1989 Ford Escort Reviews, Pricing & Specs

Performance-stock 1,6 8valve makes 105bhp so its quite nice... mine does around 134bhp now, aiming for 150-160bhp, good brakes, nice handling. Built quality-not bad, some rost after 21 years of working, but I got rid of it... Interior, litlle bit too plastic, but recaro seats are magificent. Exterior-last escort that looked good, anything more to add? Costs, quite a lot, my engine with really light feet drinks about 10l/100km, but with mine feet and mods it does about 15-20l/100km, besides this it's only about fluid checks... And yep it's fun to own ppl with this car, 130bhp with 950kg says much :D Feb 20, 2010

As far as performance goes, this car accelerates nicely (four speed manual) and brakes well too, but this car turns like a dump truck... no handling t all... It is fun to drive though... No problem with durabilty (several cosmetic issues but not at the fault of Ford)... It gets between 30 and 40 miles per gallon and is very cheap to own... Overall? It's not an awful car but it's not top of the line either.Sep 10, 2009

Escort RS turbo 90 spec, polished alloy wheels, lowered, cosworth brakes, full 3inch stainless steel exhaust system/heatwrapped, full throttle gearshift kit, quickshitft kit, k+n induction kit, ford motorsport plugs and leads, bailey dumpvalve, bailey breather kit, vibratechnics engine/gearbox mounts, airtec double capacity intercooler, stage 2 CTS gearbox and a few other bits!! Jul 26, 2009

This car was my baby. I bought it brand new for 6000. It had 3 miles on it, and it smelled AWESOME! The pic isn't the one I bought, I cant find a pic of it. I got an Escort Pony, it was a 4 speed and had no radio. I had it custom pin striped and a honkin' Sony stereo in it. When I traded it in 8 years later, I had only put tires, brakes, and a timing belt on it. It still had the origional exhaust on it. Jan 08, 2009

My black Escort was pimped with a rubber spoiler which obviously slowed the car down, but made it look slightly more Mad Max. The 1800cc diesel didn't deliver the performance that the look suggested, but still, I loved the car's look. The motor had a lovely deep roar, which led me to dub the car "Deepthroat". The transmission was to be replaced; I cost I couldn't justify.Oct 30, 2008

Having owned more than 10 escorts I know them very well. The 1.9 liter was faster better on fuel and done better than the 1.6 of 86 and older. The engine went forever in both with 35+ with the 1.9 and 28 with the 1.6. I preferred the station wagon over the other models for extra room without hurting mpg's and in the early 90's mazda started making them for ford but I never owned on of those I just know used models were the biggest bang for the buck in their day, if you didn't mind being seen in one. One of the most practicle cars of all time. With today's economy I would even consider hunting up another one with lowish miles and in decent condition. Then when the economy picks up you can pass it down to a your neice so they can experience a piece of american history, what a nice gift it would make for just a couple hundred.Oct 09, 2008

ok if you went out and asked someone about a Series 2 escort RS Turbo one of the first words they come out with would be Rust buckets or horrible cars, now me i personally think that they are amazing cars its a small 3 door hatch back car with a small 1.6 litrefront mounted engine with a turbo charger running around 135 bhp standard now one thing on these that you need to check for is rust under the battery tray under the car, above the rear wheel arches and on the bulk headan other thing is to check the wiring other than that the car drives like a dream handles even better and once the brakes have been up graded it will stop even quicker too.Apr 27, 2008

The best hand me down I ever had. This was my sister's car before I got it, and by the time I got it it was well and truly knackered. I spent a lot of my time working on it, respraying rusty panels, replacing smashed lights and the rest in the year before I passed my test (I got the car when I was 16). The car paid me back in kind, by actually being surprisingly good! I was going to put some XR3i bits on it (alloys, interior, spoiler etc.), but then a K reg came up for a bargain low price, so I sold it and made a tidy profit on it. All in all, this car did me well, and definitely handles better than the MK5 and 6 models I've had since.Jan 23, 2008

I love the shape of this car, and the cute lil spotlamps etc, the interior is OK, just cloth interior and basic dials etc. Very nippy lil car tho-after a top end rebuild this car really does shift-its only got a 1600cc engine, but it is real light. I won't be keeping this car, the handling is not as good as the Volvo, and its currently lying in the work car park waiting for a fuel filter and new clutch...O and insurance is stupidly high, when it got broken into only 2 weeks after i bought it, i realised why...Jan 19, 2008