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Subscribe to this threadSticking to its consonants: Lincoln to continue alphabet soup
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Reuben @ Dec 10th 2007 11:43AM
XR - I don't even know and I own 2 (probably a chasis code or something)
4 - 4 cylinder
T - Turbo
i - injected
Furthermore, I will miss the good ol lincoln names - continental... but as long as the cars are damn good it won't matter too much to me or most people for that matter.
jgp @ Dec 10th 2007 11:54AM
XR was Ford Europe's general name for performance versions of their cars in the 1980s, roughly analogous to GTI. It's still used in Australia.
The '4' actually refers to the size class of the car, not the number of cylinders. Europe used to have the Ford Fiesta XR2i, Ford Escort XR3i, and the Ford Sierra XR4i (I know the Fiesta XR2i was preceded by a carburated Fiesta XR2--I'm sure there was also a carburated Escort XR3). The Sierra XR4i and Merkur XR4Ti were almost the same car, but the Sierra XR4i was powered by a naturally-aspirated V6, while the Merkur XR4Ti was powered by a turbocharged straight-4.
Ford Australia, on the other hand, uses the number to refer to the number of cylinders, and doesn't use an 'i' to denote fuel-injected cars. They still sell the Ford Falcon XR6 and XR8 (with straight-6 and V8 power, respectively) down under.