The Ford Escort was Britain’s best-selling car in several years between its introduction in 1968 and its demise in 2002. It was pitched at the lower-medium sector of the saloon car market but rapidly became much more than that thanks to a hugely successful works motorsport programme. There were humble, everyday saloons, sporty derivatives, cabriolets, estate cars and vans, and the works cars themselves, all of which are both a nostalgic reminder of earlier times and a source of great interest to car enthusiasts. This book features all six generations of the Ford Escort in Britain, combining essential technical detail with a sense of what the cars stood for in their day.

With a selection of striking contemporary images, motoring historian James Taylor offers a well-informed, concise summary of one of Britain’s most popular cars.