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Who was Mercury?

Started by Thepoorman, Nov 30, 2024, 01:41 PM

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In 1937, Edsel Ford began work on Mercury as a completely new brand. Personally selecting the Roman god's name, even though the name was use by several failed automakers from 1903-1923.

In 1938 Ford introduced four body styles of the Mercury Eight at the New York Auto Show.

From 2000 -2010 the Mercury brand produced 2,180,882 vehicles.

After 2011, the model line was no longer legal for sale in North America, as federally-mandated electronic stability control was unable to be integrated with the Ford Panther chassis that had underpinned the model line and its Ford/Lincoln counterparts since 1979.

The final Mercury automobile, a 2011 Grand Marquis, was manufactured by Ford of Canada at St. Thomas Assembly on January 4, 2011.

As of 2019, Mercury remains an active, registered trademark of Ford.