Mercury Monterey
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The current Mercury Monterey minivan is the Mercury variant of the 2004 Ford Freestar. It fills the gap in the Mercury lineup left after the cancellation of the Mercury Villager in 2002. Despite Mercury being a semi-luxury brand, the Monterey is a luxury minivan, whereas the Villager wasn't. Sales of the Monterey minivan have been exceptionally poor. It is likely that the model will be dropped by 2008.
The Mercury Monterey has a Ford-produced 201 hp 4.2 L V6 that has the most torque in the minivan class. It comes in 3 trim levels: Convenience, Luxury, and Premier. Unique features of the Monterey include available heated/cooled front seats, power sliding doors, a DVD player, a stowable and tailgating 3rd row seat, and more.
Earlier Mercury Montereys
- The Monterey model first appeared in 1950 and continued production until 1974, after which all full size Mercurys took the Marquis name. This earlier iteration of Monterey was as a fullsize passenger automobile.
- The 1968 Mercury Monterey convertible is the car that Green Day use in the videos "Holiday" and "Boulevard of Broken Dreams". The same car was "pimped out" when Green Day appeared at the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards.
- The 1968 Mercury Monterey's twin was the Mercury Park Lane Convertible.
- Only 1,315 Monterey 1968 convertibles were made.
External links
- [Official Mercury Monterey Website]
- [1950 Mercury Monterey]
- [1953 Mercury Monterey]
- [1957 Mercury Monterey Series]
- [1959 Mercury Monterey Sedan]
- [1962 Mercury Monterey Convertible]
- [1964 Mercury Monterey]
- [1965 Mercury Monterey lineup]
- [1968 Mercury Monterey fastback with yacht deck paneling]
- [1971 Monterey Custom 2 door]
- [1973 Mercury Monterey Custom 4 door pillared hardtop]
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