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’ve always had a soft spot for the final iteration of the Escort, a car that is now more than 25 years old. It’s not a fashionable standpoint, I know, but it stems both from a short stint selling them when new and from fond memories of an example that, in nigh-on a decade and 150k miles, provided almost trouble-free family transport. I reckon the model you see here deserves to be considered as something more than just a much-loved

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