Mercury Meteor

The Mercury Meteor was a 1960 to 1963 by the U.S., to the Ford company owned automotive manufacturer Mercury -built model of the local fullsize class ( upper middle class), and later the intermediate class ( middle class ).

The meteor was in his first year as Mercury cheapest model in this segment. About to him came the Monterey. After that, he was the Mercury version of the Ford Fairlane.

Model history

For the model year 1961 led the Mercury Meteor as an inexpensive entry-level model of its large vehicle series one. Available equipment lines Meteor 600 and Meteor 800 were two - and four-door sedan, the 800 also as a post -less hardtop coupe and sedan. Were driven models of a 3.65 -liter six- cylinder (137 SAE-PS/101 kW) or a 4.8 -liter V8 (177 kW SAE-PS/130 ); on gears were a three - and a four-speed manual transmission and the Merc -O -Matic -called automatic is available.

Starting in 1962, designated the Mercury Meteor version of the new, medium-sized Ford Fairlane. The offer of the base Meteor and Meteor Custom coupe and sedan, as well as the Meteor S -33 stood as a sporty coupe version put up. There were a 2.8 - liter in-line six-cylinder (102 kW SAE-PS/75 ) or V8 engines of 3.6 liters ( 147 SAE-PS/107 kW) and 4.3 liters (166 SAE-PS/122 kW ) are used. In 1963, the model range by a five-door station wagon and a convertible was added.

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From model year 1964, the Meteor accounted for because of small numbers. In fact, he was replaced by the Mercury Comet, which was actually the next smaller model, but in fact was the Comet almost as large as the Meteor and made this unnecessary.

Meteor in Canada

Main article: Meteor (car brand, Canada)

In Canada sold the Mercury dealer from summer 1948 to 1961 and from 1964 to 1976 special, built in the Canadian Group plants in the Ford models with Mercury trim under the trademark Meteor in order to occupy and price regions below the Mercury can. These hybrid models have often been driven by six-cylinder engines. By 1976, 628 792 this meteor could be sold in Canada.

From 1976 to 1981 there was also a Mercury Meteor in Canada as an entry-level model in the large Mercury series, below the Mercury Marquis settled.

Swell

Gunnell, John ( Editor): Standard Catalog of American Cars 1946-1975, Krause Publication, Iola 2002, ISBN 0-87349-461- X, S.521 - 525th
Zavitz, Perry: Canadian Cars from 1946 to 1984. Motorbooks International, ISBN 0-934780-43-9 Baltimore 1985, p.28 -48. ; called number: p.41.

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