That they are - underpriced German Fords that rocked - turboed 4 cyl I think. A bit on the ugly side but then some say that about the VX.

I owned 2 Merkur Scorpions (4 door version of above with a strong 6 cyl) and they easily beat the Sabb 9000 I had owned before that. Burned one up in a t-bone collision with a Mustang and sold the one after that for a Dodge 4x4 p/u.