Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!wotan!moxie!texsun!vector!egsner!pfloyd!greg From: greg@pfloyd.lonestar.org (Greg Harp) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: European cars and US cars Message-ID: Date: 27 Jun 91 07:46:27 GMT References: <1991Jun25.172203.18709@infonode.ingr.com> <1418@cbmger.UUCP> Organization: Not much... Lines: 32 In article <1418@cbmger.UUCP> peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY) writes: >In article <1991Jun25.172203.18709@infonode.ingr.com> mcclend@infonode.ingr.com (William D McClendon) writes: >>Whoa! wait a minute! >> >>The Scorpio was chosen European Car of the Year when introduced. The Merkur >>is very popular in Germanic countries. > >What is a Merkur? Never heard that name (though I know Scorpio). Perhaps >it's named differently here? Merkur is basically a variation on Mercury (read: same as Ford ;-) ). I always thought of Merkur as kind of a Germanic name, although I really don't know about German... Merkurs are sold here in the US as kind of "fancy" Mercurys, which are "fancy" Fords. I guess the whole European air that surrounds the name is part of the selling point. The model of Merkur I saw quite a bit while I was in France about 4 or 5 years ago was the XR4ti. It's basically a Ford Escort GT with a little sheet metal work done to it (I think the models of the time had two rear spoilers, one halfway up the read window or something sick like that...). The number of these cars that I saw was distressing, considering the experience my brother has had with his Escort GT. Bloody piece of trash... >-- >Best regards, Dr. Peter Kittel // E-Mail to \\ Only my personal opinions... >Commodore Frankfurt, Germany \X/ {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!cbmger!peterk -- -------greg@pfloyd.lonestar.org---greg@pfloyd.UUCP---egsner!pfloyd!greg------- "How I wish. How I wish you were here. We're just two lost souls swimming in a fishbowl year after year. Running over the same old ground. What have we found? The same old fears. Wish you were here." -- Pink Floyd