merkur

there is a merkur xr4ti for sale by my house.. but ive never seen 1 look like this.. it has round headlights and a little scoop thing on passenger side of the hood.. but ont he back of it it looks like the xr4ti but the front is different thatn ive ever seen or seen pics of... he only wants 2k for it and i ws seriously thinking of getting it.. but idk what it is lol
 
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what is it? Look under the hood and check.

Two types of merkurs made it here from germany...
the Xr4ti (2.3 turbo charged,non-intercooled)

and

The scorpio
(3.0 (i think?) v6) ..more of the family sedan.

Great cars, small engine bays and known for wiring problems and quirks.
 
if its in good shape get it there are lots of clubs for them and the aftermarket is pretty good!!! lots of people will pay big $$ for a nice one!! even if you dont keep it if its in good shape buy it and look for a xr4ti forum or club site and try to sell it youll prolly make money on it!!! good luck
 
i already did and he told me that thats how they came.. but hes mostly into muscle cars like the car next 2 the merkur is a 68 nova drag car... im just asking if ne1 has ever seen 1 like that before or ever hear of it like that before
 
The Merkur XR4ti's imported to the states (Euro versions were called Ford Sierra's in various trims) all came with the square-ish headlamps with separate square-ish parking lamps inboard of the headlamps.

What you're describing sounds a lot like the Cosworth-Sierra look-alike parts that are available from companies like Rapido in Oregon. The Cosworth-Sierra is the top of the line tweaked version of the Sierra XR4i as well as the XR4x4 (AWD Version).

If the one that's for sale is in decent enough shape you should consider getting it. Those cars a whole lot of fun to drive. Since most import owners don't know what they are they make perfect sleepers. The automatic tranny-equipped versions turned 145hp and the manual tranny version 195 (if I remember correctly). And they handle very well!
 
Nothing like digging something up from the past............

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My famous London XR4Ti - my second Merkur (1986). Shipped from Arizona to London and then back to America where it was sold (New York). It had a slew of parts off the Cosworth. The hood scoop is from a Mustang SVO and it's fully functional. I sold it when I left America again. It had 4 wheel discs off a Sierra XR4x4 and it's 7" LSD diff. Front suspensions and discs off a Sierra Sapphire 2WD. Turbocoupe Intercooler, SVO VAM, PE chip, Bailey dump valve, K&N air filter and a rebuilt, uprated turbo.

located at...... http://www.geocities.com/merouby/fun.html
 

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wow.. been along time since i posted this..
ive bought a 05 focus since then..sold my mustang for 900 bucks..
i convinced one of my buddies to get this car..
it was a rapido front end,and the hood scopp was over the TC intercooler
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/turboyotajon/detail?.dir=255f&.dnm=761f.jpg&.src=ph
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/turboyotajon/detail?.dir=255f&.dnm=4926.jpg&.src=ph
since he bought it hes put a fmic in it,autopower rollcage and then he blew a H/G.. he was gonna put a t3/t04 .50 trim on it but he has a 05 srt that he is gonna buy the apg kit for instead,and just spray the merkur with 100 shot