Ken Block is collecting quite a stable of Fords, adding a wild 700hp 1986 Ford RS200 to his epic collection of fast Fords. Block actually lists the RS200, a mid-engined all-wheel-drive supercar built to homologate a race car for Group B rallying rules, as his favourite car of all time!
Unfortunately for Ford the RS200 arrived on the scene too late to be competitive as Group B rallying was banned after the 1986 season following a huge number of spectator and crew deaths in horrific crashes. It did have a stellar career in Rallycross, a sport Block competes in today.
His blue oval stable now boasts the BDA Mk2 Escort, all-wheel-drive widebody 1600hp twin-turbo “Hoonicorn” Mustang, Group A-spec Escort Cosworth RS tarmac rally car, plus a Focus RS, F150 Raptor on tracks, a WRC-spec Focus, and two Rallycross-spec Fiestas!
Iain Kelly is the Group B groupie behind The Creators Online.
Which Ken Block Ford would you take for a thrash? Tell us in the comments below.
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Iain Kelly
Contributing Journalist
A love of classic American and European cars drove Iain Kelly to motoring journalism straight out of high school, via the ownership of a tired 1975 HJ Holden Monaro.
For nearly 20 years he has worked on magazines and websites catering to modified late model high-performance Japanese and European tuner cars, as well as traditional hot rods, muscle cars and street machines. Some of these titles include Auto Salon, LSX Tuner, MOTOR, Forged, Freestyle Rides, Roadkill, SPEED, and Street Machine. He counts his trip to the USA to help build Mighty Car Mods’ “Subarute” along with co-authoring their recent book, The Cars of Mighty Car Mods, among his career highlights.
Iain lends his expertise to CarsGuide for a variety of advice projects, along with legitimising his automotive obsession with regular OverSteer contributions.
Although his practical skills working on cars is nearly all self-taught, he still loves nothing more than spending quality time in the shed working on his project car, a 1964 Pontiac. He also admits to also having an addiction to E30 BMWs and Subaru Liberty RS Turbos, both of which he has had multiple examples of. With car choices like that, at least his mum thinks he is cool.
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