Re: The ULTIMATE cure for those Quattro blues

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In a message dated 7/23/98 9:31:31 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
tomislavj@sympatico.ca writes:

<< Didn't the States get a Merkur XR4ti from Ford???  That is, what I
 believe, Andrew is talking about ...... I know we had a few in Canada. 
 Long since discontinued in Canada, though ...... probably wasn't a good
 seller.
 
 -<{Quattro 20V Boy}>- >>

XR4ti, yes and no.  XR4X4 is based on the XR4ti, but was only brought over in
RWD form, not all-wheel drive.  Also only in turbo-four cyl format/not 6 cyl.
6 cyl was available in the much larger Ford/Merkur Scorpio, and while a good
car, had dissappointing sales success in the US.  Why they had to give it that
(Merkur) name I still don't know...

-Ingo