Mercury’s Marauder was Classic Marketing, but there was also plenty of Muscle
Mercurys can be so confusing! What started out as a brand to fill in the gap between Ford and Lincoln-Zephyr for 1939 evolved into a confusingly-positioned marque that met its bitter end in 2011.
Equally befuddling was Mercury’s flexible usage of the Marauder name. Many automotive enthusiasts often use the name to describe a specific model, but the truth is that the Marauder name was most often used for marketing purposes on various engines and sub-models. To set the record straight for would-be Mercury historians, here’s a chronological history of the Marauder …
