For some, the so-called Malaise era, loosely defined as the automotive period between 1973 and 1983, was an irredeemably dark time in American automotive record. As a outcome, few cars from the time are celebrated and many have even been forgotten–though, to be fair , not a great number those …
Read More »Review Flashback! 1986 Merkur XR4Ti
Merkur, if you recall the brand, was in many ways a marketing complement to General Motors’s Geo experiment. ’80s Flashback: 1987 Mercury Merkur Rapido XR4Ti Where Geo was established by GM to retail small Japanese vehicles in the U.S., Merkur was established by Ford to sell premium German cars here. …
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