Mercury Monarch

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

It has been suggested that Mercury Grand Monarch Ghia be merged into this article or section. (Discuss)

Mercury Monarch
Manufacturer	Mercury
Parent company	Ford Motor Company
Production	1975-1980
Assembly	Mahwah, New Jersey Wayne, Michigan
Predecessor	Mercury Comet
Class	Mid-size
Body style(s)	4-door sedan 2-door sedan
Layout	FR layout
Engine(s)	200 cid I6 250 cid I6 302 cid V8 351 cid Windsor V8
Related	Ford Granada Lincoln Versailles

Introduced in 1975 as a "luxury compact", along side the Ford Granada (North America), Monarch was Ford Motor company's answer to Mercedes. The interior was handsome and certainly trimmed with many options. The base engine was Ford's 200 cid inline six cylinder engine, with a 250 cid inline six optional. V8 power came from two engines: the 302 and 351 "Windsor". In the late 1970s, as a gas shortage scare hit the United States, a redesigned smaller version of the Ford Granada was put forward and the Monarch nameplate would be dropped, replaced by the popular Cougar.

A total of 575,567 were produced.^[1]

[edit] See also

• Mercury Grand Monarch Ghia

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Monarch Source - History and Information resource for the Ford Monarch from 1946 - 1953
• American Granada, Monarch & Versailles Registry & Forums

v • d • e Mercury road vehicle timeline, 1950–1989
Type	1950s										1960s										1970s										1980s
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Subcompact																										Bobcat						Lynx							Tracer
Compact											Comet				Comet							Comet							Zephyr						Topaz				Topaz
Mid-size														Meteor					Montego									Cougar			Cougar			Marquis
																	Comet		Comet							Monarch											Sable
Full-size						Montclair					Meteor
									Park Lane						Park Lane					Marquis				Marquis						Marquis				Grand Marquis
	Monterey							Monterey			Monterey					Monterey				Monterey				Monterey
														Marauder						Marauder
								C. Park			Colony Park					Colony Park				Colony Park				Colony Park						Colony Park
Sports car																					Capri									Capri
																		Cougar				Cougar										LN7
Personal																									Cougar			Cougar			Cougar			Cougar						Cougar

v • d • e Mercury Category · Vehicles Current models Grand Marquis · Mariner · Mariner Hybrid · Milan · Mountaineer · Sable Historic models Bobcat · Brougham · Capri · Colony Park · Comet · Commuter · Custom · Cougar · Cyclone · Eight · LN7 · Lynx · M-Series · Marauder · Marquis · Medalist · Meteor · Monarch · Montclair · Montego · Monterey · Mystique · Park Lane Brougham · S-55 · Topaz · Tracer · Turnpike Cruiser · Villager · Voyager · Zephyr Concept cars Messenger · Meta One · My