Sierra Misery

[lisbon_road]

Yes the inner headlights were dummies on some.  And guess who bought a brand new headlight not realising it? 

 

Looks an interesting car.  It is possible to fit arch liners from later cars onto Mk1s, I have some too.

 

The Belgian ones seemed to last far better than the Dagenham ones - just stating facts sadly.

[RichardMoss]

Didn't these have a Pug engine or something like that?

Yes. The press reckoned that it was good business for Peugeot: they got paid for the engines AND the Sierra was so bad that it was the perfect advert for the more modern-engined Peugeot/Citroen offerings.

[Stixy]

Ford got stitched up by Peugeot 

 

The version i heard a long time ago was that Ford had signed a contract with pug for the 2.1 and 2.3 Diesel engines for the Sierra and Granada  and ford were thinking they would now be on a  level playing field  with them for  Diesel cars  , but  not long after ford had signed a 5 year deal with  Peugeot  they  bought the XUD out which made most other diesel engines look like a bad joke 

[Guest bangerfan101]

^{its well known the steel used at dagenham was shite compared to what the master race were using at the same time}

[fordperv]

We have 2 mk1 sierras both built at genk one is solid and the other is rotten as buggery that's lovingly known as project tea bag

 

So not all genk sierras are equal

[CortinaDave]

I never thought of the veg oil angle... This would make it even more appealing ! Anyone know if it would sup makros finest?