Tag: Merkur

  • SHO means Sierra High Output?

    SHO means Sierra High Output?

    The Merkur XR4ti, known as the Ford Sierra XR4i to the rest of the world, was a rear-drive luxury hatchback with turbocharged, four cylinder power.  Though not a sales success due to terrible marketing decisions, it has a strong enthusiast following due to a very high fun-to-drive factor.  The seller of today’s car decided to…

  • Merk-two-fur

    Merk-two-fur

    How can we resist posting a Merkur XR4Ti two-fer?  Car #1 is largely stock and claims to run.  Car #2 is sorta-kinda a track car, at least in that it has harnesses, fire extinguisher and some somewhat-described mods. How can we beat this quote?  “She drivers actually good and wants to driver fast for some…