The Cini: A Love Letter to Jethro and Ben - The Flower Pot Men

It is really lovely to get back behind the wheel of an Escort Cosworth, can you believe it's 25 years since this was first produced on sale from 1992 to 1996. Ford only needed to produce 2,500 cosies to satisfy the Group A regs, but ended up selling over 7,000 without a doubt. The car's most distinguishing feature is the humongous whale tail rear wing designed by Frank Stephenson - it's as overblown as someone building an Olympics swimming pool at the back of a two-bed semi. You could park this between two Lamborghinis and it would still steal the show.

The Escort Cosworth in case you don't know was obviously a homologation car, so the Mark 5 Escort had a transverse 4-cylinder engine in the front and front-wheel drive that was no good for running. So what they did is they put the Sierra Cosworth underneath a Mark 5 Escort body - means that up front we've got an inline 4 engine going longitudinally and permanent four-wheel drive underneath with 33% at the front and 67% of the rear. In the same way people instinctively say boy or girl to pregnant women, the first question people always ask about Escort KES is Big Turbo or small turbo. The earlier cars have a big Garrett T3 turbo and their YBT engines have blue Cam covers - there is a fair amount of lag with these however, so to combat this later cars were fitted with small AT25 turbos.

The Monte Carlo Edition is a big turbo car, so we've got 227 brake horsepower and 224b foot of torque. Not 60 mph, it's 6.1 seconds - and it's good for 140 mph these figures might not be particularly shocking today, but kind of mind-blowing really. It's not a great sounding in-car I have to say, steering there's not as much feel as you might think, but the whole car just flows. Yes this is just like a nice cold Aini hairpin - there's one coming up oh no there isn't Sebastian oio is winning might be Chris me TI never I won't I don't know I mean you know I would have done if I'd been there.

The Monte Carlo Edition as you might imagine was built to celebrate the victory that Ford had at Monte Carlo with success. They became second in 1993 in the first year they competed with this car and then France deore won in 1994 so this was to celebrate that - and they built 200 of these cars, there were three colors ash black malard green or this which is dual Violet you also got ozed racing wheels just like the rally car. A turbocharged 4-cylinder hot hatch is of course well pretty common today but there are a few things that certainly mark this out - it's from a different generation it's a 5-speed gearbox for a start then you get to the corners and well there's quite a bit of shutter through the steering wheel from the original brakes I suspect is on original tires as well these P0 asymmetric not a lot of grip nice bit of roll in the corners actually you tend to want to Trail break in and then there's a really nice balance to the car.

Does it still feel fast today? Well, this might seem strange but in modern cars you only tend to use the top fraction of the throttle travel - this you really have to remember to actually put the throttle all the way into the carpet and then yes it really is still very quick. It would have seemed wrong not to end the day in the Midlands version of the S of France, it's rather pretty too some wonderful road cars certainly emerged from the group a era. A fact that is only reinforced by day in the terrific 25-year-old KY however - I do wonder what sort of homologation specials would be produced if the WRC went back to Group A regs now with the resulting cars actually be any better than the current Focus RS or more flamboyant looking than the current Civic Type R I suppose it would be fun to find out.

But ultimately, the reason I love rallying isn't because of the road cars it might produce in some ways - yes I do want to see Group B back on stage. Because they're the most exciting things and in the same way I want to see the most exciting cars in Formula 1 I want to see the most exciting cars on the rally stage so there we go let us know what you think it's not just up to me is it and I excuse me I've just got one thing left to do dear jro - I know you wanted to go to the first race of the Formula 1 season but I've heard that there's a little circuit out in Norfolk that would be much more fun and there are some old Formula Ford cars

