Mercury Monterey

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Under the name of Mercury Monterey presented to the Ford company owned U.S. automotive manufacturer Mercury 1949-2007 different shoes.

Monterey, 1949-1951

To counter the new, imported by various General Motors brands hardtop coupes something, Mercury produced in these two model years under the name Monterey, a variant of the regular coupe, which had a vinyl roof and a leather interior. Technically, they did not differ from its sister models.

Monterey, 1951-1974

From autumn 1951, the Monterey was an integral part of the Mercury program model and remained so until the fall of 1974. Always remained the case even after the introduction of smaller Monterey Mercury models from 1960 part of the great full-sized model of the brand.

1951-1954 was the Monterey Mercury - top model on the Mercury Custom -called base model. 1955/1956 he was the middle model between Mercury Medalist and Montclair, 1957, the base model, 1958 again the medium model, 1959/1960 again the basic model, 1961/1962 again the top model were called (via the Mercury Comet ), 1963 all of the major Mercury Monterey.

1964-1974 presented the Monterey through the large entry-level model of the brand is under the Montclair and Park Lane from 1969 or its successor Marquis. From 1969 to 1974 replaced a better equipped Monterey Custom the former Montclair.

Were offered two - and four-door sedans, coupes and until 1970 also a convertible, driven usually by V8 engines. The suits of the great Mercury models ran mostly, but not in all years, in a separate series.

1975 joined Marquis simpler equipped the place of Monterey; the former Marquis renamed as Marquis Brougham.

Monterey, 2003-2006

Main article: Ford Freestar

From autumn 2003, Mercury offered under the name Monterey a variant of Van Ford Freestar at, the successor to the Ford Windstar. The car was powered by a 4.2 -liter V6 with 150 kW ( 204 hp).

Shortly before the beginning of the year 2007, the production was discontinued.