Merkur commercial (1986)

A rare commercial for Merkur aired on May 12, 1986 on NBC 7 South Florida.

My parents this same year actually rented a Merkur to drive from New York City to Fallingwater in southwestern Pennsylvania.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• car
• cars
• commercial
• commercials
• 1980s
• 1986
• advertisement

[theshmegma]

I had a 86 XR4TI. Red just like the commercial. It was originally my sisters, then my Grandmother drove it through a garage door, she thought the pedal stuck, my entire family still says bullshit to this day.

[dadsoldtapes]

hmm... well since merkur dissolved after 1989 and i was like one year old i had never even heard of this car company until i came across this commercial on an only video tape to upload... and since then i've been on the lookout, never seen any merkur

[PUREAAMERICAN]

eighties did have some good cars. XR4Ti was cool but who would buy it over a 300zx Mustang GT even the SAAB 900 turbo was less expensive

[dadsoldtapes]

well yeah the saab 900 is exactly what you see her being "the establishment" that faces a new challenge - i never heard of merkur until i saw this commercial

[ke228]

Man, it's too bad Merkur didn't last. They were nice, Especially the Merkur Scorpio!!

[dadsoldtapes]

yeah i know i never even heard of this car make until i uncovered the tape this commercial was on... but yeah it did fail mainly because of exchange rate issues and the fact that Germany was still split (well maybe).

[FantomLightning]

LOL SAAB as the "Establishment" never thats the biggest crock of shit ever

[thehooly]

Ford escort Sierra. 2.3 shit engine. Learn about it.

[kernals12]

i would buy a Ford Taurus over this any day, believe it or not it was the American Ford Taurus that was more sophisticated then the European Ford Sierra which is what the Merkur is, because the Taurus had Front Wheel Drive, EFI, and MacPherson strut suspension

[swanny66041]

Ugly or not, it still looks good today. Maybe I'm biased because mine is in the garage, though it has the Cosworth body kit, which makes the front end look great!

[VTS1337]

Saab could offer loads more better, The relabilty, the handling, the safety.

Sorry but no one pwns the 900 T16

[VTS1337]

@hottdylan1993 I like saabs, and they are certainly faster and WAY more reliable than this...pile of rust. I like the Ford Sierra because of its retroness and styling, but Saabs, they look great, they drive great, and they don't rust as much.

[barriobajaj]

German Edsels

[KGWOLF77]

It's a Ford Sierra!!!!!!!!

[hottdylan1993]

It sure was an ugly car, Saabs were always ugly too. My fathers boss had one of these and he had multiple affairs in it, so I guess this ugly gay lookin thing can get you laid, which he had millions of dollars, and everybody knows that women can't resist the smell of money.

[007bondspy]

@BrunostNOR no it was a heap of shit .....you fucking cocksmoker