In a short-lived but tempestuous and exciting life, motorsport's
Group B category attracted world-class manufacturers to develop new
models. Almost all were technically-advanced, very powerful and
striking in many ways - with Ford's RS200 being perhaps the most
attractive, and the most promising, of them all. Conceived in 1983,
built in 1985 and 1986, and rallied strongly in 1986, the RS200 not
only looked purposeful but was only at the start of a promising
career when the FIA killed off the controversial Group B category.
Although Ford had already built 200 cars to satisfy homologation
requirements, the RS200's career was brought to an abrupt close,
and Ford Motorsport's efforts were almost entirely negated. Graham
Robson was closely involved with the project throughout its
tempestuous career, noting (and sometimes experiencing) all the
concept stages, the engineering process, the styling, development,
and manufacture, followed by a four-year period when he drove
RS200s as normal road cars. This is the complete story, as related
by the top management, the designers and the enthusiasts who ran,
and competed with, the cars themselves, along with many details of
when, where and how, all the elements of the design came together.
But this is not merely a trawl through the archives, as Robson
persuaded top personalities including Motorsport boss Stuart
Turner, engineer John Wheeler and project manager Mike Moreton to
fill in the details. This is a complex, visually and technically
enthralling tale, which provides inside information of probably the
bravest sporting programme ever tackled by Ford UK
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