In an attempt to mesh European styling and handling with a 2.3-liter powertrain sourced from the Mustang SVO, the infamous Merkur XR4TI was born. This particular example, driven by The Smoking Tire’s ...

When an owner is willing to give you the molds to repair an all-carbon-fiber race car, you’ve got a good deal on your hands. Such is the case with this carbon-fiber-bodied, tube-frame, 300-horsepower, ...

Merkurs are some of our favorite cars. Flickr pool member sncollins has a nice ’88 XR4Ti he’s been wheeling around for the last 20,000 miles or so. Powered by the tough-as-nails 2.3 liter turbocharged ...

At the dawn of the 1980s, a young go-getter Ford executive named Bob Lutz decided that Ford needed to draw a bead on BMW. Theoretically, he knew what would get the job done, having spent three years ...

Historically X marks the spot, however Ford seemed to miss the target with their mid-eighties imports. Today, Nice Price or Crack Pipe wants to know if time has improved the perception of their aim.

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 ...