Marco Flores takes his heavily modified Merkur XR4Ti street racer out with his best friend, Andy Perez, who is dying of cancer.
Only two models were sold under the Merkur badge: a performance-oriented three-door hatchback version of the Ford Sierra XR4i called the Merkur XR4Ti and nicknamed Merkur XR (1985–1989), and the Merkur Scorpio (1988–1989), which was an American version of the Ford Scorpio Mark I (Scorpio being the top trim level for the Mk III Granada in the UK) 5-door hatchback.
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However, Ford could not just import the cars and sell them; American government-mandated safety regulations dictated that Ford modify the design of the XR4Ti and Scorpio.
The cars were hand assembled and built entirely by Karmann Coachworks in Rheine, Germany.