Classic American

RHYTHM IN BLUE

Brand loyalty certainly isn’t uncommon and the Ford badge has always been up there when it comes to retaining its faithful followers. Perhaps that’s down to Ford’s long, illustrious history and motorsport successes and undoubtedly they’ve manufactured a huge diversity of cars over the years. Mitchell Langridge has been a Ford fanatic pretty much all his life and the amount of blue oval-badged cars that have passed through his hands is truly staggering, beginning with a Fiesta when he was just 16 and making his way through numerous XR3s, Cosworths and RS turbos in quick succession.

“ I WON’T PRETEND IT’S EASY OR RELAXING TO DRIVE, BUT IT’S ALWAYS GOOD FUN... ”

Despite already having three desirable performance cars in his collection (Mk1 and Mk2 Focus RS and a Sierra Cosworth), Mitchell still

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