Okay, I'm considering this post to be the proverbial "beaten dead horse" AFTER I make one last point!I have no intention of trying to justify my tastes to you and I'm fully aware of all of the aforementioned cars' shortcomings.... I just am trying for accuracy. The Merkurs were captive imports from Ford of Germany and were basically rebadged euro-spec cars, somewhat modified to meet U.S. regulations and standards Perceptions do not alter facts. The TC was conceived as a halo car for and by Chrysler. Pantera was for Ford. Both were initiated by "Lido". The TC and the LeBaron share virtually no exterior components (save maybe the windshield frame design). The TC was hand-built and the LeBaron was factory stamped. I probably would've chosen the Prowler that the XFire replaced, too (until I found out how uncomfortable they are and slow... BTW, the SSR wasn't a track burner either). The VX, XFire and TC had sticker prices collectively just south of 100k when new. I paid just north of 25K for the trio with a total of 234 thousand miles between them. 11K on the XF, 78K on the VX and 135K on the TC. I couldn't come close to that for your alternate choices. I'm content. If you want more info see below. I'm done.
And about that Dodge Cummins..
https://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt...yfp-t-901&fp=1
http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2...c-by-maserati/
http://www.allpar.com/model/tc.html
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