Corgi Release Updates

New to pre-order Corgi Vanguard VA12624 Ford Escort Mk2 RS1800 – Diamond White Model 1:43 scale car priced at £37.95 including Postage & Packing in the UK. This model is due in stock very soon. The Cosworth BDA-powered RS1800 was a homologation special, produced so Escort Mk2s could enter international motorsport. It’s rare because Ford homologated it as an evolution of the similarly powered Mk1-based RS1600. Consequently, only 109 were built, all to order – 106 in white. All were converted to RS1800 specification in a small two-ramp workshop on... Read More

New to pre-order Corgi Vanguard VA13319 Ford Capri MkI 3.0 GXL – Daytona Yellow (Richard Hammond’s The Smallest Cog) Model 1:43 scale car priced at £37.95 including Postage & Packing in the UK. This model is due in stock very soon. This Vanguards 1:43 Ford Capri die-cast model represents one built in September 1973, making it one of the last three-litre GXLs produced at Dagenham before production of the Mk1 ceased. The Mk2 Capri was launched in February 1974 but entered production sometime before then so that dealers had stock... Read More

New to pre-order Corgi Vanguard VA10015 Ford Sierra Sapphire RS Cosworth 4×4 – Mallard Green Model 1:43 scale car priced at £37.95 including Postage & Packing in the UK. This model is due in stock very soon. The Vanguards 1:43 scale Ford Sierra Sapphire Cosworth modelled replicates the last UK-spec right-hand drive example to leave the production line, and the only one painted in Mallard Green – facts confirmed in the car’s extensive history file by a letter from the Operations Manager at Ford Genk, Belgium. It was delivered new... Read More

New to pre-order Corgi Vanguard VA11119 Land Rover Series I 80″ – Light Green (Weathered) Model 1:43 scale car priced at £37.95 including Postage & Packing in the UK. Rover launched the Land Rover at the 1948 Amsterdam Motor Show. They displayed three examples: one indoors on the stand, and two outside demonstrating the new machine’s remarkable abilities. All three were pre-production prototypes; different in detail specification to what emerged when production commenced. The vehicle modelled was one of the demonstrators, although it was then left-hand drive. After the show,... Read More

New to pre-order Corgi Vanguard VA11918 Ford Cortina Mk4 2.3 Ghia – Regency Green Model 1:43 scale car, pre-orders being taken at £37.95 including Postage & Packing in the UK. The rare Cortina V6 automatic that this 1:43 die-cast model represents was built in Dagenham in late 1977 and was first registered on the 13th of January 1978 by Jersey-based Ford dealers La Motte. The first owner, Adolphus John Urvoy of St Helier, specified the wonderfully vibrant colour, optional light alloy road wheels, sunroof wind deflector, automatic transmission, Carello spotlights,... Read More

New to pre-order Corgi Vanguard VA14403 Ford Fiesta Mk2 XR2 – Diamond White Model 1:43 scale car priced at £37.95 including Postage & Packing in the UK. The XR2 we’ve based this 1:43 scale Vanguards model on was first registered in April 1988 and was retained by Ford Marketing for guests to drive at Fiesta-related events. It covered high mileage during this time but remained in excellent condition thanks to Ford’s meticulous care. Ford announced the comprehensively updated Fiesta Mk2 in August 1983, although the XR2 did not appear until... Read More

New to pre-order Corgi Vanguard VA14807 Ford Escort RS Cosworth – Ash Black Model 1:43 scale car priced at £37.95 including Postage & Packing. This 1995 small turbo Cosworth 1:43 scale Vanguards model represents a Lux, meaning it was built with a passenger airbag, an electric sunroof, and a stereo with a separate CD player below. A leather interior was a very commonly specified option on Escort Cosworths, especially Lux models, but this car has a ‘Red Hexagon’ velour interior, which is now rare and sought after by enthusiasts. The... Read More

New to pre-order Corgi Vanguard VA14808 Ford Escort RS Cosworth – Auralis Blue Model 1:43 scale car priced at £37.95 including Postage & Packing in the UK. The small turbo Escort Cosworth Lux this 1:43 Vanguards model represents, was produced at the Karmann factory, Germany, in early 1996. Only 200 were made in this fetching shade; the first 189 of which were produced in 1995, so this is one of the last 11 made after the Christmas break. It was ordered as a dealer demonstrator by Dagenham Motors Limited, Wintersells... Read More

New to pre-order Corgi Vanguard VA15007 Ford Cortina Mk5 2.3 Ghia – Titan Blue Model 1:43 scale car priced at £37.95 including Postage & Packing. This Ford Cortina 2.3-litre V6 Ghia Auto 1:43 scale Vanguards model represents a car purchased new by Langcrest Construction, London, SW6, in May 1982. It remained registered as a company car until May 1990 when ownership was transferred to the private individual who had looked after it, Thadious Winston Bubb.He kept it until early 2006, a clear sign of his fondness for the car. The... Read More

New to pre-order Corgi Vanguard VA15406 Ford Capri Mk2 3.0 Ghia – Saturn Gold Model 1:43 scale car priced at £37.95 including Postage & Packing in the UK. This 1:43 Vanguards Ford Capri model is a replica of one built at Ford’s Cologne Plant in West Germany in January 1977. It was first registered on 2nd March 1977 as a dealer demonstrator by Ford main dealer, Cowies, Stoke, Staffordshire. Cowies sold it to Kathleen Emery in July 1977 for £4,449, although she also part-exchanged her yellow 1974 Capri, which had... Read More