. you are a legend💖

[@shaungowler8909]

You sir is a legend and part of ford history the escort cosworth design was genius still looks has fresh today than it was bk in the early nineties this was my poster car has a kid growing up seeing them parked on dealership forecourts so from one ford fan to another thank you 👍🏻

[@edwardkarran4963]

I'm currently studying automotive design, about to return for my final year in University. This has been extremely inspiring. Great content.

[@antoniociampo7698]

Geniale.... Grazie mille per questa splendida creatura...!!!! 👍

[@abanoterme86]

NOW THIS is a KZbin channel I WILL LIKE! Thanks, algorithm!

[@TheFaxoy]

Must be pretty satisfying to see someone actually producing that wing! Nice design!

[@zachdurocher1166]

5:40 that ability to draw with such accurate perspective and proportions is something I wish I had

[@BunkrMan]

Practice makes perfect. 😎

[@hasanozok]

the Sierra Cos wing was making that car a true legend and after the Escort done much more in designs added wide fenders etc and the higher rear wing making the car even look better but personally I couldn't like 3 spoilers one. sierra was the king of rwd and the escort has the 4x4 and worlds best shape.

[@MartinKusimo]

Sorry, but I think the two-tier spoiler looks much better than the three-tier idea. The Cosworth Escort as it is, is a beautiful thing and that's why we are here :) Of course, you also get more rear visibility this way for the road purposes of this vehicle. So yeah, a good trade-off in the end.

[@WilsonsOnTheFly]

Such a great looking car.

[@hOgOjUnG]

(Looks-wise) This car (without the 3rd wing) Is my favourite car ever! It amazes me the difference between it and a standard Escort... It looks like it was milled from a solid block, perfectly weighted in design front to rear... And looks amazing from every single angle!!! And this was your first go?!?!? Wow

[@CocoCrispy_]

This is one of my favorite cars if all time wow. Always loved the way it looked and it turns out you designed it thats crazy

[@MaviStickman]

This is one of my favorute cars and the spoiler is just so unique wow

[@matthew3668]

Nice to put a face behind the design. Just bought my 04 mini and stumbled upon that video some while ago. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this icon! Can’t wait for the McLaren video!

[@vishalpjayan]

please do the P1 design. And please explain that cheetah sketch indicating C.G , golden ratio , Every time i look at that sketch i get fascinated !!!

[@dannyr2976]

_"Toss that out..."_ then literally gives a fresh perspective. Love these videos and would GO MENTAL at the thought of both a P1 and 720s version.

[@NLBassist]

Wow, I just discovered this today, I binge watched all the vids and I hope on more!

[@jamsxr]

This is so cool. Great watching a master craftsman at work.

[@rhythmsaint73]

Amazing design. This car stood out. An era when boxy great . Great cars had inspired the roads of Europe . I owned a cosworth Mercedes. The escort came along an was a new contender in performance and design. The 911 was infamous with its whale tale. How you incorporated that spoiler was incredible! It becomes instantly iconic just as the 911 as a spoiler

[@RAF71chingachgook]

Frank, I was (am) an American designer in Dunton/Merkenich in 1990. I was working with Ian and the gang, Paul Campbell, Gert, Manfred etc . I don't remember you being there. I don't remember you at all. Were you in Koln? I remember that spoiler being done at Dunton. Ed Golden and I think Scot Strong were at Merkenich at that time(?) Gert was back and forth. The Cosworth wing must have been tested in the Merkenich tunnel. I spent a lot of time there. Peter was running the tunnel. I was working on the Escort. A young designer at Dunton (can't remember his name) worked on that wing in Dunton - the kid lived in Maldon Essex. Maybe it came over from Merkenich and he was refining it but I do remember laughing at him for how big it was. Steve Sikes worked on it too.

[@DimoBoychev]

This channel has to be one of the best ones ive ever come across

[@hondacrx0]

Sir , i love you for the escort rs cosworth, felt in love as little kid as seen this car in a rallye event😍

[@jarloes]

I love these videos, It's both interesting and cool to see how designers think and sketch their cars.

