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The Mercury Meteor is an automobile that was produced by Mercury from the 1961 to 1963 model years. Adopting its nameplate from the namesake Ford of Canada brand, the Meteor was introduced as the base-trim full-size Mercury sedan, while the compact Mercury Comet shared a naming convention associated with the ongoing Space Race of the early 1960s.
Meteor was discontinued as a brand name after 1961 for a number of reasons. The Meteor name was selected for a new vehicle introduced in the Mercury line, the intermediate sized Mercury Meteor, beginning in 1962, and the entire Mercury line had already been dropped down in price (moving closer to the niche previously served by the Meteor brand ...
1961 also brought the first 6-cylinder engine to the brand. The 1961 Meteor 600 featured a standard Mileage Maker Inline-6. For 1962, Mercury brought its model range closer in line with Ford. The Meteor (after only one year of sale) was reintroduced as an all-new intermediate range (again following the design of the Ford Fairlane). For non ...
This is a list of both production and concept vehicles of the former Mercury division of Ford Motor Company of ... Meteor: 1961 1963 2 Full-size (1961), mid-size ...
These were variations of the Mercury Eight (later the Monterey), Montclair and Park Lane models, respectively. The Monarch line provided Canadian Ford dealerships a product to sell above its Ford-badged models, in the medium-price field. Ford of Canada also built the Meteor range for its Lincoln-Mercury dealers to sell below its Mercury-badged ...
The Mercury Comet is an automobile that was produced by Mercury from 1962–1969 and 1971–1977 — variously as either a compact or an intermediate car. For 1960 and 1961, Comet was its own brand sold by Lincoln-Mercury "Comet".
1961–1964: Body and chassis; Body style: 4-door sedan 4-door hardtop 2-door hardtop 2-door convertible 4-door station wagon: Related: Mercury Meteor Mercury Colony Park Mercury Commuter Mercury Marauder Ford Galaxie Ford Country Squire: Powertrain; Engine: 223 cu in (3.7 L) Mileage Maker I6 292 cu in (4.8 L) Ford Y-block V8 352 cu in (5.8 L ...
1949 Mercury M series 1966 Mercury M-100. From 1948 to 1968, the Mercury M-series followed the development of its Ford F-series counterparts, differing largely in exterior trim. For 1961 to 1966, Mercury trucks had a gear/lightning bolt symbol on their horn button and no other interior Mercury nameplates.