Few things are sadder than a decent car that doesn’t know what it wants to be when it grows up. That, in a nutshell, is the Merkur XR4Ti, Ford’s ill-fated attempt to transform the European Sierra into ...

American gearheads often complain that European automakers never send their best vehicles Stateside. There's a good reason for that: Americans usually don't buy them. No car drove that point home ...

The seller of today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Merkur says it's his dream car, but that he has to part with it due to cash issues that are keeping him up at night. Let's see if it seems to be worth ...

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The 1980s were a time of radical thinking, big hair, big music, big changes in the world, and trying new big ideas. The auto-world was no exception. Around thirty years ago, we were treated to some of ...

Either completely forgotten or ridiculed by the few who still remember it, the Merkur XR4Ti failed because of questionable marketing decisions and not because it was a bad car. Throughout the decades, ...

When it was introduced, today's Nice Price or No Dice Merkur was the wrong car at the wrong time. Now, it's a rare and funky piece of automotive history. Let's see if that and its price tag make it ...

Merkur XR4Ti is hardly a name that rolls off the lips. It`s also a badge that violates the longstanding rule that any name with more than three syllables probably can`t be pronounced and usually won`t ...

In the 1980s, Ford of Europe head Bob Lutz thought his company's rear-wheel drive Sierra could be a credible alternative to the yuppie-favorite BMW 3-Series. Marketed properly, Lutz figured that the ...

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Thomas has spent two years working in the auto journalism industry, contributing to a UK-based newspaper and writing for Euronewsweek. A full-time writer and lifelong engineering enthusiast, he now ...