Production of Cosworth Vegas was eventually snapped up by collectors, certain that the car would appreciate in the coming years. Even Cosworth did what they could to wash their hands of the project after the production run, they abandoned Chevy’s aluminum block for future projects, as it never met their standards for durability. Sold (mercifully) for only 2 years, the Cosworth Vega was launched with 110 horsepower (down from pre-production motors that made as much as 180 horsepower), at a sticker price double that of a non-Cosworth Vega. What began as a great idea in 1970 – take Chevy’s new aluminum block inline four and give it to Cosworth Engineering to work their magic – ended as a smog-control-choked, ungodly expensive example of how not to design, build and market an automobile. No car in the history of mankind exemplifies the adage “None of us is as dumb as all of us” better than the Cosworth Vega.
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