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Merkur (German pronunciation: [mɛʁˈkuːɐ̯], Mercury) is a defunct automobile brand that was marketed by the Lincoln-Mercury division of Ford Motor Company from 1985 to 1989. Drawing its name from the German word for Mercury, Merkur was targeted at buyers of European executive cars in North America, selling captive imports produced by the ...
The Mercury 114 was introduced in 1946 [50] to give Mercury-Lincoln dealers a lower-priced car to sell. [49] The 114 was essentially a Ford with a Mercury-style grille, taillights and trim. [ 49 ] Its name was a reference to its 114-inch Ford wheelbase with the larger Mercury models sold in Canada as the Mercury 118 due to its longer wheelbase.
In 1947, partnering with Matt Slap, he opened a Lincoln-Mercury dealership in Northeast Philadelphia. [1] The store floundered and after discovering that the large Jewish population in the area avoided purchasing Ford cars due to the anti-Semitism associated with Henry Ford, he persuaded Israel's first president, Chaim Weizman, to accept a Lincoln as a gift in 1948 during a public event in New ...
In the 1980s, European cars were ascendant in the United States. The economy was booming, and conspicuous consumption was in. To the distress of Detroit automakers, however, the new class of ...
The gregarious, enterprising Michigan State University graduate owned Crest Lincoln-Mercury in Sterling Heights and eventually became a power player with the Detroit Auto Dealers Association (DADA ...
This is a list of both production and concept vehicles of the Lincoln and Continental divisions of Ford Motor Company of the United States and Canada. For other vehicles produced by Ford Motor Company see: List of Ford vehicles, List of Mercury vehicles, Edsel, Frontenac, Merkur, Meteor, Monarch.