The Short Lived Tale of Merkur

Hello! :D Similar to the Sterling brand, the Merkur marque of the mid-1980s was an attempt by Ford to introduce European-sized models into the United States in order to directly combat the horde of BMWs, Audis, Hondas and Mercedes’ filling up the market, but, like Sterling, would prove to be a massive failure for the company. All video content and images in this production have been provided with permission wherever possible. While I endeavour to ensure that all accreditations properly name the original creator, some of my sources do not list them as they are usually provided by other, unrelated YouTubers. Therefore, if I have mistakenly put the accreditation of ’Unknown’, and you are aware of the original creator, please send me a personal message at my Gmail (this is more effective than comments as I am often unable to read all of them): rorymacveigh@ The views and opinions expressed in this video are my personal appraisal and are not the views and opinions of any of these individuals or bodies