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Ford Escort WRC #5 C. Sainz / L. Moya WRC 1997 Minichamps 1:43

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Ford Escort WRC #5 C. Sainz / L. Moya WRC 1997 Minichamps 1:43 430978705 Diecast
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Minichamps' 1:43 diecast Ford Escort WRC reproduces the #5 car driven by Carlos Sainz and Luis Moya during the 1997 World Rally Championship season. This used model has a sealed body, and the box shows traces of storage from a collection.
Ford Escort WRC #5 C. Sainz / L. Moya WRC 1997 Minichamps 1:43
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Specifications
Car Brand
Ford
Model Manufacturer
Minichamps
Scale
1:43
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
430978705
Genuine articles Sourced from manufacturers
5-layer carton Foam-filled interior
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About the Ford Escort WRC #5 C. Sainz / L. Moya WRC 1997 Minichamps 1:43

TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:43 diecast Ford Escort WRC carries Carlos Sainz and Luis Moya's #5 livery from the 1997 World Rally Championship. The sealed body preserves the boxy Escort silhouette with its rally-spec bodykit. This is a used model, its box showing traces of storage.

Carlos Sainz's move to Ford in the mid-1990s brought his championship-winning pedigree to the Escort WRC programme, and this diecast documents that partnership at a compact scale.

Casting a Rally-Specification Body Kit

The Escort WRC's boxy road-car silhouette carries a heavily flared rally bodykit, and this sealed casting holds the wide arch extensions and roof-mounted air intake without any hinge tolerance softening those aggressive lines. Minichamps registers the sponsor decals and number plate graphics cleanly at this small scale, and the rally-spec spotlights mounted ahead of the grille are cast with genuine relief rather than moulded flat. Zinc alloy construction gives the model real weight, and the raised wheel arch flares are proportioned to accommodate the wide gravel and asphalt tyre choices the real car ran across a season.

Carlos Sainz's Ford Era

Carlos Sainz, already a two-time World Rally Champion by the mid-1990s, joined Ford's works team and drove the Escort WRC during a competitive period for the manufacturer against Subaru and Mitsubishi's rally programmes. His navigator Luis Moya had partnered him through his earlier championship-winning seasons, making this pairing a continuation of one of rallying's most successful driver-codriver relationships rather than a new combination.

This is a used piece, and its box shows the traces of storage typical of a private collection; the casting itself is unaffected. Displayed alongside other 1990s WRC entries or a Ford rally theme, this Escort captures a specific, competitive chapter in one of the sport's most recognisable driver pairings.

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