Tag: Canadian

  • Pretty Fly for a Sh!tbox

    Pretty Fly for a Sh!tbox

    Here in the US, we only got the turbocharged, three-cylinder-powered Suzuki Swift/Cultus in the form of the Chevy Sprint from 1986 through 1988.  When the second generation car came to the US, the only high performance variant available was the excellent Suzuki Swift GTI (later GT due to VW lawsuit threats).  Canada, however, got a…

  • A Mercury truck, but not what you think

    A Mercury truck, but not what you think

    Here we have the pickup version of the Scooby-Doo era Ford Econoline van, but this one has a twist.  This is the Mercury version, sold only in Canada.  Mercury trucks come up from time to time, but the US ones were older than this.  We like this generation of Ford truck, and the Mercury badging…