ONE LOVE
the ‘next month’ page of the previous issue of , we stuck in a little picture of this Series 1 RS Turbo along with a caption claiming that it was ‘one of the best RS Turbos we’ve ever seen’. And while we’re no strangers to hysterical hyperbole (it’s 2019, that’s basically what social media is made of), we’re a very long way from exaggerating here. There are just so many reasons why this RST is a true-blue winner – the spec, the finish, the sheer damned desirability of it – but the most significant factor is that this is a millimetre-perfect embodiment of all the Mk3 Escort dreams we’ve collectively enjoyed over the last several decades. Naturally, given that it’s 35-odd years since the RS Turbo launched, we’ve seen countless modified examples, and it’s possible to turn these
