Merkur

E8610
Ford Motor Company division automotive marque executive car model passenger car model

Merkur was a short-lived automotive marque created by Ford in the 1980s to sell European-designed performance and luxury cars in the North American market.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Merkur canonical 10

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ford Motor Company division ⓘ
automotive marque ⓘ
executive car model ⓘ
passenger car model ⓘ
basedOn Ford Scorpio ⓘ
Merkur XR4Ti ⓘ
surface form: Ford Sierra XR4i
bodyStyle five-door hatchback ⓘ
three-door hatchback ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
endTime 1989 ⓘ
introducedModel Merkur Scorpio ⓘ
Merkur XR4Ti ⓘ
layout front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout ⓘ
front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout ⓘ
marketedAs European-designed luxury car brand ⓘ
European-designed performance car brand ⓘ
marketedBy Merkur self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Merkur self-linksurface differs ⓘ
nameLanguage German ⓘ
nameMeaning Mercury (German name of the Roman god) ⓘ
notableCharacteristic European engineering for North American buyers ⓘ
operatedIn Canada ⓘ
North America ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
parentCompany Ford Motor Company ⓘ
positionedAgainst Audi ⓘ
BMW ⓘ
Saab Automobile ⓘ
surface form: Saab
positionedAs import alternative sold by domestic manufacturer ⓘ
productionEnd 1989 ⓘ
1989 ⓘ
1989 ⓘ
productionStart 1985 ⓘ
1985 ⓘ
1988 ⓘ
reasonForDiscontinuation federalization costs ⓘ
poor sales ⓘ
unfavorable exchange rates ⓘ
relatedBrand Mercury ⓘ
salesChannel Lincoln-Mercury dealer network ⓘ
segment luxury cars ⓘ
performance cars ⓘ
shortLived true ⓘ
soldThrough Lincoln-Mercury dealers ⓘ
startTime 1985 ⓘ
targetMarket North American market ⓘ
usedDesignsFrom Ford Motor Company ⓘ
surface form: Ford of Europe
usedPlatformFrom Ford Motor Company ⓘ
surface form: Ford of Europe

Referenced by (10)

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

Ford Motor Company → formerBrand → Merkur ⓘ
Merkur → marketedBy → Merkur self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Merkur XR4Ti
Merkur → marketedBy → Merkur self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Merkur Scorpio
Merkur XR4Ti → manufacturer → Merkur ⓘ
Merkur XR4Ti → soldUnderNameplate → Merkur ⓘ
Merkur Scorpio → brand → Merkur ⓘ
Lincoln-Mercury dealer network → soldBrand → Merkur ⓘ
Lincoln-Mercury dealer network → associatedBrand → Merkur ⓘ
Merkur vehicles → manufacturer → Merkur ⓘ
subject surface form: Merkur XR4Ti
Merkur vehicles → manufacturer → Merkur ⓘ
subject surface form: Merkur Scorpio