The Merkur Scorpio was an abject sales failure for a number of reasons — first it was sold at Lincoln-Mercury dealers to elderly and confused Lincoln & Mercury buyers who had no idea what a Merkur might be and zero interest in something with a hatchback. Put my groceries back there?…I’m not letting my servants […]
This post is part of DT’s 2016 Epiphany celebration. The next wise man is named Gaspar, and also hails from the wilds of Germania, but is cleverly disguised as an American. My best theory is that Gaspar is trying to avoid being detected by one of Herod’s folks as he returns to his homeland via […]
DT regular tipper/commenter/contributor and RX-8 fanatic RyanM sent in a collection of sweet Fords found on his local Arkansas craigslist — the best of the bunch was a Ford Travel Wagon but the listing was deleted (shucks!). However, the rest of the set was so good that I couldn’t just feature one of them…so here […]
It was rumored that the German hairband rock group Scorpions didn’t speak much English when they released their first major US album(s), and consequently, some words sound sort of oddly forced in their songs. The same can be said for the classic Merkur Scorpio –it was a German built 4-door rear drive sedan, sold in […]