All we need now is these kinds of models:
*Mondeo RS
*Fiesta RS
Also maybe this news will lead to these names coming back:
Ford Sierra RS Cosworth
Escort RS Cosworth and maybe an ST version.
Escort RS Turbo with maybe an ST version.
Fiesta XR2
Capri - Now this would be a good time to bring this name back into the market.
Pour moi, it's wrong to "bring back a name", simply because it's hard to follow up on the original car's reputation and icon. Look what happened to the Escort, it went from a nice, rear wheel drive sporty car to a boring, crude, nasty familycar, which is not a cool affair. Still, perhaps the best Escorts were made in the 90s, especially the Cosworth ones? I remember the 97 WRC car, what a nice affair.
I would say the Sierra is dead, it's over and done, despite the very handsome looks of the earliest models. The Escort, no more. Fiesta, going for a slow loss, from hero to zero. And Capri, forget it, most young people of today don't even know what it is.
However, I would like to see other names coming back, like RS, Cosworth and XR. I also think Ford should forget about the Focus before they'll do like they've always done, making their cars worse over the years. Escort Mk I, dandy, Escort Mk IV, not so cool. The Focus Mk I was a trendsetter, with it's triangular touches and surprising originality. The Focus Mk II on the other hand, completely lacks originality and is just many German and Japanese cars put into one. It simply lacks the flair of the first model, which bothers me. Still, I fine drive I've heard.
Ford has done it before, revived names from the past. They were completely off with the Thunderbird, I think it might be their lousiest effort in the past 20 years. However, even if the "40" was reserved and couldn't be registered, the GT is more of what the GT40 was, mean, simple and clean.
And BMW has really done it with the Mini, making a huge icon once again. So Ford could be into something here, with their RS affair going on.
However, and think about this twice:
What made the Cosworths and RS's so cool in the first place, was because of their simplicity and originality. The same with the Focus Mk I, it came as lightning from the sky. The name wasn't even set some days before the debut, that's what I call spontaneously development.
So what was the deal about the Focus I RS? It was promised, delayed, promised, delayed, and maybe a bit dissapointing when it finally arrived? Therefore, Ford should make themselves a brand new car, only to be in hotter versions, with two or three doors.
Allright, so maybe a spiritual successor to the older cars isn't such a bad idea after all.
Eirik