Mercury Marauder

Have a merry ride with mercury marauder vehicle

The Mercury marauder is considered to be the sibling of the ford company. The mercury cars were manufactured as an alternate to that of the ford cars. The main goals of the ford vehicles were to create semi luxury vehicles. The people who are having keen interest toward the cars, they regarded mercury vehicles as ford equipped vehicles that are having longer wheel base and the quite bigger engines.

The model of the mercury cars have been in the market since long time and the mercury marauder satisfied both the drivers and the passengers through the efficient drive. The mercury marauder can be seen in all the roads of the US. There are a number of mercury vehicles are manufactured and sold in market .Some of those are Mercury Capri, Mercury grand Marquis, Mercury Monarch and the Mercury Zephyr. Each of the mercury cars was designed in such a way that, it ensures complete satisfaction of the customers.

Nevertheless of its good qualities, it still couldn’t beat the basic version of the ford vehicles and the Lincoln brands. But still, it has quite goods number of loyal and prominent customers. More number of mercury marauder accessories is manufactured to meet the demand. They are just not similar to that of the auto parts but they are truly manufactured to perform. Though the mercury marauder vehicles are not as popular as that of the ford vehicles but still their parts are quite efficient as that of the ford vehicles.

Features of mercury marauder

It was discovered in the market as a near luxury car. At present all the mercury vehicles are based on the platform of the ford vehicles. The name mercury is taken from the “roman mythology “meaning “the messenger of the god “. In the early of its manufacture, it was very much well known for its performance but gradually it reduced.

If you happen to be a citizen of the US, you can easily get access to the mercury marauder vehicles and its auto parts. You can number dealers both offline and the offline. You can consider example of the parts like stiff shocks, cold air intakes and the high flow of the mufflers will provide you with the smooth and hassle free ride. One important fact of the mercury marauder auto parts is, they are just not only made to perform but they also make the vehicle to look better as well. So there is no need to compromise with the look of the car for the functionality when it comes to the matter of mercury marauder auto parts.

The Mercury Marauder was named after three different automobiles which were manufactured by the mercury division of the ford company. In the year 1960, this mercury division was introduced into the market as a high performance model along with the line of full size mercury.

Though most people showed interest in this type of car, but the people who are keen interested on the performance of the vehicle never came forward to purchase this vehicle. Although the performance of this vehicle was up to an expected level but it was not able to cover 60mph within 7 seconds. This model didn’t have the feature of tire spinning grunt which was marked as the true muscle of the car.

Models and features

The mercury marauder produced for the year 2003 and 2004 was sold only in black color and later it was available in silver, blue and the red color. This model has blacked out grille, the tail lights and the dark tinted headlights, bigger five spoke chrome wheels and exhaust outlet for the dual chrome. The presence of the mercury inside the car gave it’s a sportier look along with the center console and the bucket seats.

With the new power adjustable seats, it allowed any one sitting behind the wheels to sit comfortable. This model is well equipped with 4.6 liter fuel and V8 engine with 302hp and a torque of 318 lb-ft. Some of the major updates of this model during 2004 include new frame and the redesigned of the front suspension area and also included the sport tuned suspension along with the 18 inches wheels.

The 2004 model of mercury marauder serves as the remainder of muscle era of the cars. The high performance associated with the models of this car gives it the name hot model in era of the cars and it provides rear wheel drive.

1964 model of mercury Marauder

The mercury model always existed within the ford motor company. The ford motor company was not able get stick on to a particular image for its model; as such it tried with number of images.

During the starting of the 1964, things started becoming much complicated with the manufacturing of the mercury marauder. The trim and the engine associated with that of the marauder was available in the market on all the full sized mercury models. Though all the engine choices are of V-8 engine, but still they varied. This model of the car was well equipped with a horse power of 410hp but some of the street cars came forward for purchasing of this very expensive engine. Majority of the people opted for the marauder super engine of 390 V8 engines which delivered a horse power of 300hp whereas marauder interceptor offered 390, V8 engine with a horsepower of 330hp.

As far as the performance of the car is considered, the torque of the vehicle and the larger horsepower were ruled off against the heavy car. The most attractive part of the mercury marauder is the two door hardtop and the huge rear hang which provides the car of deck length approximately to that of the hood length. This model was quite great and capable for truck purposes.

Conclusion

The model of mercury offered  the big block power , amazing interior and exterior design , refined performance .But this model became out of fashion after 1970 and hence this model was retired .After  the mid 90’s  the mercury marauder came in to existence again  with upgraded engine , larger wheels and the tires , bucket seats , specially trimmed and designed interior  and exterior paint as well.