Dear rstuart-ga;
Thank you for allowing me an opportunity to answer your interesting question.
For many decades now Ford and Mercury have both used the moniker XR to
denote the ?Experimental Racing? models of various vehicles and motors
they produce. Among them, to name just a few, are Capri XR2, Lynx XR3,
Merkur XR4Ti, Topaz XR5, and the Cougar XR7.
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HISTORY COUGAR XR7 SERIES
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Request for Answer Clarification by
rstuart-ga
on
27 Dec 2004 20:46 PST
my friend
this is accurate for an automobile.
I referenced the term sportjet which is
a JETBOAT/PERSONAL WATERCRAFT. The item described is
the engind for this watercraft..Info given pertains to
automobiles. Please refine your search to include
the fifferences between
mercury 120xr jetboat motor
and
mercury 120
the opperative difference is the moniker XP
what makes the two different
the 120 is 1995
the 120xr is 1996
please advise
thnxabunch.
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Clarification of Answer by
tutuzdad-ga
on
28 Dec 2004 06:46 PST
Please give me a few minutes. I am in the process of contacting
Mercury in an attempt to confirm what my research has indicated.
tutuzdad-ga
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Request for Answer Clarification by
rstuart-ga
on
28 Dec 2004 07:31 PST
thank you sir!
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Clarification of Answer by
tutuzdad-ga
on
28 Dec 2004 07:31 PST
I contacted Mercury Marine headquarters in Fon du Lac, Wisconsin and
to my astonishment I was told that the tag "XR" on that particular
sportjet model "...means absolutely nothing." Try as I might to get a
better picture of how the initials came to be from the naming source,
the explanation I was given was that the "XR" was applied to this
version in nothing more than a completely arbitrary fashion and serves
no purpose whatsoever except to distinguish a 120 from a 120XR.
Voice: 920-929-5040
Fax: 920-929-5893
Mercury Marine
W6250 W. Pioneer Road
P.O. Box 1939
Fond du Lac, WI 54936-1939
Sometimes the answer confuses and amazes me too.
tutuzdad-ga
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Request for Answer Clarification by
rstuart-ga
on
28 Dec 2004 08:15 PST
thanks for all your help!
saludos
Stuart
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Clarification of Answer by
tutuzdad-ga
on
28 Dec 2004 08:59 PST
You are very welcome. We BOTH learned something on this one.
tutuzdad-ga
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