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The '''European Touring Car Championship''' was an international [[motor racing]] competiti ...nd [[BMW E9|3.0 CS]], [[Alfa Romeo GTA]] and [[Ford Escort (European)|Ford Escort]] were the teams' favorites, although the [[Porsche 911]] did take part in

[[Image:2000.ford.focus.arp.750pix.jpg|200px|thumb|right|A [[Ford Focus]], a small family car]] ...uts from 170 bhp to 260 bhp. Popular small family cars are the [[Ford Focus]], [[Opel Astra]], [[Peugeot 307]], [[Renault Mégane]] and [[Volkswa

! colspan=2 |European Hill Climbing Championship - Tschager ...[FIA]] European Hill Climb Championship''', formerly referred to as the '''European Mountain Championship''', is the most prestigious [[hillclimbing]] competit

|Competitors:||[[Audi A3]]<br>[[Citroën Xsara]]<br>[[Citroën ZX]]<br>[[Ford Escort]]<br>[[Peugeot 306]]<br>[[Renault Megane]]<br>[[Toyota Corolla]]<br>[[Volks '*' European markets only.

...ed with being the first hatchback is the [[Renault 16]], which was voted [[European Car of the Year]] on its launch in the autumn of [[1965]]. The first car la ...to this market, the [[Nissan]]-based Arna, was one of the few unsuccessful European small family hatchbacks of the 1980s.

|Competitors:||[[Ford Escort]]<br>[[Volkswagen Golf]]<br>[[Yugo Florida]] ...ficiency was the outdated [[Austin Maestro]]. For 1989, the Tipo won the [[European Car of the Year]] award.

...]] [[VW_Voyage|Voyage]] and, after some months, the [[Ford]] [[Ford_Escort|Escort]]. {{Modern European Fiat vehicles}}

|Competitors:||[[Audi A3]]<br>[[Citroën Xsara]]<br>[[Citroën ZX]]<br>[[Ford Escort]]<br>[[Peugeot 306]]<br>[[Renault Megane]]<br>[[Toyota Corolla]]<br>[[Volks '*' European markets only.

| Similar || [[Volkswagen Golf]]<br>[[Ford Escort]]<br>[[Toyota Tercel]]<br>[[Talbot Horizon]]<br>[[Opel Kadett]] ...d States|U.S.]] as the '''Fiat Strada''' but failed to attract many [[Ford Escort]]/[[Austin Allegro]] buyers because of its unconventional appearance. Legen

The '''European [[Car of the Year]]''' award was established in 1964 by a collective of [[a ...stricted to European cars, but nominees must be available in at least five European countries, and have expected sales of 5,000 a year.

[[Image:FordCountrySquire72.jpg|thumb|1972 Ford Country Squire]] [[Image:Ford WoodyWagon1926.jpg|thumb|1926 York bodied open air Ford station wagon]]

...lar international rallies, most of which had previously been part of the [[European Rally Championship]] and/or the [[International Championship for Manufactur ...nship season|1980]], [[Ford of Europe|Ford]] with its [[Ford Escort RS1800|Escort RS1800]] in 1979 and [[Talbot]] with its [[Talbot Sunbeam Lotus|Sunbeam Lot

...e for fuel. Typical entries range from second hand standard road cars to [[European Touring Car Championship]] vehicles and GT3 [[sports cars]] like the [[Pors ...ith only 170 cars starting the race. Surprisingly, the pole was set by a [[Ford GT]], followed closely by the four factory-entered Audi R8 LMS and two Pors

...the world often adapt their own local favorites, such as the early [[Ford Escort]] ([[United Kingdom|UK]] and [[Ireland]]), [[BMW 3 Series]] (other parts of *[http://www.prodriftseries.com PRODRIFT Europe] Home to the PRODRIFT European Series

...RZA 000.jpg|thumb|right|224px|The Italian built [[Laforza]] for the US and European markets was a 4WD vehicle with a transfer case to select low range or high ...riginally developed by [[American Bantam]] but mass-produced by Willys and Ford, became the best-known four-wheel drive vehicle in the world during [[World

...w Panda" or "Nuova Panda" (in [[Italian language|Italian]]), and was the [[European Car of the Year]] in 2004. ...Ford_Escort_%28Europe%29#Ford_Escort_Mark_III_.281980.E2.80.931986.29|Ford Escort]]) and staying in production in some regions until May 2003 [http://panda-m