The Ford Escort Mk5 And The Furry Dice
Britain's car, with a spoiler that did nothing.
The Escort was everywhere, and the modification culture around it (dice, spoilers, sub-woofer) defined a certain kind of British car park.
The XR3i was the one everyone wanted and insurance made unobtainable for anyone under twenty-five. So people bought the 1.3 and made it look like an XR3i.
Halfords existed almost entirely to serve this market for about a decade.
Cost back then
£9,000
Goes for now
Clean RS and XR models now fetch £15,000+
