citrin@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU (Wayne Citrin) (12/04/85)
Can someone give me some information about the Ford Scorpio? I saw one of these a few months ago in Switzerland. From a brochure I saw in Munich, I gather that it's a new car, but since I don't read German I couldn't get any additional information. The car somewhat resembles the new Ford Taurus. Are they the same car? Wayne Citrin (ucbvax!citrin)
hsu@eneevax.UUCP (Dave Hsu) (12/05/85)
In article <11147@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> citrin@ucbvax.UUCP (Wayne Citrin) writes: >Can someone give me some information about the Ford Scorpio? I saw >one of these a few months ago in Switzerland. From a brochure I >saw in Munich, I gather that it's a new car, but since I don't read >German I couldn't get any additional information. The car somewhat >resembles the new Ford Taurus. Are they the same car? > >Wayne Citrin >(ucbvax!citrin) If I remember correctly, the Scorpio is Ford's new high-line car for their European mid-size lineup. It is supposed to be brought here Sometime Soon as part of the Merkur lineup; I don't remember them assigning a name to the import version yet. -dave -- Spoken: David Hsu ARPA: hsu @ eneevax.umd.edu hsu @ mit-prep.arpa UUCP: {seismo,allegra}!umcp-cs!eneevax!hsu BITnet: CF522 @ UMDD USnail: Communication & Signal Processing Lab, Dept of Electrical Engineering University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 "I realized my destiny when God came to me in a dream and told me that I was to be King of All Maryland..." -King Tom II; after King Tom III; after King Tom II; after Prince Fred..
fritz@phri.UUCP (Dave Fritzinger) (12/05/85)
> Can someone give me some information about the Ford Scorpio? > The car somewhat > resembles the new Ford Taurus. Are they the same car? > First, about your specific questions. The Ford Scorpio (called Granada in England) is not the same as the American Ford Taurus/Mercury Sable. The Taurus/Sable are front wheel drive cars, while the Scorpio is rear wheel drive. They also use different engines, etc. This car was built as a replacement for the Ford Granada (which in no way resembles the Granada that was sold here), and is meant to compete with Various Volvos, Audi 100s(5000s here), BMW 5 series, etc. Now, as a general point of information, a good magazine to keep up with European car models is the British magazine, Car. It's written in English (sort of) and gives good coverage of all European models, though it is somewhat chauvinistic. Makes good reading though-I like it better than most US car mags. BTW, the Ford Scorpio will be imported sometime in the next year or so to be sold by Mercury dealers as another Merkur. -- Dave Fritzinger, Public Health Research Institute, NY,NY {allegra!phri!fritz} "I think. I think I am. Therefore, I am,...I think." Moody Blues