Talk:Ford RS200

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Poor grammar[edit]

This article should be re-written to a standard more suited to an encyclopedia —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.194.101.136 (talk) 17:12, 14 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

acceleration[edit]

the acceleration numbers in the performance section need a unit for acceleration. you cant tell weather its m/s^2, or mph/s or kph/s or whatever. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.107.135.121 (talk) 04:32, 13 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

They are seconds, which is why the table is headed "Acceleration (s)" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.31.130.99 (talk) 16:26, 10 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Standing km[edit]

I don't know the correct figures, but I'm guessing the speed at the end of the standing km is not 308mph. Ytse Frobozz (talk) 20:22, 9 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Nonsense about the RS200 being unique as a purpose built rally car[edit]

The paragraph in the History section about how the RS200 was special because it was purpose built as a rally car is a mess of ignorant nonsense. The Lancia 037, Delta S4, Peugeot 205 T16 and Metro 6R4 were all at least as much purpose designed cars which shared almost no parts commonality with the cars they were supposed to resemble. The only difference between the RS200 and a Delta S4, 205 T16 or a Metro 6R4 is that Ford wasn't trying to promote a production car by making their rally car into a silhouette racer. Famously the only part of the Delta S4 that came from the road car was the windscreen, meaning the RS200 had more in common with a Ford Sierra than the Delta S4 did with a regular Delta. Similarly, the 205 T16 was several centimetres larger in all dimensions than a roadgoing 205. None of this is even considering the Lancia Stratos. That the RS200 was in some way special for being purpose designed would be a point worth making if it were actually true, but this section is so wildly misinformed it really should be completely removed. 31.221.102.9 (talk) 14:33, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Did You even consider that it's uniqueness may be in context of other Fords not of other rally cars of that era? YBSOne (talk) 16:19, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That might be a valid point if the article mentioned any other Fords at this point and didn't explicitly point to the Delta S4 and 205 T16 as being based on front engined hatchbacks. This is a gross distortion of facts. Even the direct comparison the the Lancia 037 is faulty as the 037 only shared the passenger cell and some cosmetic bits with the Beta Montecarlo. 86.9.8.57 (talk) 19:07, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]