The 1980s were a time of radical thinking, big hair, big music, big changes in the world, and trying new big ideas. The auto-world was no exception. Around thirty years ago, we were treated to some of ...

The seller of today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Merkur says it's his dream car, but that he has to part with it due to cash issues that are keeping him up at night. Let's see if it seems to be worth ...

Merkur was a failed experiment as far as sales, but the cars were actually pretty cool. The XR4Ti was a sporty coupe aimed at BMW. This example has the stick shift you want, and just 19K miles. At the ...

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Either completely forgotten or ridiculed by the few who still remember it, the Merkur XR4Ti failed because of questionable marketing decisions and not because it was a bad car. Throughout the decades, ...

From the March/April 2025 issue of Car and Driver. To our chaotic shores the Big Three have randomly imported Euro-spec cars. Apart from tear gas, little has more reliably induced regret and ...

American gearheads often complain that European automakers never send their best vehicles Stateside. There's a good reason for that: Americans usually don't buy them. No car drove that point home ...