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more about #merkur more comments → Paul-Michael Van Hook: I own a 1989 Merkur Scorpio, and have a good amount of experience with the XR4Ti, and they are both phenomenal cars. Well-built, roomy, luxurious, an... more » MushyHeirloom: If it's in as nice shape as it seems to be, that's a High Sierra. more » Six Flags Over Tomsk: Do I dig these things? Yes. Do I dig them enough to pay $6k for (an admittedly nice) one? No. more » Uncle Bo: I voted Nice Price because $6000 really isn't a lot of money for a decent car. Those who complain the car is $1000 overpriced, or who can find one fo... more » engineerd: I think Mr. Graverobber has stolen the overly complex engineerd Fair Market Value (eFMV patent pending) program. This is like the 3rd Nice Price in a... more » LTDScott: Drop the price a grand and it'd be a nice price. more » superbadd75, now I remember why I left...: The price is just a little too high, but I love the car! The XR4Ti was so different from anything else even remotely American at the time, and as a ki... more » GIC asks not for whom the bell tolls: Pros: It's an extremely clean example of a scarce and quirky car with respectable panache and a dedicated cult following. Everyone saying "but I c... more » that ain't the way to have fun, son: Pipe-tastic, only because of the price. Shave $3K off it, to start, and that's a good place for the seller to begin negotiation. I really liked the ... more » sos10: European Cortina? How insulting! In Europe we had the Taunus, not some british derivative! more » maximum-sienna: As Graverobber said, it's all about perseption and aim, and Ford missed the mark on this one as much as my 3 year old misses the mark. EDIT: Conclus... more » tonyola: Crack Pipe. This is an pretty good example of a situation where being uncommon doesn't justify a high price. Even though this car is pretty clean and ... more » Flathead Smith: Price is too steep. more » SeanKHotay: Cracked Turbo Price. I luv me some Xrattys and this one's a nice example... ...but you can find good'uns for $3000-$3500. Add on to that the dumbed-... more » UDMan: Well, an actual XR4Ti that looks like it's in great shape. But the price seems to be a bit high on this one though, so with the slightest of margins, ... more » -
#nicepriceorcrackpipe
1988 Merkur XR4Ti for a Euro-Trashy $5,775!
Historically X marks the spot, however Ford seemed to miss the target with their mid-eighties imports. Today, Nice Price or Crack Pipe wants to know if time has improved the perception of their aim. More » -
#autosales
Ten Great Cars No One Ever Bought
Bad timing, bad marketing and bad pricing have all killed a number of great cars. With a little help we've identified these ten great cars that sold like complete crap. More » -
#24hoursoflemons
The Top 94 Lemons Of The 24 Hours Of LeMons South Spring 2009
After every 24 Hours Of LeMons race, we put together this list of the top finishers for you. And when we say "top," we mean "every single car that managed to get onto the track." More » -
#24hoursoflemons
The 24 Hours Of LeMons Texas Gator-O-Rama Ãœber Gallery: The Europeans
As always, there was no shortage of BMW E30s at the last LeMons race, but we also saw representatives of British Leyland, German subsidiaries of the Detroit Big Three, and a whole squadron of Saabs. More » -
#chooseyoureternity
Project Car Hell: Lancia Scorpion or Merkur XR4Ti?
The blowout Choose Your Eternity polls are fun, but we really enjoy the nail-bitingly close races... which is what we got yesterday, with the Roots-blown Old Beetle just barely beating the Pro Street Peugeot in a 175-165 vote split. Does that mean a German car just upset Project Car Hell GigaTeraPower France, or does the Detroit engine water down the 200-proof Frenchness of the Peugeot? We'll leave that question open for now, because today we're going to see how an Italian basket case fares against a brutalized European Ford! More » -
