Tumaze kubona imodoka nka Jaguar C-Type na E-Type cyangwa Aston Martin DB5 Goldfinger "kuvuka" igihe kirageze ngo Ford Sierra RS500 ya BTCC “gusubira mu buzima”.
Muri rusange, ibice bitatu gusa byo gukomeza bizakorwa, hamwe byose bigomba gukorwa mubisobanuro byimodoka zakozwe na Andy Rouse Engineering kuri BTCC Group A mu myaka ya za 1980.
Sierra RS500 "izuka" na sosiyete yo mu Bwongereza CNC Motorsport AWS ku bufatanye na Andy Rouse, wemereye gukora izo modoka eshatu kandi biteganijwe ko igice cya mbere kizarangira mu ntangiriro z'umwaka utaha. Ikigamijwe ni ukureba ko ibyo bice bishobora gusiganwa mumarushanwa ya kera.
Nkumwimerere
Munsi yibi bice bitatu bizakurikiraho hazaba imibiri itatu ya Sierra RS500 idakoreshwa.
Mu rwego rwubukanishi, Sierra RS500 izaba ifite, nkumwimerere, moteri ya Cosworth YB (2.0 l, silindari enye kumurongo), hano hamwe na 575 hp izajyana na garebox yintoki hamwe nubusabane butanu kuva Getrag, yohereza imbaraga kumurongo winyuma aho hariho no kwifungisha bitandukanye.
Izi moteri zizaba zishingiye kubumenyi bwa "umwanditsi" wa moteri yumwimerere, Vic Drake, wakoze moteri zirenga 100 kuri Sierra RS500.
Mu "zina" ryumwimerere, Ford Sierra RS500s eshatu zizagaragaramo ibikoresho byumwimerere kandi bizagira ihagarikwa, igitoro cya lisansi ndetse nikirahure gishyushye cyakozwe muburyo bwihariye bwa Andy Rouse, nawe uzaba ashinzwe gutanga akazu kazingo izo ngero zizaba zifite ibikoresho.
Hamwe nigiciro fatizo cyibihumbi 185 byama pound (hafi 217.000 byama euro), ibi bice bitatu byo gukomeza byose bizasiga irangi ryera, hamwe no gushushanya bikaba bimwe mubishobora.