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1986-1987 Eggenberger Ford Sierra XR4Ti




RB Mark0

2016-01-18 20:04
When Ford promoted Merkur XR4Ti they immediately started racing them. They didn't want to wait for Ford to develop base car. Some teams like Rouse Engineering and Eggenberger used US racing cars whit some minor differences for different rules.
1986-1987 Eggenberger Ford Sierra XR4Ti




NL Desscythe17

2016-01-18 19:58
Why would racing drivers in Europe drive a Merkur? You could just put the engine in a Sierra, since the Merkur also has US bumpers and everything.
1986-1987 Eggenberger Ford Sierra XR4Ti




RB Mark0

2016-01-18 19:41
That's because people in Europe didn't know what Merkur is. So not to confuse them they used Ford Sierra name.
1986-1987 Eggenberger Ford Sierra XR4Ti




PL sajmon14

2016-01-18 17:35
JFK wrote

Well they could use whole Merkur XR4Ti. I mean, it is not too different, and some racing drivers in europe drove Merkurs.


I'm wondering why is it called a Ford then?
1986-1987 Eggenberger Ford Sierra XR4Ti




QA JFK

2016-01-18 17:31
sajmon14 wrote


but it has the 2.3l engine like in Merkur, while the Sierra had a 2.8 liter engine :p

Well they could use whole Merkur XR4Ti. I mean, it is not too different, and some racing drivers in europe drove Merkurs.
1986-1987 Eggenberger Ford Sierra XR4Ti




PL sajmon14

2016-01-18 17:29
JFK wrote
Wut.
There is mistake in the name (not done by anyone here, but by the racing team). XR4Ti was Merkur, Sierra was XR4i.


but it has the 2.3l engine like in Merkur, while the Sierra had a 2.8 liter engine :p
1986-1987 Eggenberger Ford Sierra XR4Ti




QA JFK

2016-01-18 16:25
Wut.
There is mistake in the name (not done by anyone here, but by the racing team). XR4Ti was Merkur, Sierra was XR4i.
1984 Eggenberger BMW 635 CSi




NL Desscythe17

2014-03-19 13:18
Mieguy wrote
10.000th car on this site!

Not exactly, many pages are empty, so page #10.000 isn't car #10.000.
Right now, the most recent page is www.webcarstory.com/voiture.php?id=18090 I think,
but according to the statistics page, there are 15.127 cars on the site, so the numbers don't really match up.

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1984 Eggenberger BMW 635 CSi


DE Mieguy

2014-03-19 08:12
10.000th car on this site!
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