The 1992 Ford was sold during by Iconic Auctioneers during the Silverstone Festival (Image: Jack Mortimer) A 1992 Ford Escort RS Cosworth that was previously used by Jeremy Clarkson has sold for an impressive sum at auction . Sold by Iconic Auctioneers at the annual Silverstone Festival , the high-performance hatchback is a pre-production example, being hand-built by Ford at an estimated cost of £250,000. Upon its creation, Ford loaned the Escort RS Cosworth to a fresh-faced Jeremy Clarkson for 12 months.
After his tenure, which resulted in the car featuring in a number of long-term tests, the Escort was given away in a competition in Top Gear Magazine . function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.createElement('script');el.
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