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enabout now I should have been in Monte Carlo watching this but just as I was getting my lucky bubble hat ready the one with a missing bubble I got a text message from Jethro and Ben it said hi Henry we know you love rallying and want to go to Monte Carlo but we've decided you should drive a Monte Carlo instead you horrible feeling imp pit of stomach when I think they might mean a Chevrolet Monte Carlo but it continued an escort RS Cosworth Monte Carlo Edition Harrah I thought I can drive that to the south of France but it continued even better we've discovered that Voss where all this is going on is twinned with Stamford which is near Peter so you can use roads around there you're probably wondering why they were doing all this to me they're doing this to you because you rally types always bang on about Group B this and Group B that and how 2017 is going to be the return ofp Group B I might have said that but group a is the area we should be planning for as that actually gave us exciting road cars like the coy we hope that after a day driving it on cambridge's answer to the cini you'll agree love Jethro and Ben the flower pot men in all seriousness it is really lovely to get back behind the wheel of an escort Cosworth can you believe it's 25 years since this was first produced on sale from 1992 to 1996 Ford only needed to produce 2,500 cosies to satisfy the group a regs but ended up selling over 7,000 without a doubt the car's most distinguishing feature is the humongous whale tail rear wing designed by Frank Stephenson it's as overblown as someone building an Olympics swimming pool at the back of a two bed semi you could park this between two Lamborghinis and it would still steal the show the escort Cosworth in case you don't know was obviously it was a homologation car so the mark 5 escort had a transverse 4-cylinder engine in the front and front-wheel drive that was no good for running so what they did is they put the Sierra cworth underneath a mark 5 escort body that means that up front we've got an inline 4 engine going longitudinally and permanent four-wheel drive underneath with 33% at the front and 67% of the rear in the same way people instinctively say boy or girl to pregnant women the first question people always ask about escort KES is Big Turbo or small turbo the earlier cars have a big Garrett T3 turbo and their ybt engines have blue Cam covers there is a fair amount of lag with these however so to combat this later cars were fitted with small at T25 turbos this Monte Carlo Edition is a big turbo car so we've got 227 brake horsepower 224b foot of torque not 60 is 6.1 seconds and it's good for 140 mph these figures might not be particularly shocking today back then kind of mind-blowing really it's not a great sounding inar I have to say steering there's not as much feel as you might think but whole car just flows yes this is just like ni cold aini hairpins Gore there's one coming up oh no there isn't Sebastian oio is winning might be Chris me TI never I won't I don't know I mean you know I would have done if I'd been there the mono Edition as you might imagine was built to celebrate the victory that Ford had at Monte Carlo with success CU they became second in 1993 in the first year they competed with this car and then France deore won in 1994 so this was to celebrate that and they built 200 of these cars there were three colors ash black malard green or this which is dual Violet you also got ozed racing wheels just like the rally car a turbocharged 4-cylinder hot hatch is of course well pretty common today but there are a few things that certainly mark this out is are from different generation it's a 5-speed gearbox for a start then you get to the corners and well there's quite a bit of shutter through the steering wheel from the original brakes I suspect is on original tires as well these P0 asymmetric not a lot of grip nice bit of roll in the corners actually you tend to want to Trail break in and then there's a really nice balance to the car does it still fa quick today well this might stand really strange but in modern cars you only tend to use the top fraction of the throttle travel this you really have to remember to actually put the throttle all the way into the carpet and then yes it really is still very quick it would have seemed wrong not to end the day in the Midlands version of the S of France it's rather pretty too some wonderful road cars certainly emerged from the group a era a fact that is only reinforced by day in the terrific 25-year-old KY however I do wonder what sort of homologation specials would be produced if the WRC went back to group a regs now with the resulting cars actually be any better than the current Focus RS or more flamboyant looking than the current Civic Type R I suppose it would be fun to find out but ultimately the reason I love rallying isn't because of the road cars it might produce in some ways yes I do want to see Group B back on stage because they're the most exciting things and in the same way I want to see the most exciting cars in Formula 1 I want to see the most exciting cars on the rally stage so there we go let us know what you think it's not just up to me is it and I excuse me I've just got one thing left to do dear jro I know you wanted to go to the first race of the Formula 1 season but I've heard that there's a little circuit out in Norfolk that would be much more fun and there are