4 Ford Mondeo Super Touring

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Ford had never really hit the heights of the Super Touring era.

The category lured a host of manufacturers to the tin-top world in the 1990s but the Blue Oval was simply unable to match up to the expertise of the likes of BMW and Audi.

It wasn’t until Prodrive got the nod to field the cars in 1999 that things started to change.

Not that people noticed in that first season with an inconsistent car causing headaches for Anthony Reid and

Alain Menu. The Swiss driver managed to win one race (from pole position at Knockhill), but that wasn’t enough to stop Ford finishing bottom of the manufacturers’ points.

Things changed in 2000 with a three-car effort as Rickard Rydell joined the line-up. The BTCC was undergoing something of a change with only three works teams and the end of the Super Touring era in sight, but Ford didn’t care. The sweetsounding V6 Mondeo won 11 times and the three drivers, led by Menu, locked out the top spots in the series.