The Ford Sierra RS500 Racer Is Being Resurrected

Ford in America is not afraid of building cool performance cars. TheMustang Shelby GT500and Mach 1 are testaments to this, but often, Ford in Europe comes up with a banger of its own. The Fiesta ST is a fantastic car for those seeking cheap thrills, and theFocus RSwas an absolute monster on almost any surface. However, it's Ford's even older European cars that truly showed what the company could do, and one of those was theFord Sierra, a car that spawned anRS500 versionthat crapped on everything that the Touring Car field had to throw at it. Now, someone who raced the car wants to bring it back to life.

The news comes from CNC Motorsport AWS, a company that will collaborate with Touring Car driver and builder Andy Rouse. The company intends to build three examples of the Ford Sierra RS500 "to 1990 Andy Rouse Engineering specification," the first of which uses an unused stock bodyshell (number 909) from the Sierra's heyday. What's more, CNC Motorsport AWS was founded by Alan Strachan who worked at Andy Rouse Engineering when these cars were still competing in the premier touring class, so everything will be done just as it was in the old days. As a result, the three completed examples will be eligible for historic racing events like Silverstone Classic, HSCC Touring Cars, and Motor Racing Legends.