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😂😂😂1 came to Namibia also.The diamond&gold branch of the then stil SA police force before independent Namibia.An old boer topie Hennie Brink(passed away,believe in a car crash in SA)and Schawn Geyser both from the police drove around in Namibia with that beast of a car.Whenever we saw that car car we knew the "Gattas"are around.Maar boeta,ekke dink daai gogga XR8 Sierra hy moet bietjie bang by die Chev Constantia 8 cylinder by die pad want XR8 hy wou nie,of kon nie overtake by ons nie by die pad van Windhoek na Oshakati,genuine,oshiri shiri.Sowaar ok mut hy was gebang by die Chev😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Sounds like your cars got a story waiting to be told. =)

Your channel has no content. Forgive my scepticism of your claims. Best you post a vid

I take it that this car never was sold in here in Europe??

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I was just going to say the same Xr4x4

I have a xr4ti murkur

hardly smal for the era. there was only the Granada that was bigger than the Sierra in Europe at the time. the Sierra was eventually replaced by the Mondeo which is now the biggest car (ignoring SUV style crossovers etc) Ford make for Europe and it has grown to....the size the old Granada was!

@@petelattimer6808 It's way more compact than Scorpio

XR8 Falcon it's the ducks guts Max

Why, It looks like the sort of car people who drink latte's would drive.....

@@incomingshell3268 Bogan Holden fanboy!!! AU Xr6 VCT standing in my garage mint condition. Right next to my MT09.

@@omgwtflmaololrotfl2368 Am I supposed to be impressed?

Why?

Yes, but a Merkur Turbo with a extra few pounds of boost would smoke the xr8..

@@xsduprwd3937 Yep; or if you can get your grubby hands on one of the Eggenburger 4 cyl Turbos ala Aussie touring cars

@@maxrockatanksyOG aka Cossie!!

In the UK we got the Cosworth. 2.0 4 cylinder turbo with 220bhp, quicker lighter and handled far better. However the UK missed out on all the V8 goodness and for that we are sad :(

@@FullBoostJ4 a heavy cast iron v8 would ruin the handling

Plus V6 in SA....

Cooper Williams My dad had a Granada with the 2.9 v6 cosworth lump. Only downside it was automatic 🤢 Still went sideways tho. It was black, K reg I think

Although these are quite cool, I am a Ford and a Sierra enthusiast and have an RS Saph, the cossies we all got were far faster and higher performance than these with half the motor

@@Flying_GC all true BUT you cant top the sound of a V8, which is the difference. the Cossies can sound good (unless you have a stupid loud dump valve then they sound cr@p, in my opinion) with the right sized exhaust, but a V8 will ALWAYS sound better!

Yeah XR8 Falcons came a number of years after these

@@roxannenuttall1510 and were alot better

Are you crazy..? Better than a cosworth? Tell that to the Sierra cosworth’s that are doing high 9’s 1/4 mile!!!!

No it doesn't, the sierra's are low at the back by default. I think it's to keep the wheels planted as the have negative camber as well

@Pandu Hishiko the car sat level when new as magazine tests at the time proves

@@africankat1 yeah it sat level 25 years ago...

Ok. Like it more this way though. Looks as if the car is in constant acceleration

Pandu Hishiko The rear wheel arches are also cut lower than the front wheel arches which makes it look like it’s sagging more than it actually is.

Only in south africa

keegan reddy 😆😆

not really sure how you managed to put a V8 enginebottom end into the RS2000 and only 1 Pinto head (which was a 4 cylinder engine)

Hi. Check on the engine number. The last digits are the nr of the car

You need to import some Aussie Commodore and Falcon V8s. They were just affordable everyday cars for us.

@@seegee7728 closest we got was the Vauxhall Monaro and there was very few of those. Seems everyone got awesome cars but us Brits🙁 I have to make do with my Lexus V8.

We got better BMW’s than America the m3 was detuned for them don’t know about South Africa

@A S Humphrey I sold a 1.3 Sierra with a ohv lump they weren't popular but cheap ,

why not? Sierra shell, MUSTANG engine/gearbox. last i heard, the Mustang was classed as a muscle car (in the 80s at least) so why not?

@@petelattimer6808 are you joking right now you cant compare Sierra with a Mustang not with Tuff style, performance, looks,history,movies achievements, demand worldwide known as a muscle car from 1964 when the hell was a Sierra a muscle car im a FORD man to the bone have a 67 Mustang 427 also have a 72 GT XA FALCON 351 COUPE and a XW 351 UTE here in Australia i love my FORD's .please don't compare Sierra with a Mustang and don't call it a muscle car.

@@pitman2911 ok, so its nothing like a Mustang EXCEPT it shares the Borg Warner T5 gearbox, the engine came straight from a Mustang and it has a borg warner rear diff. so ignoring the bodyshell, what exactly on this car ISNT mustang?? yes the Mustang has the film icon status, but who makes all the films....America. where is the Mustang from....America. do you really think that the Mustang would be the icon it is now, if they had made Bullitt in South Africa and used a Cortina (the predecessor of the Sierra) instead? or if the 'eleanor' car had been a Ford Capri (european one) in Gone in 60 seconds? had it not been for the Dukes of Hazzard and the Fast and Furious franchises, most people outside of America would probably not know the Dodge Chargers (or Challengers i always confuse them) exist, other than on the internet! the Definition of a Muscle car was alwyas a BIG engine in a SMALL (comparitively) car, that could only go FAST in a STRAIGHT LINE. and according to the owner in the video, because of the power the handling is terrible, so fits the Muscle car category perfectly! it usess the 'muscle car' mustang Engine! America came up with the definition of a Muscle car, and this car ticks every box.

@@petelattimer6808 what if, if that we could go on and on ,people that are into cars know their cars they dont need movies most of the time been passed down from father, grandfather maybe few magazine's growing up .the Australian muscle car the XY GT HO FORD FALCON 351was the fastest 4 door in the world it was built in 1971,im not sure if it was in 2009 or 2011 that they made something faster. Now that held that record for many years nothing came close, did the Italian, German, English, American know about this beast of a car dont think so but people that are in to cars know,Australia had the XA GT HO PHAZ 5 which they stopped production and was ban on the road because it was to powerful does the world know about this one as well people that know their muscle cars do.a muscle car has got to have history has to look tuff as you look at it you got to feel that this car means business when you drive it you always thinking this car wants to kill me its a different feeling .muscle cars are not small not at all the 2 doors are as big as the 4 doors ,big motor and aggressive style to them.Sierra,Cortina,Capri are no were near a muscle car never will be,they sell for nothing here in Australia. about the movies and what if what you mentioned the Mustang made it because of what it is tuff aggressive mean pure muscle, there is a reason why we dont see sierra,Capri,Cortina in movies there is no wild factor...simple

@@pitman2911 which is fine if you are USA based. you will have to go a long way to find any of the early Mustangs or chargers etc here in the UK. without the internet, or TV etc they would ne unheard of here

Give me an Australian xr8 anyday