
Ford Escort #3 Yacoo P. Bernardini / B. Occelli Rally Monte Carlo 1996 Winner UT Models 1:18

Specifications
- Brand
- Ford
- Manufacturer
- UT Models
- Scale
- 1:18
- Material
- Diecast
- Model Condition
- Used Model
- SKU
- 180968203
- Year
- 1996
- Era
- 1990s
- Body Type
- Rally Models
- Vehicle Class
- WRC Classic
- Openable Parts
- Yes
- Packaging Condition
- Traces of Storage
- Model Type
- Race Models
- EAN / GTIN
- 4012138021808
About the Ford Escort #3 Yacoo P. Bernardini / B. Occelli Rally Monte Carlo 1996 Winner UT Models 1:18
TL;DR: UT Models' 1:18 diecast Ford Escort #3 Yacoo, driven by P. Bernardini and B. Occelli, reproduces a documented winning entry from the 1996 Monte Carlo Rally. Metal-bodied rally build with sharp competition livery detail, positioned within WRC Classic collecting.
Monte Carlo has produced some of rallying's most storied results, and this Escort carries a specific piece of that history in its #3 livery.
Competition Livery Precision on a Rally Icon
UT Models built a real reputation reproducing 1990s rally subjects, and the Escort platform's boxy, purposeful shape gives the tooling clean lines to work with even under a full competition livery. The Yacoo sponsor branding and #3 racing number are applied with the kind of tampo-printed sharpness rally liveries demand, since these liveries typically carry dense sponsor decals across every panel that need to sit exactly right or the whole subject reads as generic. Rally-specific details, mud flaps, auxiliary lighting mounted ahead of the grille, and the wider stance rally suspension requires, are all present in a way that separates this from a standard road-going Escort reproduction. It is a subject built specifically to reward close inspection of exactly this kind of competition-specific detail.
The Escort's Deep Rallying Pedigree
Ford's Escort platform carried a long and genuinely successful rallying history stretching back to the RS1800's Group 4 dominance in the late 1970s, and by the mid-1990s the model continued to compete at events like the Monte Carlo Rally, one of the World Rally Championship's oldest and most prestigious rounds. A documented winning entry from that event, regardless of the specific class or category, represents a real competitive achievement worth preserving for collectors tracking the Escort's full rallying story across multiple decades.
A Documented Result for a Rally Collection
This Escort brings a specific, named result into a WRC Classic display rather than a generic rally-liveried placeholder.















