A beloved former car of Jeremy Clarkson is set to fetch up to £75,000 at auction.

The 1992 Ford Escort RS Cosworth is one of three ‘pre-production prototypes’ and is heading under the hammer.

This particular Escort RS Cosworth was featured in both Top Gear Magazine and Clarkson’s Car Years, with the former seeing the Oxfordshire-based celebrity running the car for a year and writing 12 different reports about his time with the vehicle. 

During Clarkson’s Car Years, the former Top Gear presenter took the Escort to the ‘Buttertubs Pass’ in the Yorkshire Dales where he proclaimed: “one of my all-time favourite roads meets one of my all-time favourite cars, the Cossie”.

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Jeremy Clarkson's former car which he described as an all-time favourite.Jeremy Clarkson's former car which he described as an all-time favourite. (Image: Iconic Auctioneers)

The Escort RS Cosworth remains one of Ford’s most sought-after models, having been created to homologate a car destined to be used on the World Rally Championship stage.

However, it remains a very rare car with just 2,500 homologation special versions ever produced.

This particular pre-production car is rumoured to have cost more than £250,000 to produce and had a number of features which differentiated it from a standard Cosworth including a deletion of the catalytic converter.

It’s finished in ‘Mallard Green’ with a contrasting ‘Raven Hide’ interior and still retains its original Ford Motor Company registration plate.

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Inside the car which is going under the hammer at auction.Inside the car which is going under the hammer at auction. (Image: Iconic Auctioneers)

A clean underside still with its original sealant from the Ford factory showcases this car’s spotless bill of health.

Now, the Ford Escort RS Cosworth is heading under the hammer via Iconic Auctioneers at its event on August 24 where it could fetch up to £75,000 when the hammer falls.

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