Last Mercury rolls off the assembly line

[Tave]

I think both of you are misinterpreting what we're trying to say.


We are saying that the market for these cars is dead. Not the market for soft cars.

Obviously there is no market for obsolete cars. That's the very definition of "obsolete." It doesn't even need to be said.

[Xer0]

[cawimmer430]

My uncle actually had the last one, in the same color.

It had a 460 engine, a A/C compressor that was no less than a foot long and six inches diameter, but, got about 6 mpg.



That car was AWESOME!

You don't know how lucky you were! 

Those things are indeed awesome! I wish US carmakers still offered these cars in those bodystyles (but with more efficient engines). Of course the aerodynamics will suck badly... 

[hounddog]

Comparably-equipped. The Crown Victoria, like all the other Fords, had a base model that the Mercury didn't. Midlevel and upper-level were near identical in price and feature content, just like the other Mercuries.

Two grand difference does not = identical.

Sorry.

You guys crack me up, so literal about things.  I am not saying the vehicle is the zenith of luxury, but, it is a luxury vehicle. 

[hounddog]

You don't know how lucky you were! 

Those things are indeed awesome! I wish US carmakers still offered these cars in those bodystyles (but with more efficient engines). Of course the aerodynamics will suck badly... 

They do; 300 and Charger. 

That car had an open differential and would smoke the tire as far as you wanted to go.  We once, well my cousin since I was about 12, put down a mark that we measured at 500 feet.   Back then you could go almost the entire day without seeing a car on our road.

The only reason we stopped is that it got too hard to see with the smoke.

[2o6]

Two grand difference does not = identical.

Sorry.

You guys crack me up, so literal about things.  I am not saying the vehicle is the zenith of luxury, but, it is a luxury vehicle. 

A Ford Fiesta is a far more luxurious car.

[hounddog]

Now your are just being ridiculous.

So much for mature dialogue.

 

[2o6]

The Fiesta has better plastics, drives far better, is put together far better, and beats the Grand Marquis out on EVERY level imaginable in luxury options/items, and materials.

[CJ]

The Fiesta has better plastics, drives far better, is put together far better, and beats the Grand Marquis out on EVERY level imaginable in luxury options/items, and materials.

Not quite.  Depending on what you like, the Fiesta isn't more of a luxury vehicle.  I love the steering wheel and seats of the GM, as well as the sound that the doors make when you open/close them.

[FoMoJo]

LOL. Not me. That country guy who had a song about them could be sad.

Should have killed it off years ago.

I wouldn't mind having a Mercury or two...especially a couple of these Mercury Blues

You're right.  They should've killed it off about 50 years ago.

[ifcar]

The Fiesta has better plastics, drives far better, is put together far better, and beats the Grand Marquis out on EVERY level imaginable in luxury options/items, and materials.

A Mazda MX-5 has better plastics, drives better, is put together better and has more luxury features than the Grand Marquis, but it's in no way a luxury car. Neither is the Fiesta.

The Grand Marquis isn't especially well executed, but it's certainly more close to being luxurious than a subcompact.

[Onslaught]

The Fiesta has better plastics, drives far better, is put together far better, and beats the Grand Marquis out on EVERY level imaginable in luxury options/items, and materials.

No. Just no. And I don't even like the Grand Marquis.

[cawimmer430]

They do; 300 and Charger. 

Yeah, but I prefer the true glamor and sexiness of 1970s American car styling. I love the 70s and 80s, especially the cars. The styling was just so....hot. 

The new stuff is nice, but in terms of styling they just don't hold a candle to the '70s stuff.

[WookieOnRitalin]

We owned a 1992 Grand Marquis. The fact that 206 is arguing that the Fiesta is far more luxurious goes to show how completely absent he is from reality. It's one of the most ridiculous things I've ever heard. A Marquis is far more luxurious than any subcompact ever or compact...ever. 

[the Teuton]

The Panther platform is pretty well isolated from the rest of the world. It's a great highway cruiser.

[2o6]

We owned a 1992 Grand Marquis. The fact that 206 is arguing that the Fiesta is far more luxurious goes to show how completely absent he is from reality. It's one of the most ridiculous things I've ever heard. A Marquis is far more luxurious than any subcompact ever or compact...ever.  

I was using a bit of hyperbole, but honestly, I have ALWAYS thought the GM and CV were utterly atrocious inside.


Besides, the late model GM is IMO worse inside then when the revisions first came out in 1992.

[the Teuton]

I was using a bit of hyperbole, but honestly, I have ALWAYS thought the GM and CV were utterly atrocious inside.


Besides, the late model GM is IMO worse inside then when the revisions first came out in 1992.

Drive one. It feels like a Brinks truck with more visibility.

I, for one, have Panther love, and I'm going to be sad to see it go.

[2o6]

Drive one. It feels like a Brinks truck with more visibility.

I, for one, have Panther love, and I'm going to be sad to see it go.

It makes me seasick, it's overly soft with no benefit. The Chrysler 300 is just as comfortable but nowhere near as much as a boat as the Panther cars.


They suck and have no place in today's automotive society.

[Tave]

They make for pretty awesome cabs.