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Merkur goes out for it's first drive in a while

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Our 1986 Merkur XR4Ti goes out for a test drive, it doesn't have a blow-off valve or boost controller yet so right now Cayce was taking it slow. Fun things to note: Rear wheels off a Thunderbird and front wheels off a Saab. Pat and Mark narrating from the Neon.

About Merkur

Merkur (German pronunciation: [mɛʁˈkuːɐ̯], Mercury) was a North American brand of automobiles marketed by the Lincoln-Mercury division of Ford Motor Company for model years 1985–1989. Drawing its name from the German word for Mercury, Merkur, the brand targeted buyers of European executive cars, marketing two captive import models manufactured by Ford of Europe's German division. Following the 1989 model year, Lincoln-Mercury withdrew Merkur, making it one of the most short-lived automotive bran...

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