Ford AVO Escort MkI Mexico / SCALEXTRIC

Tribute to the 50 anniversary of the Escort

Scalextric Hornby wanted to pay a small tribute to the Ford Escort, celebrating 50 years. This small utility of Ford Europe, presented at the Salon de Bruxelles of 1968, soon became a major motorsport player. And in 1970, Advanced Vehicle Operations Ford factory in Essex, AVO, created the Escort Mexico, to capitalize Hannu Mikkola’s win in the London Mexico World Cup Rally. And this is the model chosen by Scalextric to fulfill this tribute. A reproduction at 1:32 for slot of one of the original Escort Mexico, YEB 288L, auction main actor in 2013.

This new model (C3934) is on sale from this week, although its distribution may vary according to the forecasts of each national distributor.

