Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!csn!convex!egsner!pfloyd!greg From: greg@pfloyd.lonestar.org (Greg Harp) Message-ID: Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: European cars and US cars Distribution: world References: <1991Jun25.172203.18709@infonode.ingr.com> <1418@cbmger.UUCP> <2968@sumax.seattleu.edu> Date: 30 Jun 91 03:46:02 CDT Organization: Not much... In article <2968@sumax.seattleu.edu> davidy@sumax.seattleu.edu (David L. Yee) writes: >This is totally false. The Merkur XR4Ti has NOTHING to do with the Escort GT. >Ford of Germany designed the a car called the Sierra based on its Probe III >(I think) show car design. This car became one of the biggest sellers in the >European market. Looking to import a "high-end" Euro line, Ford let Mercury >import these cars under the Merkur name. Due to the goofy name and poor >advertising, plus the love/hate styling, the car floundered. But I own one, >and it is a excellent car. It has loads of power (turbo 2.3L four), gets >good fuel mileage, is very practical, has loads of features, and handles >great. It has given me no problems at all. the one thing it lacks is >engine refinement- for $20,000 the engine is noisy and vibrates too much >IMHO. But it is very, very fast. The fact that is was one of Europe's biggest >selling cars should indicate it has more than a few redeeming virtues...... >It is NOT, I repeat, NOT a "Escort GT." Well, 'scuze me. I didn't exactly get into one and drive it around Paris, you know. :-) I do remember, though, that the ones I saw resembled Escorts quite a bit. As a matter of fact, until I saw the name on one I thought they _were_ Escorts with just a little variation in the sheet metal for the Euro model. I don't remember what the Probe III looks like (yes, I saw pics of one way back when) so I can't say if the body has drastically changed or if the styling of the US-imported version is different from that of the version I saw in France. That was several years ago, though. > David L. Yee > Email to:davidy@sumax.seattleu.edu -- -------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