The 1980s were a time of radical thinking, big hair, big music, big changes in the world, and trying new big ideas. The auto-world was no exception. Around thirty years ago, we were treated to some of ...

When it was introduced, today's Nice Price or No Dice Merkur was the wrong car at the wrong time. Now, it's a rare and funky piece of automotive history. Let's see if that and its price tag make it ...

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 ...

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 decades, ...