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Andy Barratt has just confirmed it's called the Heritage Edition and marks 50 years since the Escort was released...the orange pays homage to the mk2 RS2000 that came in a very similar shade of orange. No mention of spec yet but would imagine/hope it comes with the (already warranty friendly)...

It does seem to be. Andy Barrat (Ford UK CEO or something) has been teasing for a few months with posts on FB/Twitter which are then immediately deleted to get the community hype going, so up until now everyone's written what's been seen off as fake news. It's highly unlikely I'd be in with a...

Deep Orange is the translation from the German paint name that's been quoted.

FFS it looks like this rumoured run-out of 50 is now reality. I'm calling my dealership tomorrow.

Wow. Epic family barge! I thought it was some badged up wannabe at first, as others have said I had no idea they existed. I wish I could get wife interested in something pokey. Nope. Our 120PS 1.5dci and 55 mpg C-Max gets her excited enough and she absolutely hates driving my car.

Point taken, 100%, but I get a lot of messages from RS owners globally urging me to keep them 'informed' on what's happening as, due to the forums I frequent getting hold of a lot of the information as and when it becomes available. I have a long list of car geekery type topics to get through...

I just read this out to my wife, genuine LOLs from us both! Some of them see the RS badge almost as sacred as the Holy Grail. Seriously, it's on a pedestal so high...they genuinely worship them. I just think, meh, it's a pokey lairy Focus that's very loose at the back and great fun to fling...

There's some now saying they'll leave it as they have until 2023 to get it done...not going by what I've seen so far. Playing that game could well turn out to be a a very expensive choice! Thank to @Dan for my shameless whoring of his most excellent pictures :up::up::up:

LOL now that everyone has got the recall to fix the HG problem that they've been moaning about for months on end, there's many saying they're not going to have it done as they can't trust the dealers to do the work! I predict there'll be a good few failures once cars are out of warranty and...

I wasn't expecting this...my dealer says it's likely to be due to my engine change not yet being registered. I've told him I do not want my engine dismantled!

You want pictures...? It's going to be interesting to see if this recall is for every single car?! If it is that, to me, suggests it was a Ford thing and not a flaky supply chain at fault. Ouch.

This is why I went for the Pixel. Mine was barely lasting a day after two years of moderate use. I'm off this morning to sell it...Game stores are giving £180 cash for them...that'll do.

Would you like a car that steered for you? Braked? Accelerated? An autonomous Clio RS... How much of a thrill to drive would that be?

It is if you genuinely get enjoyment from shifting gears, using a clutch, and rev matching yourself. To me it is an integral part of driving, as much as pressing the brake, the throttle, or steering is to people who enjoy pulling paddles or pressing buttons. I can see how having a car do that...

May I ask why?

It has an auto box with no manual option. That's why I justifiably slate it without having driven one.

...and make videos about them as well! :blush:

From what I can see here it looks like I have the latest gasket on my replacement November built engine. That suggests and supports the internet rumours that August onwards engines are all good...

I picked up a Pixel 2 XL at the weekend...I'm liking it so far, they've taken the 6P I had before and basically fixed every single thing wrong with it...and then made it better, a lot better, the camera and video is incredible. Annoyingly it has made my wife want an iPhone X...she's very...

Yep. We're expecting something to be officially 'released' soon...exactly what it entails for everyone is still far from certain though...no one really wants to have their RS' engine dismantled! I think most would rather have a complete replacement.

This is the ONLY thing they needed to do. If they had done I would have bought one instead of a Fiesta ST. I almost did, even with the EDC 'box, but just couldn't convince myself to do it.

It will have taken them a while to determine what was causing it, a while to understand how and why it happened, and a good while to get the party at fault to accept that they have to fund this entire mess, then a further while to be happy that they're genuinely doing the right thing...

I'm expecting it to be. The recent information suggests with quite clear evidence that looks to confirm that it really was as simple a f*** up as the wrong parts being labelled/sent/fitted with end result being a gasket specifically designed for the Mustang 2.3 fitted, in error, to the RS 2.3...

The thing is, rejection is not an option, at all. If it failed within the first thirty days of ownership, absolutely it is, but at six months? I have to give them a chance to fix it, to remedy the fault...so I have, and they have. If it were to fail again, that's where it could start to get a...

I know I'm asking for the moon on a stick and I'll probably never get it. I certainly don't need it, I'm happy where I am right now and still adore the RS. But it's fun to keep chipping away and if I ever did get anything from Ford it would be actual real internet gold.

Nah, I love this thing. It'll take a lot more to make me lose faith in it. I'm sure it's fixed for good now...I just wish I could get Ford to admit something although that is highly unlikely. I doubt it! I was sat in traffic when I did it...and had no intention at all of actually launching...

In other news my run-in is slowly progressing...and a small issue has surfaced, briefly...

It made me chuckle a little...I wonder if some festive cheer was behind his passionate posts! This is pure speculation based on a forum figure (which is hardly all encompassing) and a finger in the air figure of total cars sold. A straw poll of FRSOC suggests it's at least 5%. For a non safety...