Stylistically, the new generation Ford Escort was a big step forward - the car's design was no longer an old-fashioned corner. While the headlights and small radiator grille still smelled of the past, the round-shaped car’s shape, popcorn bumpers, and a bright line running through the sides of the car looked super-modern. The car looked really better than the third-generation Volkswagen Golf. It was a time when Ford changed the style of its car range, which was later implemented very successfully in the Ford Mondeo, Galaxy models and not very successfully in the Scorpio models. The interior of the Ford Escort was not very spacious - there was enough space in the front even for taller passengers, but there was no space in the rear seats. However, the Ford Escort boasted a wide range of engines, from a weak yet economical 60 hp engine to a sporty 2.0i version with 150 hp. A special, really great version of the Ford Escort RS Cosworth was produced - a homologation version designed to qualify for the Group A World Rally Championship, where the Escort competed in 1993-1998. As you know, Ford has a deep sporting tradition, and in rally arenas, the company’s honor has been defended by the Ford Escort model since the 1970s. And although the Escort had withdrawn from the rally tracks for some time (its place had been taken over by the larger Ford Sierra), but with this generation model, Ford decided to return to the rally arenas. The RS Cosworth version is easily recognizable by wider wings and a large "whale tail" rear spoiler. The car can be said to have been the Ford Sierra Cosworth version only in the Escort body. The compact Escort was not only to accommodate the Sierra engine, gearbox and chassis, but was also adapted from a front-wheel drive to an all-wheel-drive version with the introduction of a permanent four-wheel drive with 34% / 66% power distribution between the front and rear axle. Under the hood hid the Cosworth YBT's easy-tuning four-cylinder 2.0 L (1993 cc) engine with a huge turbocharger. As standard, this engine produced 227 hp (167 kW) at 6250 rpm. and 304 Nm of torque at 3500 rpm. The car reached a maximum speed of 232 km / h or 237 km / h without a rear wing, spinning from 0 to 100 km / h in 5.7 seconds. These were the territory of the Audi Quattro, BMW M3, Nissan 300ZX and Toyota Supra, while other "hot hatchbacks" such as the Volkswagen Golf GTI were overtaken by the Ford model in light years. Tuning companies achieved more than 1,000 hp with this engine, a kind of analogue of the Nissan GT-R in the European market. The Ford Escort Cosworth was designed to win the WRC World Rally Championship and although it did not achieve this goal, it won eight stages in the Group A classification between 1993 and 1996 and two more in the 1997-1998 WRC classification. Outside of the World Championships, Escort Cosworth fared even better, winning national rally championships in many different countries. The Escort Cosworth was a truly successful rally car, paving the way for the Ford Focus WRC, which later took over the rally tracks.