Ce n'est pas un Mercury.

"not for canada - australian in disguise" (for-canada) 08/17/2019 at 23:42 • Filed to: None

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No, you aren’t having a stroke. That ad does say “Ford Grand Marquis”. In Mexico, for some reason, the Mercury Grand Marquis was marketed as a Ford. But it retained the Mercury front badge.

Notice how I said front badge, because on the rear it came with a Ford badge, making it look like some weird Grand Marquis-Crown Vic crossbreeding accident.

Also interestingly, even though Mercury cars stopped being sold in Canada after the 2004 model year, the Grand Marquis soldiered on, being marketed by the Ford division instead of Mercury, technically also making it a Ford, and not a Mercury. Although they retained all the Mercury badging and commonly were referred to as Mercurys. The main reason for this was because the civilian Crown Victoria was discontinued in Canada for the 2000 model year and became fleet only (which also happened eight years later in the US), leaving the Grand Marquis to be it’s replacement.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > not for canada - australian in disguise 08/18/2019 at 00:25

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That’s bizarre. Reminds me of stories of G bodies rolling of the line with the wrong front ended. (A monte with a Cutlass front etc.) Altho that wasn’t on purpose  

fintail > not for canada - australian in disguise 08/18/2019 at 00:44

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Mexico also got a Ford Topaz, the deluxe model having a somewhat Mercury-esque front treatment:

daender > not for canada - australian in disguise 08/18/2019 at 08:15

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I want those BBS wheels, bad. They’d look awesome on my Tacoma.

Maxima Speed > not for canada - australian in disguise 08/18/2019 at 08:42

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Welcome to Appalachia, where every Crown Vic, P71, and Grand Marquis is a  weird hybrid that you don’t really know what it originally was.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > daender 08/18/2019 at 09:26

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I’ve seen theme on second gen RX7s too. They look nearly  OEM

BJ > not for canada - australian in disguise 08/18/2019 at 10:19

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I owned a 2000-ish Grand Marquis, it was very nice. Soft velour seats, plush ride, and smooth V8 power that felt sufficient until you tried to take on a Northstar of the same generation...

Spanfeller is a twat > not for canada - australian in disguise 08/18/2019 at 12:01

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did you come visit us?

not for canada - australian in disguise > Spanfeller is a twat 08/18/2019 at 14:55

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Nope, got the pictures off a listing on Mercado Libre because Google Images is a bit shakey for finding pictures of weird Mexican-market Fords (go figure).