1984 Ford Escort Cabriolet 1.6i MkIII

1984 Ford Escort Cabriolet MkIII in Shopping, Movie, 1994

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Author	Message
twingoman ◊ 2008-02-21 23:00	XR3 Cabriolet
dudley ◊ 2008-02-22 10:14	1983+ Escort 1.6i Cabriolet MkIII. XR3i Cab. was MkIV only.
rpcm ◊ 2008-02-22 16:51	First model year of the Escort Cabriolet MkIII was 1984 - sales started by the end of 1983 after the "Frankfurt IAA" - and it was, in fact, XR3i based.
Ingo ◊ 2008-02-28 01:06	Not orign Britain, orign Germany is correct. All Escort Cabriolets were built by Karmann.
dudley ◊ 2008-03-09 21:30	rpcm wrote First model year of the Escort Cabriolet MkIII was 1984 - sales started by the end of 1983 after the "Frankfurt IAA" - and it was, in fact, XR3i based. Correct, but were badged in the UK as Escort 1.6i and marketed as Escort 1.6i Cabriolet: http://www.reallymeansounds.com/garage/car.php?user=4534&garageid=2043, the XR3i badge only appeared on the MkIV of 1986. A normally-aspirated 1.6 version with Ghia spec also appeared at the same time, but was quietly dropped after poor sales. -- Last edit: 2008-03-09 21:32:58