Comments on: Mercury Merkur XR4Ti http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/bob-lutzs-nine-greatest-hits/merkurad/ The Truth About Cars is dedicated to providing candid, unbiased automobile reviews and the latest in auto industry news. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:50:59 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: SAAB95JD http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/bob-lutzs-nine-greatest-hits/merkurad/comment-page-1/#comment-902432 SAAB95JD Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:38:32 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/merkurad.jpg#comment-902432 The Merkur XR4Ti (aka Ford Sierra) was always one of my favorite designs of the 80's... it was so far ahead of it's time! Europe got the Sierra, we got the Tempo. What was Ford thinking? Too bad Ford botched the sales channel idea. Just a year later Ford proved that Americans would embrace aero design with the original Taurus... they just needed to sell it as a premium Ford. We should also not ignore the Merkur Scorpio... again, very handsome and unique... The Merkur XR4Ti (aka Ford Sierra) was always one of my favorite designs of the 80’s… it was so far ahead of it’s time! Europe got the Sierra, we got the Tempo. What was Ford thinking?

Too bad Ford botched the sales channel idea. Just a year later Ford proved that Americans would embrace aero design with the original Taurus… they just needed to sell it as a premium Ford.

We should also not ignore the Merkur Scorpio… again, very handsome and unique…

]]> By: no_slushbox http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/bob-lutzs-nine-greatest-hits/merkurad/comment-page-1/#comment-901902 no_slushbox Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:29:28 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/merkurad.jpg#comment-901902 Make a modern (unibody/IRS) RWD Ford sedan, or bring one over from Australia? No, I've got this freaky European thing that we're going to sell for more than a BMW. Make a modern (unibody/IRS) RWD Ford sedan, or bring one over from Australia? No, I’ve got this freaky European thing that we’re going to sell for more than a BMW.

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