Mercury Montego
The Mercury Montego was associated by the U.S., to the Ford company car manufacturer Mercury from 1967 to 1976 and from 2004 to 2007 produced model of the local intermediate class ( upper middle class).
The name of Montego used Ford for the first time in the year 1966/67, on a model of the brand sold only in Canada Meteor.
The Montego the 1960er-/1970er-Jahre was the successor to the Mercury Comet and the parallel model to the Ford Torino.
The Montego from 2004 to 2007 was the successor to the Mercury Sable and its sister model of the Ford Five Hundred.
Montego (1967-1971)
Mercury Montego 2 Door Sedan ( 1969)
The Mercury Montego developed parallel to the Ford Torino. Just as the Torino was introduced in 1968 as a higher-quality version of the Ford Fairlane, Montego first introduced an exclusive version of the Fairlane counterparts Mercury Comet dar. At the beginning of the model year 1970 accounted for Ford model name Fairlane and Mercury the name Comet, so that the middle class models now uniformly Ford Torino and Mercury Montego were called.
The Montego there were in the years 1968 and 1969 as a coupe, sedan, convertible and station wagon versions in the equipment base and MX. When driving a 3.3 - liter six-cylinder or V8 engines with displacements from 4.9 to 7.0 liters were used. Derived from the Montego was the sporty version of Cyclone. In 1969, the base engine was enlarged to 4.1 liters.
For model years 1970 and 1971, the Montego received a redesigned bodywork. She was still constructed self-supporting. The Montego was unlike its counterpart Ford Torino significantly prominent grille in the so-called Knudsen style, and optional concealed headlights were ordered. The Montego was still powered by a large six - and eight-cylinder engines with displacements of 4.1 and 7.2 liters. From 1970 the model range is divided in Montego, Montego MX and MX Brougham.
From Montego first generation total of 371,000 units were produced.
Montego (1972-1976)
Mercury Montego Hardtop Coupe
In the autumn of 1971 a new Montego appeared with unchanged technology, but renewed body. The Montego was the Mercury counterpart to the Ford Torino. At the same time came to replace the entfallenen a Cyclone Montego GT coupe with a hatchback into the program, the remaining Montego coupe retained their notchback. Model range and capacity measures remained otherwise unchanged.
In 1974 no more six-cylinder was available in Montego, base engine was now the 4.9 -liter V8, a 5.8 -liter from 1975. Also in 1974 accounted for the Montego GT replacement and the Seven liter was replaced by a 7.5 -liter V8.
The successor of the Montego was offered in 1977 under the name Mercury Cougar.
The Montego second generation emerged in 506 191 copies.
Montego (2004-2007)
Mercury Montego (2004-2007)
In 2004, the successor Montego called the Mercury Sable, which had a three-liter V6 and front-wheel drive appeared. The Montego but was subjected to a major facelift after three years and has been offered since then under the name of its predecessor.