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Daniel
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American Granada??
« on: Jun 21st, 2012, 5:03pm » |
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Just found this american granada 
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Why didnt they just have our one? It looks nothing like a granny at all
Anyone know anything about them.
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Matt
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Re: American Granada??
« Reply #1 on: Jun 21st, 2012, 5:26pm » |
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they did have our granada, they called it the merkur scorpio
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Re: American Granada??
« Reply #2 on: Jun 21st, 2012, 5:26pm » |
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Yeah, I have a cousin in Canada got one of those many years ago, an awful car. It had a 3.6 straight 6 in it and went through fuel at a hell of a rate! All bouncy and handled like a tub of rice-pudd! 
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Re: American Granada??
« Reply #3 on: Jun 21st, 2012, 7:10pm » |
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on Jun 21st, 2012, 5:26pm, Matt wrote:| they did have our granada, they called it the merkur scorpio |
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They also got another European Ford re-badged as a Merkur XR4Ti - a Sierra XR4i but with a 2.3 ( Pinto ? )Turbo engine - now has quite a cult following across the pond. I'm told they actually sold more of these in North America than in Europe making it the only Ford to outsell in a foreign market compared to its domestic market.
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Daniel
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Re: American Granada??
« Reply #4 on: Jun 21st, 2012, 7:55pm » |
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Oh yeah i forgot about the merkurs they look abit funny dont they somthing not quite right unless it because im used to the sierra xr4i. Have a look at this one
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Pics on the left
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Re: American Granada??
« Reply #5 on: Jun 21st, 2012, 8:00pm » |
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talking of the old 4i the south africans got one, fitted with a v8 and rebadged xr8i
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Scorpio_Mike
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Re: American Granada??
« Reply #6 on: Jun 21st, 2012, 10:36pm » |
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on Jun 21st, 2012, 8:00pm, Matt wrote:| talking of the old 4i the south africans got one, fitted with a v8 and rebadged xr8i |
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XR8i 3-dr shell as per XR4i ?
Not heard of that, only the 5-dr XR8 and I think there was also an XR6 ?
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Re: American Granada??
« Reply #7 on: Jun 22nd, 2012, 8:29am » |
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Ah the Merkur Scorpio.
Photo of my old MKIII 4x4 with the imported rear reflector panel and badges.
Wish I'd kept her sometimes.
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Daniel
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Re: American Granada??
« Reply #8 on: Jun 22nd, 2012, 9:02am » |
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Thats nice i like
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Re: American Granada??
« Reply #9 on: Jun 22nd, 2012, 1:01pm » |
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on Jun 21st, 2012, 5:03pm, Daniel wrote:Just found this american granada
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Yikes
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Re: American Granada??
« Reply #10 on: Jun 22nd, 2012, 1:04pm » |
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Bet they were annoyed they couldn't make the wheels and steering wheel square/rectangular as well like the rest of it. (Old Jeremy Clarkson joke.)
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Re: American Granada??
« Reply #11 on: Jun 22nd, 2012, 3:52pm » |
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not the best looking car is it. A bit boring?
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Re: American Granada??
« Reply #12 on: Jun 24th, 2012, 12:36am » |
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have a look in wikipedia-taurus ther granada mk3 but front wheel drive with a dinosaor 2.5 4 cylinder ohv and auto.the most boring way to convert petrol into forword motion.brouther had one afew years ago came from the us embasey in france low milage no one whonted to drive it unless they had to.
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