Merkur vehicles

E257632
Ford Motor Company division automobile marque automobile model

Merkur vehicles were a short-lived line of European-built, performance-oriented cars marketed by Ford in North America during the 1980s under a distinct brand positioned above Mercury.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Merkur (automobile marque) 2
Merkur vehicles canonical 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ford Motor Company division ⓘ
automobile marque ⓘ
automobile model ⓘ
automobile model ⓘ
assemblyLocation Germany ⓘ
basedOn Ford Scorpio ⓘ
Merkur XR4Ti ⓘ
surface form: Ford Sierra XR4i
bodyStyle five-door hatchback sedan ⓘ
three-door hatchback coupe ⓘ
brandPositioning near-luxury performance brand ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
discontinued 1989 ⓘ
engineConfiguration V6 engine ⓘ
turbocharged inline-four engine ⓘ
engineDisplacement 2.3-litre ⓘ
2.9-litre ⓘ
introduced 1985 ⓘ
layout front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout ⓘ
front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout ⓘ
manufacturer Merkur ⓘ
Merkur ⓘ
marketedIn Canada ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
North America ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
notableModel Merkur Scorpio ⓘ
Merkur XR4Ti ⓘ
parentCompany Ford Motor Company ⓘ
Ford Motor Company ⓘ
Ford Motor Company ⓘ
positionedAbove Mercury ⓘ
productionPeriod 1985–1989 ⓘ
1985–1989 ⓘ
1988–1989 ⓘ
reasonForDiscontinuation federal safety and emissions requirements ⓘ
low sales volumes ⓘ
unfavorable exchange rates ⓘ
segment near-luxury car ⓘ
sport compact ⓘ
soldThrough Lincoln-Mercury dealers ⓘ
targetedCompetitors Audi ⓘ
BMW ⓘ
Saab Automobile ⓘ
surface form: Saab
vehicleClass compact executive car ⓘ
sports coupe ⓘ
vehicleType passenger cars ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lincoln-Mercury dealer network → distributionChannelFor → Merkur vehicles ⓘ
Merkur in the 1980s → marketedBy → Merkur vehicles ⓘ
subject surface form: Merkur XR4Ti
this entity surface form: Merkur (automobile marque)
Merkur in the 1980s → marketedBy → Merkur vehicles ⓘ
subject surface form: Merkur Scorpio
this entity surface form: Merkur (automobile marque)