A 1992 Ford Escort Cosworth tested by Jeremey Clarkson in period promises to do well at Iconic Auctioneers Silverstone Festival sale
A 1992 Ford Escort Cosworth formerly run as a long-term test car by Jeremy Clarkson is due to be offered at auction by Iconic. A pre-production example in Mallard Green, K38 FMC is one of three hand-built test cars that differed slightly in specification from customer cars, including a catalytic converter delete. As a marketing stunt, Ford offered the car to Jeremy Clarkson as a 12-month test car, featuring in numerous magazine reports in his tenure. During that time, it also appeared on the Top Gear TV show, was daily driven by the presenter, used as a camera car for the show, and was even keyed at one point – damage that long since seems to have been rectified. The car was then given away in the first issue of Top Gear Magazine, before Clarkson was reunited with the car in 2000 for an episode of Clarkson’s Car Years.
The current owner has carried out a full brake and suspension overhaul, fitted a set of new-old stock genuine wheels and centre caps, and improved the interior with a new headlining. That level of care and maintenance means that despite its reasonably high 83,000-mile reading, this Cosworth presents very well and is estimated at £65,000-£75,000.
The Escort Cosworth is just one of many cars heading under the hammer as part of Iconic Auctions’ 23-24 August sale at Silverstone Festival, with a catalogue that also includes a 10,000-mile TVR Griffith, a Ford Escort RS2000 formerly owned by Henry Ford II, and a barn-find Mercedes 190SL ‘Gullwing’.
For the full list of consignments, visit iconicauctioneers.com
