We never officially got the Ford Sierra here in the U.S., but the powers that be apparently took pity on us, because at least they gave us the Merkur XR4Ti.
This one is billed as a “true survivor” that has been with the seller for nearly 10 years.
During that time, the XR4Ti …
I had one of these, all stock. It was a superb highway car, but absolutely lousy for stop and go on the hills of San Francisco. The Borla exhaust was supposed to bring boost in a lot lower, might have helped with the SF hills problem.
What is the rule of thumb for which 2.3 turbo cars got the top mount intercooler? SVO/ Turbocoupes did but not these and some other fox bodies?
In reply to martybtoo :
I had one too, loved it as a road car but it was not great in traffic, the no boost to all boost transition was abrupt and inconvenient at times when the electronics was working right, which was only about 30% of the time, the rest of the time it was like an overweight Pinto with an underpowered low compression 2.3 liter 4 cyl. Call it unexciting and frustrating to drive in town. Highway was ok.
I loved these cars when they came out because they were so inherently different than anything seen before: very "Euro" looking which made them somewhat exotic in my eyes at the time. Racing versions look the business; the more racing livery, wheels, and tires, the better. An example would be something like this: 
Back in my Automod days, I heard someone pronounce it as “X-R-40.”
Right before Ford pulled the plug on Merkur, it was a giveaway car on the Hollywood Squares game show and the host called it a Merkur Exrahti. Still love the Xr4ti but prefer biplane spoiler.
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