10% off your first order — create a free account

Create free account
✓ 14-day returns ✓ Hand-checked before dispatch ✓ Secure checkout
My account

Ford Escort Mk2 RS 1800 #10 A. Vatanen / D. Richards Rothmans Winners Acropolis Rally 1980 Minichamps 1:18

Sold out
Ford Escort Mk2 RS 1800 #10 A. Vatanen / D. Richards Rothmans Winners Acropolis Rally 1980 Minichamps 1:18 155808710 Diecast
1 / 6
Minichamps' 1:18 diecast reproduces the Rothmans-liveried Ford Escort Mk2 RS1800 driven by Ari Vatanen and David Richards to victory at the 1980 Acropolis Rally. A genuine rally-winning entry for a WRC Classic display.
Ford Escort Mk2 RS 1800 #10 A. Vatanen / D. Richards Rothmans Winners Acropolis Rally 1980 Minichamps 1:18
Current price: £114.00
Out of production

This model is currently sold out. Enter your email and we'll let you know when it's back in stock.

Browse Ford models
Pay securely with
Specifications
Car Brand
Ford
Model Manufacturer
Minichamps
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
155808710
Genuine articles Sourced from manufacturers
5-layer carton Foam-filled interior
Hassle-free returns 14-day no-quibble returns
Secure payment Bank-level encryption

About the Ford Escort Mk2 RS 1800 #10 A. Vatanen / D. Richards Rothmans Winners Acropolis Rally 1980 Minichamps 1:18

TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:18 diecast reproduces the Rothmans Ford Escort Mk2 RS1800, driven by Ari Vatanen and David Richards to victory at the 1980 Acropolis Rally. Vatanen and Richards would go on to win the 1981 World Rally Championship together in the same partnership.

The Escort RS1800 built its reputation on brutal Greek gravel roads, and the Acropolis Rally was exactly the kind of event where its reliability and pace mattered most.

Reproducing a Rothmans-Liveried Works Escort

Rothmans' dark blue and gold scheme is one of rallying's most recognisable liveries, and getting the gold striping to sit crisp against the dark base colour is a genuine test of tampo printing precision. Minichamps' diecast holds that contrast cleanly along the bonnet, sills and rear arches, and the Escort's boxy, compact profile, with wide period rally tyres filling the arches, comes through with the sharp panel definition diecast construction allows. The doors open, and the exposed roll cage and rally seats behind them reflect the genuinely stripped-out preparation these cars carried on events built to break lesser machinery.

A Result That Foreshadowed a World Title

Vatanen and Richards's Acropolis win came the year before their 1981 World Rally Championship title together, which gives this particular result genuine significance beyond a single event victory. For a collector tracing Vatanen's career or the Escort's works history, this piece marks a documented step on the way to that championship, a stronger anchor than a display-only livery could ever offer.

Same marque, same scale

Collectors also bought

Browse all 1:18

10% off your first order

Create a free account and claim 10% off your first order — from hundreds of collectible 1:18, 1:43 and 1:12 models by Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, BMW and more.

Create free account Browse the collection
Collectible 1:18 scale Porsche model on a clean studio backdrop — Models118 first-order offer
0