The Merkur was a European Ford Sierra Coachbuilt in Germany, and sold in the US/Canada as the following page from Wikipedia will clarify. I seem to recall reading they were actually quite good (and rare) cars, so get one if you can.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkur_XR4Ti. If true, it will save Ford a lot of money to eliminate Mercury, advertising costs for one, not to forget special name badging etc.
Trouble with Ford (and GM [I think] and Chrysler[Fiat?]is they don't engineer vehicles for both RHC and LHC and thus those of us outside the USA are denied some quality vehicles. Whilst saying that, it is possible to get whatever US vehicle we wish - no factory support - only that of the importer/converter at a cost of around A$30-40K (LHC-RHC conversion costs, vehicle extra).
The current Ford Falcon range would have been great in the US and overseas markets, but Ford didn't allow LHD nor exports.
http://www.ford.com.au/servlet/ContentServer?cid=1137384063052&pagename=Page&site=FOA Guscha, I drive a Cologne built, Port Elizabeth (South Africa) assembled LV Focus TDC and it's brilliant. Filled up today and it says I have 842km until empty.
Das Gute, Ja?
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