While the Mercury Eight remains basically unchanged, the year sees the production of the millionth automobile bearing the name of the Roman god - a four-door sport sedan. Furthermore, Mercury is chosen to provide the pacecar for the Indianapolis 500 race, in May 1950.
Mercury's 1950 range includes a single line: Mercury Eight.
Mercury Eight
Modifications are scarce this year, Mercury limiting its efforts to slightly altering the chrome decorations around its cars’ bodies, and designing a totally new dashboard. A three-seat coupe returns to the range this year, while the more traditional six-seat car is renamed “club coupe”.
● Introduction: April 1948. Construction: body on separate chassis. Engine: water-cooled V-8, 4.2-litre, 110 hp, mounted at the front. Transmission: to the rear wheels through a three-speed manual gearbox. Suspension: independent at the front, solid axle at the rear. Brakes: hydraulic, to drums on all four wheels. Length: 525 cm (all models except wagon), 542 cm (station wagon). Top speed: 160 kph. Range: two-door coupe, two-door club coupe, four-door sport sedan, two-door convertible coupe, two-door station wagon.
Mercury Eight Monterey
Worried about the popularity of the new hardtop coupes introduced by its rivals General Motors and Chrysler, Ford has determined that modifying the structure of its present models to offer such a version would be unreasonably expensive. A stopgap has been found in the form of luxurious coupes with either vinyl or canvas covering their roofs, giving the appearance of convertibles. Such an option package is called Monterey in Mercury’s range.
● Introduction: April 1948 for the Mercury Eight, 1949 for its Monterey version. Construction: body on separate chassis. Engine: water-cooled V-8, 4.2-litre, 110 hp, mounted at the front. Transmission: to the rear wheels through a three-speed manual gearbox. Suspension: independent at the front, solid axle at the rear. Brakes: hydraulic, to drums on all four wheels. Length: 525 cm. Top speed: 160 kph. Range: two-door club coupe.
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Mercury's 1950 range includes a single line: Mercury Eight.
Mercury Eight
Modifications are scarce this year, Mercury limiting its efforts to slightly altering the chrome decorations around its cars’ bodies, and designing a totally new dashboard. A three-seat coupe returns to the range this year, while the more traditional six-seat car is renamed “club coupe”.
● Introduction: April 1948. Construction: body on separate chassis. Engine: water-cooled V-8, 4.2-litre, 110 hp, mounted at the front. Transmission: to the rear wheels through a three-speed manual gearbox. Suspension: independent at the front, solid axle at the rear. Brakes: hydraulic, to drums on all four wheels. Length: 525 cm (all models except wagon), 542 cm (station wagon). Top speed: 160 kph. Range: two-door coupe, two-door club coupe, four-door sport sedan, two-door convertible coupe, two-door station wagon.
Mercury Eight Monterey
Worried about the popularity of the new hardtop coupes introduced by its rivals General Motors and Chrysler, Ford has determined that modifying the structure of its present models to offer such a version would be unreasonably expensive. A stopgap has been found in the form of luxurious coupes with either vinyl or canvas covering their roofs, giving the appearance of convertibles. Such an option package is called Monterey in Mercury’s range.
● Introduction: April 1948 for the Mercury Eight, 1949 for its Monterey version. Construction: body on separate chassis. Engine: water-cooled V-8, 4.2-litre, 110 hp, mounted at the front. Transmission: to the rear wheels through a three-speed manual gearbox. Suspension: independent at the front, solid axle at the rear. Brakes: hydraulic, to drums on all four wheels. Length: 525 cm. Top speed: 160 kph. Range: two-door club coupe.
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