40 YEARS OF THE FABULOUS FORD SIERRA

I can remember exactly where I was the first time I saw a Sierra – M5 northbound, en route to the NEC on press day, 22nd September 1982. ‘There’s a new Sierra,’ said Everett Snr as I caught a glimpse of it steaming down the opposite carriageway, a pale grey one with a dark grey grille signifying the base model that about nine people bought.

The Sierra signified some new thinking at Ford. Since the days of the first Cortina launched 20 years previously,