some old Formula Ford carsabout now I should have been in Monte Carlo watching this but just as I was getting my lucky bubble hat ready the one with a missing bubble I got a text message from Jethro and Ben it said hi Henry we know you love rallying and want to go to Monte Carlo but we've decided you should drive a Monte Carlo instead you horrible feeling imp pit of stomach when I think they might mean a Chevrolet Monte Carlo but it continued an escort RS Cosworth Monte Carlo Edition Harrah I thought I can drive that to the south of France but it continued even better we've discovered that Voss where all this is going on is twinned with Stamford which is near Peter so you can use roads around there you're probably wondering why they were doing all this to me they're doing this to you because you rally types always bang on about Group B this and Group B that and how 2017 is going to be the return ofp Group B I might have said that but group a is the area we should be planning for as that actually gave us exciting road cars like the coy we hope that after a day driving it on cambridge's answer to the cini you'll agree love Jethro and Ben the flower pot men in all seriousness it is really lovely to get back behind the wheel of an escort Cosworth can you believe it's 25 years since this was first produced on sale from 1992 to 1996 Ford only needed to produce 2,500 cosies to satisfy the group a regs but ended up selling over 7,000 without a doubt the car's most distinguishing feature is the humongous whale tail rear wing designed by Frank Stephenson it's as overblown as someone building an Olympics swimming pool at the back of a two bed semi you could park this between two Lamborghinis and it would still steal the show the escort Cosworth in case you don't know was obviously it was a homologation car so the mark 5 escort had a transverse 4-cylinder engine in the front and front-wheel drive that was no good for running so what they did is they put the Sierra cworth underneath a mark 5 escort body that means that up front we've got an inline 4 engine going longitudinally and permanent four-wheel drive underneath with 33% at the front and 67% of the rear in the same way people instinctively say boy or girl to pregnant women the first question people always ask about escort KES is Big Turbo or small turbo the earlier cars have a big Garrett T3 turbo and their ybt engines have blue Cam covers there is a fair amount of lag with these however so to combat this later cars were fitted with small at T25 turbos this Monte Carlo Edition is a big turbo car so we've got 227 brake horsepower 224b foot of torque not 60 is 6.1 seconds and it's good for 140 mph these figures might not be particularly shocking today back then kind of mind-blowing really it's not a great sounding inar I have to say steering there's not as much feel as you might think but whole car just flows yes this is just like ni cold aini hairpins Gore there's one coming up oh no there isn't Sebastian oio is winning might be Chris me TI never I won't I don't know I mean you know I would have done if I'd been there the mono Edition as you might imagine was built to celebrate the victory that Ford had at Monte Carlo with success CU they became second in 1993 in the first year they competed with this car and then France deore won in 1994 so this was to celebrate that and they built 200 of these cars there were three colors ash black malard green or this which is dual Violet you also got ozed racing wheels just like the rally car a turbocharged 4-cylinder hot hatch is of course well pretty common today but there are a few things that certainly mark this out is are from different generation it's a 5-speed gearbox for a start then you get to the corners and well there's quite a bit of shutter through the steering wheel from the original brakes I suspect is on original tires as well these P0 asymmetric not a lot of grip nice bit of roll in the corners actually you tend to want to Trail break in and then there's a really nice balance to the car does it still fa quick today well this might stand really strange but in modern cars you only tend to use the top fraction of the throttle travel this you really have to remember to actually put the throttle all the way into the carpet and then yes it really is still very quick it would have seemed wrong not to end the day in the Midlands version of the S of France it's rather pretty too some wonderful road cars certainly emerged from the group a era a fact that is only reinforced by day in the terrific 25-year-old KY however I do wonder what sort of homologation specials would be produced if the WRC went back to group a regs now with the resulting cars actually be any better than the current Focus RS or more flamboyant looking than the current Civic Type R I suppose it would be fun to find out but ultimately the reason I love rallying isn't because of the road cars it might produce in some ways yes I do want to see Group B back on stage because they're the most exciting things and in the same way I want to see the most exciting cars in Formula 1 I want to see the most exciting cars on the rally stage so there we go let us know what you think it's not just up to me is it and I excuse me I've just got one thing left to do dear jro I know you wanted to go to the first race of the Formula 1 season but I've heard that there's a little circuit out in Norfolk that would be much more fun and there are some old Formula Ford cars\n"