Which Would You Rather Own?

"offroadkarter" (04RauderDTR) 09/25/2013 at 03:31 • Filed to: None

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This should be good...

Which would you rather own?

2003-04 Mercury Marauder

4.6L DOHC 32V V8

302hp

318tq

1994-96 Chevrolet Impala SS

5.7L 16V LT1 V8

260hp

330tq

Decay buys too many beaters > offroadkarter 09/25/2013 at 03:56

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I vote Marauder.

Dann > Decay buys too many beaters 09/25/2013 at 04:08

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Seconded.

Clutchman83 > offroadkarter 09/25/2013 at 04:31

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The Impala looks gangster but I think the Mercury is probably the better performer. This is impossible...

Atomic Buffalo > offroadkarter 09/25/2013 at 06:19

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IIRC the Marauder was crippled by a too-tall final gear ratio.

Also, the Maurauder will always look like you inherited Grandma's car and added hastily-selected wheels from the local tire shop.

Milky > offroadkarter 09/25/2013 at 07:40

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The Impala is not as common so that.

Also I live in detroit, and anything on the panther platform makes you look like a drug dealer. So not that.

Firewrx234 > offroadkarter 09/25/2013 at 08:00

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SS, future classic whereas the Marauder will unfortunately be lost in the see of Crown Vics

youshiftem > offroadkarter 09/25/2013 at 08:37

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thebigbossyboss > offroadkarter 09/25/2013 at 08:39

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I love this picture. I want the caprice, but I would be quite satisfied with the Maurauder.

FJ80WaitinForaLSV8 > offroadkarter 09/25/2013 at 09:44

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As a Grand Marquis owner (which I love) I vote caprice. Easier to mod and more unique.

Bruno Martini > offroadkarter 09/25/2013 at 10:40

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2003-04 Mercury Marauder, all day, every day. No questions asked. Why? Modular ford is why. Absolutely love that motor.

offroadkarter > youshiftem 09/25/2013 at 12:56

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I tried, maybe one day I can pick up a DCM SS

offroadkarter > Milky 09/25/2013 at 12:56

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you know they made 10 times as many impala SS's as they did marauders?

offroadkarter > Atomic Buffalo 09/25/2013 at 12:58

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They had 3.55's but they really should of had 4.10's. It also doesn't help that ford de-tuned everything

The marauder also had less in common with the marquis than the impala did with the caprice. The impala on the outside was just a grille and wheels, the marauder has its own bumpers with fog lights as well as tips, headlights, corner lights, tail lights....

a_d_a_m > offroadkarter 09/25/2013 at 13:57

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I own a Marauder, but at one point was considering buying a 1996 Impala SS as a stablemate. This was probably 2008, and the car had about 80k on it if I recall correctly.

Anyway, the point is, I am probably one of only a hundred people who's actually driven both more than around the block - I gave the '96 a serious test drive after all. All I can say is that the Impala would kill the Marauder from a dead stop, but the Marauder was definitely faster from a roll.

When it comes to suspension, though, there's no contest: the Marauder handled and just plain felt better as a car, and better than the 2V Panthers it shared the platform with (disclaimer: I've owned 3 Grand Marquis). The Impala felt like a standard B-body with maybe a sway bar.

Overall?

Advantage: Marauder. There's a reason I didn't buy the Impala.

Atomic Buffalo > offroadkarter 09/25/2013 at 14:35

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The Marauder needed more differentiation. Long-term, that might make the remaining low-mileage examples worth more than the easily-faked Impala, and short term it's got a seven-years-newer advantage. But there's something about that whale's lines and its waiting-for-any-hot-smallblock engine bay that's appealing, even through the thick smoke of all the totally-ragged-out examples rolling through America's rougher neighborhoods these days.

Milky > offroadkarter 09/25/2013 at 15:12

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Then Marauders? Nope, I knew their number were low too but not that low.

Either way I was referring to how you 100x more Crown Vics, Grand Marquis or Marauders. Aesthetically there is much of an difference. IMO thats like saying there aren't very many GT/SC Mustangs around. Which is true, but there is a boat load of V6's.

offroadkarter > Milky 09/25/2013 at 15:37

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the only reason theirs not many B bodies on the road is because the last year was 1996. I'm sure in 10-15-20 years time you won't see many panthers around either.

 > offroadkarter 09/25/2013 at 20:10

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Dodge Charger.

offroadkarter >  09/25/2013 at 20:20

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Listen here u lil shit ^

You can't lonnie tune a LX platform!