[@mleon665]

Sí, sí, sí 💪💪💪. Como colofón final, el Cosworth con tercer alerón que fabricaron en joyas sobre ruedas. Sin duda un gran error por parte de Ford el haber eliminado del proyecto esa idea. Ese coche es un magnífico ejemplo de tu buen hacer. Y no sabía que la idea estaba sacada de un focker...😳😳...sublime... Un saludo Frank

[@noahwou6304]

I love this series! Thank you Frank.

[@FOFF1914]

Rockstar Hire this guy asap, he can make the Vapid Uranus!!!, and a lot of more cool cars, much respect sir!

[@TheCinemaphobic]

The Escorth Cozzy is one of my favorite cars of all time. Nice work! ;^)

[@AnttiBrax]

Why the spoiler warning though? Seems like this was just technical talk.

[@piotrekciacka]

Underrated comment

[@ThreeB78]

"Spoiler" is another name for a rear wing

[@fridolfgranq]

@@ThreeB78 The term spoiler and rear wing are generally for different things, however, some designs have overlap of both

[@piotrekciacka]

@@ThreeB78 Whoosh parrot

[@ThreeB78]

@@piotrekciacka I was hoping like ;)

[@vertical1407]

Sir, you are a mastermind. Well done!

[@NGKGMR]

Thank you for this spoiler. The escort is my favourite car. Mk1, mk2, mk5 are my favourites. Thank you

[@alexblake5294]

Waoo You are an amazing designer, I would love to have a just that scrap of paper just that last one.... Amazing

[@sneeuwwolf1176]

You designed that iconic spoiler???? I loooove that one. It has to be my favourite spoiler of all times. I mean that is THE reason people instantly recognize a Cossie, be it Escort or Sierra. Thank you man. When I was a young boy I had a poster of one in my bedroom. That spoiler kickstarted (among other things) my life long love for fast cars.

[@niklaswejedal463]

Weird that no-one at Ford saw the possibility to sell the third wing as an extra after market option - with the Rally success and general hype of the Cossie, money could be made. Well, at least Wheeler Dealers got it right - it sure looked great with the intended look!

[@jamiljafri4841]

Love these videos. Very inspiring not just for design. Keep these coming 👍

[@michaelgarlickmovies]

I love these, thanks Frank.

[@UberSynth]

I liked those deep 5 spoke alloy wheels that they had, some people put them on their sierra cosworths. I also liked that bluey greeny mustard body colour on the Escort Cossie. The escort cossie was a great car with its whale tail. I think design wise, the ford escort looked the same after the mk2 albeit rounder panels until the radical focus shape. The mk3 rs 2000 and the rs turbo were my favorites. The mk3 XR3i was another. The escort mk3 convertible in blue was also another great car. The mk4 was a lot of people's favourite with its rs turbo versions. The escorts competition was the vw golf which of course is still in production today which the same cannot be said about the escort. I always wondered why Ford ditched the escort in favour for the focus and kept the fiesta models till this day.

[@Breezy.m16]

You have designed some of my favourite cars, the Escort Cosworth when i was a teenager looked so cool, the Ferrari 430 is gorgeous and now the Mclarens are just out of this world, thanks for doing these insight videos.

[@philpritt9626]

Must be so cool seeing your designs on the road

[@jvogler_art4708]

one of my all time favorite cars.

[@jer254]

WHAT DO YOU EVEN MEAN!!!! YOU HAVE CREATED SOME OF THE MOST ICONIC CARS EVER

[@undefinedoctopus8468]

ive only got respect for this guy

[@pope400]

Great insights! I'd never known you were on this project. So cool. 👍 I'd love to hear about your time on MC12! 😎🍻

[@vintagerealityvr]

You are an absolute LEGEND

[@autodesignoid4419]

Great story and advice, thanks for the video!