This very striking Sierra was registered to the first of its four keepers in September 1989 and has remained in the care of the vendor for the last 11 years.

The car has at some stage benefitted from a complete respray in Ford Flint Grey, that’s complemented by the original grey leather interior trim and a fine set of split-rim BBS alloy wheels shod with Toyo tyres.

‘G212 ARF’ apparently began life with a manual gearbox, but that was replaced with a rebuilt automatic one in 2017.

Other notable features include a Rouse Engineering front splitter, bonnet louvres, boot spoiler and sunroof complete with wind deflector, Ford radio/cassette and Kenwood CD autochanger.

The vendor currently views the twin-cam engine, transmission and upholstery as ‘excellent’ and four-door bodywork and paintwork as ‘good’, and is offering the Sapphire complete with a file containing handbooks, Haynes manual, invoices, receipts and a selection of old tax discs and MOT certificates.

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