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Ra11y legend Colin McRae goes back tohis roots l\ ' i th the fastest, mostadvanced raily Escort ever made.IMAGINE YOU'RE AWANNAEE NAILY DRIVEBoBSESSED WITH CLASSIC toRDS. Yo! watchedyo!rfamousdad throw Escorts thro!9h foresltracks in the'70s and yo! ove their shape, theirindestf !ct ib l l i ly and lhelr spectacu ar s idewaysal i i tude You star l ra l ly ng and lurn o! i to be pret tygood,excepl lona even. Onceyo! s lar t to controyourfear lessness,you become the best ln theb!s ness, andeventua lyyoutewor d champ onand a household name. B! lnowthatyou'rearmedw th the sonol ln.omethatwould make aPfediersh pfootba l€r env ous, yo! just have tohave a ral y Escort o i yo!r very own.

Excepr o.e th ing is stopping you After years ofdr v lns lhe besr WRC cars aro!nd, a Mkl l Escor l lustdoesn' t do i t foryou-eve. in lop spec lhey're

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The solul on7 8ui d one for youreel f Col n lVcRaehas, and lhe.esul t is the most iechnical ly advancedMkl lever lo venture nto thetoresl .

The spec of McFae's Escort reads I ke a wish l is tofrhe sexiest of ra ly i .g parts. W lh indeFendeitrear suspens on, a s i t -speed paddle chansegearbox, a 330 bhp M l l ngton Eng ne and enoushcarbon- l breio make an F1 car, lh is Escor lwasalways 9o n9 to be impressive B!1i t isnl lhe ist otexpensive brands thal makes lh is car so specia j r t 'sthe way that the car has bee. p! t logelher wi therqu si te engineer ing and at lent ion lo dela L

Ra ly god [ ,4cRae comm]ssioned David andJu le Planl and rhe r DJM Motorsport concer. tobui ldthis Mk lorhim, In l a l ythe ideawasiustto lmprove hand ing wi th an independent rearsuspension sel up, but soon his enth!s lasm gotrhe better of h im and what was going lo becomea l ighdyrweaked Gro!p4ralycar lurned in lo lhe

B! ld 9!ru Davld takes up lhe story "Co in hadbee. ooking to improve lhe t raci on ofa l ,4kl l lofqui te some t ime and had talked lo rhe guys fromProf lex s!spension aboul mak ng an independentrear suspens on set.up for a Mkl l . They were up fordoing t but d id. ' t have ihe engineenng capac ly.That s when Prol f ex 's Gordon Bir twhlst le got Col nntolch wi th usabouimak ng l iorh m.

"Sooi Co ln was on the phone abo! l sort ing outrherearsuspe.s on on lhecar ni t ia ly we wer€ onlydown to do about 10 per.enl of the car. Then wearanged for Col n to come down so he could have aproper look at o!r operat ion. t

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