Today’s first feature is a Mercury Monterey Custom that is peak early-’60s full-size Detroit: long, low, slab-sided, chrome-trimmed, and roughly the same length as a municipal pier. The big party trick is the Breezeway rear window, which rolls down vertically into the body. It is one of those wonderfully strange Ford/Mercury ideas that sounds unnecessary […]
Our next feature is a Mercury Capri XR2, the Australian-built, front-wheel-drive convertible assembled by Ford Australia using a mostly Mazda mechanical parts. The XR2 was the performance version, powered by a turbocharged and intercooled Mazda B6T 1.6-liter DOHC 16-valve four-cylinder pushing 132 hp into a 5-speed manual. Today’s example is a strange one — it […]
Today’s next feature is a first-year Mercury Milan, Ford’s slightly dressier Mercury-badged sibling to the Ford Fusion and Lincoln MKZ/Zephyr. Power comes from a Mazda derived 2.3 liter four cylinder mated to the front wheels, but the interesting part is the 5-speed manual. Most Milans were automatic commuter sedans, so a manual Mercury Milan is […]
This next car is Ford’s reply to the Mazda Miata, Toyota MR2, and Pontiac Fiero. As strange as it sounds, the Mercury Capri was a left-hand drive export from Ford’s Melbourne, Australia factory – just a rebadge of the Ford Capri sold in the land down unda. Today’s example has orange paint, black hood, and […]
Today’s next feature is an interesting car to find at a donation/salvage lot. This ebay seller turns thousands of donated cars each year on ebay via an Orange County, CA lot…and I don’t know how they get such amazing donations. This is a giant woodsided and opera light equipped Mercury will need some sorting before […]
By the early 2000s, the Mercury Grand Marquis had fully settled into its role as Ford’s last honest full-size American sedan, built on the Panther platform and focused on comfort, durability, and mechanical simplicity instead of the latest styling trends. The Grand Marquis shared much of its powertrain, chassis, suspension, steering, and interior hardware with […]
The mid-90s Mercury Sable wagon is one of those secretly brilliant machines that only true connoisseurs appreciate, and this 1995 GS example (in glorious blue-over-blue) is absolutely DT’s Hunsbloger approved. Built on the same groundbreaking Taurus platform that defined the American family car for a decade, the Sable wagon delivered wind-tunnel styling, an indestructible 3.0L […]
The Mercury Capri was always the Fox-body Mustang’s slightly weirder twin — same bones, same drivetrain, but with Euro-ish styling cues and a dash of Mercury badge engineering that made it the “continental” choice for people who wanted a Mustang but didn’t want to actually buy a Mustang. They were sold as a hardtop coupe, […]
If you’ve ever wondered what happens when a luxury barge, a ranch truck, and three YouTube channels collide, this El Caminoized Mercury Grand Marquis is the answer. Once a cushy boulevard cruiser, it’s been transformed into the King of the Ranchero—a burnout-happy beast that’s done laps through Vice Grip Garage, Pole Barn Garage, and Wildman […]
Oh boy, gather ‘round and behold this shimmering relic of middle-management mediocrity: the 1993 Mercury Topaz LS, a car that boldly asked, “What if beige could drive?” Powered by the underwhelming 3.0-liter Vulcan V6 (or perhaps a 4-cylinder if fate wasn’t kind), the Topaz was Ford’s idea of entry-level luxury—think of it as a Taurus […]