Mercury Turnpike Cruiser

The Mercury Turnpike Cruiser was a belonging from the U.S., to the Ford company car manufacturer Mercury from 1956 to 1958 produced model of the local fullsize class ( upper middle class).

Model history

The Turnpike Cruiser acted in model year 1957 as Mercury - top model and was distinguished by a particularly extravagant design and exceptional features, which partly date back to the XM Turnpike Cruiser concept car of 1956. Were offered a two-door hardtop coupe, a four-door hardtop sedan and a convertible. In the sedan, the rear window was tilted forward and let himself sink electric. At the front edge of the roof there were Lufthutzenattrappen and an antenna dummy, the grooves in the rear fenders were filled with gold-colored trim inserts. The Turnpike Cruiser was powered by a six-liter V8.

In model year 1958, the Turnpike Cruiser models were indeed, with the exception of convertibles, still available, but provided no more represent its own series, but belonged to the Montclair series; the new Mercury - top model was the Park Lane. The engine was enlarged to 7 liters and now made 365 SAE hp ( 268 kW).

Thereafter, the Turnpike Cruiser was deleted.

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Source

Gunnell, John ( Editor): Standard Catalog of American Cars 1946-1975, Krause Publication, Iola 2002, ISBN 0-87349-461- X, S.516 - 518.

Vehicle of the upper middle class
Car model
Mercury
Limousine
Coupe
Cabriolet

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