THE GREATEST BTCC MACHINE

If the Super Touring era is widely regarded as the BTCC’S high point in terms of competition, the Ford RS500 takes some beating when it comes to the championship’s greatest cars. Dramatic and dominant, the RS500 took 40 race wins, not to mention the successes scored by its predecessor, the RS Cosworth. “I never felt the Cosworth was the greatest touring car, but last year at the Goodwood Members’ Meeting they brought a Texaco car over from the German Ford museum,” says ex-works driver Steve Soper. “It was like a rocketship, unbelievably quick. After that I changed my mind.”