The RS500 badge is back with a bang! First seen on the Sierra Cosworth RS500 back in the eighties, it's a name that stands for one thing - all-out performance.
Sporting a matt black paint job and using the same 2.5-litre turbocharged engine, the RS500 has been boosted from 300bhp to 345bhp. That means a top speed of 165mph is theoretically possible - but we wanted proof...
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