įor 1969, the division revised its full-size range. Pico Rivera, California ( Los Angeles Assembly)įor 1967, Mercury introduced the Mercury Marquis two-door hardtop as a divisional counterpart of the Ford LTD in contrast to other Mercury two-door hardtops, the Marquis was fitted with a standard vinyl roof and upright rear side windows similar to the Cougar. 1975–1978 ġ977 Mercury Grand Marquis four-door thin-pillar hardtop Thomas Assembly, becoming the final Mercury branded vehicle ever produced. On January 4, 2011, the final Grand Marquis was produced at St. Though Ford announced the retirement of the Mercury brand during 2010, a limited run of 2011 model year vehicles was produced. Thomas Assembly Plant in Southwold, Ontario, Canada (1986-2011). Louis Assembly Plant in Hazelwood, Missouri (1979-1985) and the St. During its production, Ford manufactured the Grand Marquis at two facilities alongside the Mercury Marquis, Mercury Marauder, Ford (LTD) Crown Victoria sedans, and (later) the Lincoln Town Car: the St.

The best-selling Mercury line (after the Cougar), 2.7 million examples of the Grand Marquis were sold at 36 years, the Grand Marquis was the longest-running Mercury nameplate (the Cougar, 34 years).

Offered nearly exclusively as a four-door sedan, a two-door sedan was offered from 1975 to 1987. For over three decades, the two model lines were functionally identical, with two of the three generations of the model line sharing a common roofline. Subsequently, the model line would serve as the sedan counterpart of the Mercury Colony Park station wagon it would later serve as the basis of the revived Mercury Marauder.įrom 1979 until 2011, the Grand Marquis shared the rear-wheel drive Panther platform with the Ford LTD Crown Victoria ( Ford Crown Victoria after 1992), and from 1980, the Lincoln Town Car.

Introduced as the flagship sub-model of the Mercury Marquis, the Grand Marquis became a stand-alone model line for 1983, serving as the largest Mercury sedan. The Mercury Grand Marquis is an automobile that was sold by Mercury from 1975 to 2011. Ford Grand Marquis (Mexico and Venezuela)

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