Talk:Mercury Grand Marquis

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[edit] Why does "Mercury Marquis" redirect here?

Whenever I try to look up info on the Mercury Marquis, I get redirected here for some odd reason. It should be known that both the Marquis and Grand Marquis were unrelated models at one point... --ApolloBoy 04:11, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

  • Never mind, I see it's been fixed now... --ApolloBoy 00:32, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Tire Chirping Bruiser

What in the world is a "tire chirping bruiser?"

MSTCrow 03:59, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

I was wondering this myself, but am pretty sure its a typo and bruiser was really supposed to be cruiser. FYI: I rewrote that sentence anyway since it wasn't ecyclopedia material. Gerdbrendel 23:55, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Ford or Mercury

The Grand Marquis remains badged as a Mercury since Mercury was not phased out in the US and replacing the bagdes on the vehcile for Canda bound Grand Marquis would apparently be too expensive. Gerdbrendel 04:58, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

Rebadging the Grand Marquis in Canada would probably lead to a bit of confusion, since the Ford Crown Victoria is still sold in Canada (albeit only as a Police Interceptor to law enforcement or as a Special Service Vehicle for commercial fleets) and the Grand Marquis is nearly identical to it, body wise. Despite being badged as a Mercury, it's still officialy a "Ford" in all Canadian sales literature. S3BST3R 06:13, 10 April 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Introduction date?

When the Grand Marquis was introduced to the US?

  • I'd say it was around 1983, when the Marquis was split into the Grand Marquis and a rebadged Ford LTD, but I'm not too sure. --ApolloBoy 01:22, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

According to my research the Grand Marquis was introduced to the U.S. market in 1975. Gerdbrendel 07:26, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

Yes, but back then it wasn't a separate model, just a trim package for the Marquis. The Grand Marquis didn't become a model in its own right until 1983. --ApolloBoy 00:32, 30 December 2005 (UTC)


It couldn't have been 1983, I drive a 78 Grand Marquis. It's called that in the owner's manual, and in an issue of a car magazine I have from 1976. 16:07, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

The Grand Marquis was introduced as a separate trim line in 1975. in 1983, it became the only trim line of the Fullsize Marquis, as the lower two trim levels became midsize. See Mercury Marquis.
Honestly, having two separate articles might not be the best. If the car becomes just Marquis again in the near future, there will have to be something done. It can probably wait for the time being, it's not a big problem as it stands now. --Sable232 00:34, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rear tailights

I'm pretty sure the chrome bar is above the license plate mounting and tailights Gerdbrendel 07:21, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Attention

I tagged this article with the attention tag, becasue it's has short choppy sections, and they all need to be seriously expanded.


[edit] Year to Year information source?

Am curious to know who updates the yearly changes list and their source. Most of the general non-GMQ specific items appear to be mirrored directly from another source but re-worded lightly.

  • After looking through the page revision history: "M75" white falcon, it would be courteous to cite your source. ;)

[edit] Fuel tank concerns?

I don't think this passage belongs here. It really only pertains to the Interceptor, and it is discussed at great length on that and the Crown Vic page. That section seems far too wordy anyway. I am inclined to remove it, unless there is a good reason to keep it. --Sable232 02:04, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Okay. Does anyone have a problem with condensing that section? The concerns mainly regard the Interceptor, and having that many paragraphs in this article seems unneccesary. Any thoughts? --Sable232 18:29, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
    • Old post I just saw here. The issue was with all 4 panther platform vehicles, Crown Vic, Grand Marquis, Town Car, and Marauder. I just posted a link in the section to the section on the topic at the Crown Vic's page. Ejfetters 12:42, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rewrite

I rewrote most of the article so it reads less like a timeline. Karrmann 02:44, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mexican Market

A mention of the mexican market would be good, in Mexico the Grand Marquis was also sold, but, as in canada, as a ford (just like the Mercury Sable (except the new one), which is known and referred to as "Ford Sable"). So it's a Ford Grand Marquis, and interestingly enough, there's a Ford Logo on the Trunk (I'm not sure about the second and first generation, I'm talking about the third). However it is no longer sold, maybe because the Lincoln Town car is now sold. However, this makes an interesting case out of the "Ford Grand Marquis", the Front says Mercury, the rear says Ford. Is it like this in Canada? Anyway, a mention of all this wouldn't be bad (Sorry if I repeat myself...). Alessandro Malfatti (talk) 05:05, 10 June 2008 (UTC)