I had forgotten all about the merkur. Was that a European built car? They build some cars over there that do quite well on the autobahn. In about 2001 I missed a flight from Eindhoven to Hamburg and had to rent a car and drive it that evening. All they had was a Ford Mondeo station wagon. I thought man this is gonna be a long boring drive. I was wrong. It had a big V6 and a five speed. It could cruise way over 200kph. Ford puts some good cars on the road over there.