Pulled into a gas station tonight by work and passed this red coupe that at first glance I took to be a mustang.
When I got closer I read the badge "Merkur", and then XR4Ti on the rear bumper.
Turned on the road, and the guy ended up pulling up next to me, had a pretty mean 5.0 mustang growl mixed with a 4 cylinder Turbo'd sound to it. One of the better sounding cars i've heard. Then he took off and the thing had ballls.
So i looked it up when i got home, turns out its a german built Ford with a 2.3L inline turbocharged 4 cyl. built between 85 and 89. Looked a lot like this one. Just thought I'd share, its always nice when something rare / unusual comes along to add a brightspot to a dull and cold day here in chicago.
#42885, "RE: Interesting car I'd never seen before" In response to Reply # 0 Jan-11-10 07:55 PM by Tuxdreamerx
Originally posted by EclipseSix Pulled into a gas station tonight by work and passed this red coupe that at first glance I took to be a mustang. When I got closer I read the badge "Merkur", and then XR4Ti on the rear bumper. Turned on the road, and the guy ended up pulling up next to me, had a pretty mean 5.0 mustang growl mixed with a 4 cylinder Turbo'd sound to it. One of the better sounding cars i've heard. Then he took off and the thing had ballls. So i looked it up when i got home, turns out its a german built Ford with a 2.3L inline turbocharged 4 cyl. built between 85 and 89. Looked a lot like this one. Just thought I'd share, its always nice when something rare / unusual comes along to add a brightspot to a dull and cold day here in chicago. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkur_XR4Ti
#42886, "RE: Interesting car I'd never seen before" In response to Reply # 1 Jan-11-10 08:20 PM by 95_ESi_Person
Originally posted by Tuxdreamerx Thats pretty cool, I have heard of them before. Heres another turbo muscle car look alike http://dayton.craigslist.org/cto/1542320024.html it looks like a camaro to me in a way.
Looks like a rebadged Starion to me. A few years ago when in college I looked at a apartment that had a Conquest / Starion graveyard on the property. It was neat, but the owner of the cars wouldn't sell any of them.
#42942, "RE: Interesting car I'd never seen before" In response to Reply # 2
Originally posted by 95_ESi_Person
Originally posted by Tuxdreamerx Thats pretty cool, I have heard of them before. Heres another turbo muscle car look alike http://dayton.craigslist.org/cto/1542320024.html it looks like a camaro to me in a way.
Looks like a rebadged Starion to me.
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#42887, "RE: Interesting car I'd never seen before" In response to Reply # 1
Originally posted by Tuxdreamerx Thats pretty cool, I have heard of them before. Heres another turbo muscle car look alike http://dayton.craigslist.org/cto/1542320024.html it looks like a camaro to me in a way.
Looks more like a RX7 to me.
The Merkur's are pretty neat and not too common. There is a guy in my town that owns 3, 2 of which are running and he has the worst time getting parts for them.
#42940, "RE: Interesting car I'd never seen before" In response to Reply # 4
I seen one of those before, I had to Google that shit too. Looks like a super Saab imo. If I had one I'd have to put "MURKED" for the license plate lol
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