Escort

The year 2008 was especially prolific in terms of cars, especially in the case of the Ford Escort MKII, of which Tecnitoys within the Classics Series marketed 5 different versions. All came with rear-wheel drive and front and rear LED lights. This model in "Eaton Yale" blue color #1 bears the Lombard Rally livery and is a replica of the Escort with which Mikkola and Hertz competed in that Rally in 1979. This same year 2008 also saw the marketing of a version with a mud effect (ref. 6356)

This Tecnitoys model is a reproduction of the Ford Escort RS 1800 MKII that won the 1979 Lombard Rally driven by Hannu Mikkola with Arne Hertz as co-driver, sporting Eaton Yale sponsorship and the number 1. The Ford Escort MKII RS1800 was one of the great icons of rallying in the late 1970s. It was equipped with a 2.0 naturally-aspirated Cosworth BDA engine, rear-wheel drive, and a lightweight chassis that made it lethal on both gravel and broken asphalt sections. With it, Ford won the 1979 Constructors' World Championship and achieved many rally victories.