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Mercury Marauder was once a typical American family sedan that the division created. Introduced in the mid of 1963, Marauder came in as a two-door hardtop version of the full-size Mercury. It generated its power from a V8 engine which truly fitted such large automobile. The first edition lasted only until the 1965 model. However, a year before the edition ended, Marauder was made available only as a name for the Monterey, Montclair and Park Lane special package models. The production of Marauder resumed in 1969 to join the segment of sporty family car and compete in the personal luxury car market. It was available in two trims, the base Marauder which offered a 390 ci engine, and the Marauder X-100 that kicked with 360 horsepower-generating 429 ci engine. It again faded out the showrooms in 1970, and came back as a 2003 model.
The 2003 Mercury Marauder, like its prior editions lived only for a very short period, two years to be exact. This one's said to be a high-performance version of Ford's Crown Victoria that has its body taken from the 2003 Ford Panther chassis. It generated its power from the 4.6-liter DOHC V8 engine which kicks about 300 horses. Due to its strength, Ford derived an idea of pushing it into the modern muscle car segment, but apparently failed. The failure was blamed to the styling and low performance quality. It wasn't even comparable to the performance that the 1994 to 1996 Chevrolet Impala models once staged. Another thing is that, it had a wrong target. For a family car such as the Marauder, muscle car segment is simply not the right place. The customers within its walls mostly are living active lives with which a concept of family car cannot fit in.
In the Future Mercury Division is planning to present Marauder in an all new concept far beyond being an American family car. Marauder is expected to come inside a more sporty body, a Mercury Marauder convertible. Hopefully, this time Mercury would hit the market.
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