Steve Soper’s black and day-glo orange Texaco Eggenberger Sierra RS500 Cosworth was one half of one of touring car racing’s best-remembered duels. At Brands Hatch in July 1988, round eight of the British Touring Car Championship, Soper and Andy Rouse fought for the lead in their RS500s in the wet, swapping places repeatedly before Rouse took the win.
The RS500 was Ford’s Group A evolution of the Sierra RS Cosworth. Exactly 500 were built in 1987, converted by Aston Martin Tickford with a larger Garrett T04 turbocharger, a second set of injectors and an extra rear spoiler. In race trim the Cosworth YB 2.0-litre turbo made around 500 bhp, and the RS500 won the 1988 European Touring Car Championship entrants’ title.
This hand-finished 1:18 resin model of Soper’s Texaco car is limited to 999 units and comes in a collector’s box.
- Scale: 1:18 (approximately 25 cm long)
- Hand-finished resin model
- Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth, Steve Soper, Texaco Eggenberger livery
- BTCC, Brands Hatch, July 1988
- Limited edition of 999 units
- Collector’s box
- Product code: SC022
- Made by Stirling Scale
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