Mercury Grand Marquis - The 2008 Grand Marquis is a 4-door, 6-passenger family sedan, available in two trims, the GS and the LS. Upon introduction, both trims are equipped with a standard 4.6-liter, V8, 224-horsepower, flexible fuel engine that achieves 17-mpg in the city and 25-mpg on the highway. A 4-speed automatic transmission with overdrive is standard. The 2008 Grand Marquis is a carryover from 2007. (more…)
Mercury Mariner Hybrid - The 2008 Mariner Hybrid is a 4-door, 5-passenger sport-utility, available in two trims, the 4X2 and the 4X4. Upon introduction, both trims are equipped with a standard 2.3-liter, I4, 133-horsepower, hybrid engine that achieves 32-mpg in the city and 29-mpg on the highway. A variable speed automatic transmission with overdrive is standard. The 2008 Mariner Hybrid is redesigned for 2008. (more…)
Mercury Sable- The 2008 Sable is a 4-door, 5-passenger family sedan, available in 4 trims, ranging from the Base to the Premier AWD. Upon introduction, both trims are equipped with a standard 3.5-liter, V6, 260-horsepower engine. A 6-speed automatic transmission with overdrive is standard. The 2008 Sable is reskinned for 2008. (more…)
Mercury Mountaineer Preview - Peter Horbury, chief designer for Ford Motor Company, says that the current Mountaineer SUV showed that “Mercury could grow again, with design as the differentiator.” When the redesigned second-generation Mountaineer debuted for 2002, it did signal Mercury’s new design direction and proved that by cloaking Fords in what Horbury calls “clean, contemporary, and metropolitan” clothes (read: satin-silver trim), consumers would be attracted to Mercury showrooms. (more…)
Mercury Milan Preview - Based upon the same corporate CD platform as the Fusion and Zephyr, powered by the same engines and transmissions, and sharing the bulk of its exterior design with the Ford and Lincoln, the primary differentiator for the 2006 Mercury Milan is a waterfall grille coated with a liberal dollop of satin-silver trim. (more…)
Mercury Montego Preview - Mercury lands squarely on the family car game board with the 2005 Montego, the first competitive sedan for the company to sell since the original Sable debuted nearly two decades ago. When the 2005 Mercury Montego goes on sale later this year, it joins its corporate twin, the 2005 Ford Five Hundred, in the battle for import sedan buyers. (more…)
Mercury Mariner -
Mercury, like all automakers, would like to attract new and younger customers. And that’s a challenge. Many of the young, upscale potential Mercury customers are people who have grown up with imports, and have never considered an American-brand car. And many of those potential customers, if they think of Mercury at all, most likely think of an older relative’s Grand Marquis. Not surprising - the Grand Marquis has been the best-selling Mercury for the past quarter-century or so. But a Grand Marquis is by no stretch of the imagination a youth-market vehicle.
