Basil Green Motors (VIN: BG) is a former car manufacturer and racing team which is located in Edenvale, Gauteng near Johannesburg, South Africa.

For the units ordered by the Gunston Cigarette Company, the Ford Cortina XL was used as basis.

After the conversion and lowering the Cortina Perana V6 was 64 kg heavier than the Ford standard model.

Ford wanted to use the RS 1600, but the Cosworth BDA engine proved too complex for South Africa.

So Basil Green made new plans and fitted the four cylinder engine of the Ford Pinto.

The removed RS 1600 engines Basil Green sold for 695 Rand as ideal for among others the Escort.

After a change of the rules to stop this dominance, Basil Green built 6 cars for the Group 2.

One of the other cars had an accident at the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit with Basil Green at the wheel and were never rebuilt.

With a top speed of 207 km/h and an acceleration of 7.8 seconds from stand to 100 km/h the car became the favourite of Ford's chairman Lee Iacocca.

After years without a change in the model range Basil Green Motors presented the Escort XR3 in 1980.

For the first time in the corporate history the performance increase was not by a change of the engine but classic tuning like another carburettor.

2 years later Basil Green Motors presented the Ford Sapphire Perana.