Advertising Last completed movie pages 1988 Merkur Scorpio Comments about this vehicle| Author | Message |
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◊ 2020-08-31 10:06 |
![[Image: 2906.12.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/5605/2906.12.jpg) |
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◊ 2020-08-31 12:27 |
Brilliant find!  |
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◊ 2020-08-31 12:32 |
Indeed very nice .gif ":)") |
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◊ 2020-08-31 12:59 |
nice  |
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◊ 2020-08-31 15:23 |
rare bird.. if you see one in real life you can almost buy a lottery ticket, it could be your lucky day ! |
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◊ 2020-08-31 17:04 |
What’s the unique selling point? It looks like a Ford Granada to me. |
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◊ 2020-08-31 17:13 |
It is. |
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◊ 2020-08-31 18:30 |
It was a spacious, comfortable, fast and well-equipped 5-door hatchback with ABS. Had it been sold as a Ford or a Mercury it might have fared better. |
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◊ 2020-08-31 20:05 |
No Lateef, I know about that version of Granada, what I wanted to know was what was so different about the Merkur? I always thought that Granada was a bit ordinary. The contributors above seem to think the Merkur is something special, but if it’s just a Granada with a different name, I don’t. -- Last edit: 2020-08-31 20:11:59 |
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◊ 2020-08-31 20:10 |
they were sold in very limited quantities across a selected list of Ford dealerships i guess it was different from what Ford/Mercury did offered to us at that time ( and price made it look a little bit exotic for people who didn't knew the true origins of the Merkur cars , the other one being XR4Ti aka 3-doors Ford Sierra ) by limited quatities maybe i should add poor sales figures ... -- Last edit: 2020-08-31 20:11:59 |
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◊ 2020-08-31 20:11 |
@jfs: In the US the Granada was a much larger and more luxurious car: Link to "s35.wheelsage.org" -- Last edit: 2020-08-31 20:12:58 |
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◊ 2020-08-31 20:13 |
I know that also, I am trying to find out if there is any difference between the European Granada and this Merkur thing. If none, then why all the excitement? It seems it was just a typical motor marketeer’s con job from what Baube has said above. -- Last edit: 2020-08-31 20:19:28 |
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◊ 2020-08-31 20:38 |
It was supposed to be more upscale than most of the Euro versions. Most were very well equipped and was only available as a V6. It was supposed to compete with Mercedes, BMW, Audi and Volvo. Unfortunately, the US market never took to upscale 5-doors. Lincoln/Mercury dealers really didn't know what to do with them, they were used to pushing huge, plush, spongy sofas, so it was kind of lost on them. They are a rare sight in North America, so most of the excitement is for the novelty value. |
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◊ 2020-08-31 20:50 |
Got there in the end! Thank you very much. The lower range of European versions tended to be used as taxis, but the top end V6 “Scorpio” variant had all the toys. -- Last edit: 2020-08-31 20:53:08 |
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◊ 2020-08-31 20:58 |
looks like i was missing ( or forgot ) that part of the story i was about 12 when they left the market more here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkur |
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