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Mercury is an American company specializing in the production of passenger cars, created as a division of the Ford Motor Company. Headquartered in Deeborn, Michigan.

In 1939, Edsel Ford, the son of Henry Ford, insisted on the introduction of a mid-range car into the Ford production program, which was supposed to "fill the niche" between cheap Ford cars and expensive Lincoln models and, accordingly, become a competitor of Buick models (Century and Special series) , Oldsmobile, Pontiac and the cheapest Cadillac models. The new brand was namedthe name of the ancient Roman god Mercury - the patron saint of trade. The Mercury cars of the Lincoln-Mercury division of the Ford Motor concern have a higher "social status" than the mainstream cars of the Ford division.

Initially, the Mercury models were produced primarily with a convertible body. They had an 8-cylinder engine and a luxurious finish. The first car was a modified FORD model, only with an increased length and a large displacement V8 engine. The novelty was so successful that it was produced without major changes until 1942. And for this time it was plannedThe first major update of the appearance was carried out, which, due to the war, turned out to be the last: after the war, cars of 1942 sold out so well, so there was no need for modernization.

During the Second World War, the department produced ambulances and small 12-seat buses. The most striking example of the use of Mercury is that fact. that US President Truman used exclusively a car of this brand for domestic travel.

The next Mercury model appeared in 1949 - the tenth anniversary of the company. The firstBut it was planned to release it under the Ford brand back in 1943 in two versions: compact (Ford Cadet) and full-size. Both versions were designed in the same style. As a result, the Ford Cadet was put into production at the French branch of Ford in Poissy (later this branch was a SIMCA enterprise) under the name Ford Vedette, and its large version was put into production under the Mercury brand.

In Canada, under the Mercury brand were produced Ford trucks, under the Monarch brand - Mercury cars (since 1946), and Ford cars were from there.They are known as Meteor.

The outstanding model was the Turnpike Cruiser Convertible, released in 1957. This model had a very unusual exterior design.

In the 70s, a whole series of compact Mercury was produced, thanks to which the company entered new positions in the market. Now the design of these cars is being revised, on which significant funds are spent.

The pursuit of the volume and power of engines brought the company to bankruptcy, which forced it to abandon the formed image and almost completely unify the Ford and Mercury models. TepThe Mercury vehicles are now only slightly redesigned Ford models. According to leading marketing experts, Mercury cars are more prestigious than the Ford brand, so they are somewhat more expensive than their counterparts.

The prototype of the Mercury Sable, a luxury version of the Ford Taurus, was announced in 1985 like the Ford Taurus itself. Both cars have become bestsellers in their class. In 1988, the Mercury Sable rolled a new 3.8 liter engine. In 1989 and autumn 1991, the body and interior of the car were updated. The current generation of Mercury Sable, very different from the previous one, has been produced since 1996.

First byeThe Villager model took place in the summer of 1992, and a modification of the car was presented at the 1998 Chicago Auto Show. In 1999 the design was updated.

The first show of the model Mercury Mystique took place in February 1994. It is a luxury copy of the Ford Mondeo / Contour. At the 1997 Detroit Auto Show, the updated Mercury Mystique was shown, which has been on sale since 1998.

The Mercury Tracer, a luxury version of the Ford Escort, was launched in 1994, three years later, and was upgraded in 1997. Tracer is assembled at factories in Michigan and Mexico.

In 1998, the Mercury Cougar was introduced in Detroit, frontwater three-door coupe based on the Ford Mondeo.

The main novelty of 2001 was the appearance of the new comfortable Mountaineer SUV of the 2002 model year (MG), which went on sale in the spring of 2001. This is a luxury version of the Ford Explorer.

List of the Mercury models