Sierra RS500 — the pale blue wedge
A pale sky blue, which no one else was using, cut by a white wedge that starts at the floor and finishes at the roofline.
| Team / entry | Andy Rouse Engineering, BTCC — Kaliber |
|---|---|
| Car | Ford Sierra RS500 |
| Years | 1988–1989 |
| Decade | 1980s |
| Hero-car issue | Issue 06 — Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth |
Reading the geometry
Andy Rouse won nine of twelve rounds in 1988 in this car and took the Group A class outright; in 1989 he added six more wins, six poles and third overall. Alongside the black-and-red Texaco cars, it is the scheme that defines Sierra-era Britain.
The colour choice is the whole argument. Every serious touring car of the period was white, red, black or dark blue; a pale sky blue read as a mistake in the paddock and as unmistakable on television. The white wedge is steeper than the brewery diagonal and anchored at the bottom corner, so it lifts rather than sweeps.
A navy leading edge gives the wedge a hard front and stops it dissolving into the pale base. Colour and stripe geometry only; no wordmark is drawn.
Presented as a historical colour study for editorial reference. All team names, marques and marks referred to remain the property of their owners.
Sierra RS500 — the fuel-house scheme
Red roof, white flank, black tail. A three-part division that turns the RS500's whale-tail into the end of a sentence.
Sierra RS500 — the same diagonal, two years earlier
The scheme the M3 inherited. Same brewery, same driver, a different car and a different set of rules.