In the US, a variant of this model was sold as the Merkur XR4Ti. Over in Europe, the base Ford Sierra, produced from 1982-1993, took over from the aging Cortina, but was short on firepower.

Either completely forgotten or ridiculed by the few who still remember it, the Merkur XR4Ti failed because of questionable marketing decisions and not because it was a bad car. Throughout the ...

The Merkur XR4Ti was an award-winning, turbocharged home run for Ford in the 1980s—until it landed in U.S. dealerships with a thud. How could this have happened? As the latest episode of Revelations ...

Examples abound: (1) an Opel Astra sold here as a Saturn Astra, (2) an Opel Omega as a Cadillac Catera, (3) a Teutonic Ford Sierra as a 1985 Merkur XR4Ti. Importing the Ford required more balls than ...

Examples abound: (1) an Opel Astra sold here as a Saturn Astra, (2) an Opel Omega as a Cadillac Catera, (3) a Teutonic Ford Sierra as a 1985 Merkur XR4Ti. Importing the Ford required more balls ...

Merkur sold a neutered version of the Sierra XR4i (the Merkur XR4Ti with a 2.3-litre turbo in place of the 2.8-litre V6) and the Scorpio, but no one cared. Things probably weren't helped by the ...

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He and his son Andrew assembled this first car over the last two years alongside other projects like a Group A BMW 635 CI, a restored Merkur XR4TI, and a regular roadgoing Sierra RS500.

See All 45 Photos Built by Windsor, Ontario-based JH Restorations, this 1987 Merkur XR4Ti wears a custom body kit that evokes the look of the Euro-spec Sierra Cosworth RS500. Under the hood is a ...

For brothers Jesse and Jordan Henke, the shell of the 1987 Ford Merkur XR4Ti that had been so much a part of their youth held a beauty only a car restoration shop owner could love. The ugly ...