Mercury Monarch

Mercury Monarch
1978 Mercury Monarch
Owerview
Manufacturer	Ford Motor Company
Production	1975–1980 575,567 produced
Assembly	Mahwah, New Jersey Wayne, Michigan
Bouk an chassis
Cless	Compact near-luxury caur
Body style	4-door sedan 2-door sedan
Layoot	FR layoot
Relatit	Ford Granada (North Americae) Lincoln Versailles
Powertrain
Ingine	200 cu in (3.3 L) I6 250 cu in (4.1 L) I6 302 cu in (4.9 L) Windsor V8 351 cu in (5.8 L) Windsor V8
Chronology
Successor	Mercury Cougar (1980)

The Mercury Monarch wis a mid-sized sedan manufactured bi the Ford Motor Company frae 1975 throu 1980. The Monarch wis released in 1975 alongside the Ford Granada, which wis identical save for the grille, taillights and some interior and exterior trim. The base engine wis Ford's 200 cid inline six cylinder engine, wi a 250 cid inline six optional. V8 power came frae twa engines: the 302 cid and 351 cid Windsor. For 1981, the Granada wis replaced wi a smawer version on Ford's Fox platform, an the Mercury version teuk the Cougar name.

A tot o 575,567 war produced.

Mercury Grand Monarch Ghia

The Mercury Grand Monarch Ghia wis an upscale version o the Monarch biggit in 1975 and 1976. Grand Monarch Ghia haed fower-wheel disc brakes wi a sophisticated central hydraulic power system as standard equipment.

Standard luxury features include:

• Laither trim
• Vinyl roof
• Liquid crystal display clock
• Laither-wrapped steering wheel
• Power steering
• Dual cairt lichts
• Illuminated visor vanity mirror (passenger side)
• 14 inch, cast-aluminum spoke wheels
• Solit-state ignition
• Whitewall steel-belted radial tires
• Reclining bucket seats wi matching cairt pockets
• Plusher carpeting and soundproofing

Accordin tae the Mey 1976 edition o Car and Driver, Henry Ford II and three oot o five o Ford’s tap executives uised the Mercury Grand Monarch Ghia as thair personal car.

Lincoln Versailles

In the ware o 1977, Lincoln introduced the Versailles, based on the Granada/Monarch platform. The Versailles haed mony o the same luxury features as the Mercury Grand Monarch Ghia but it wis nae successfu. Lincoln's identity suffered when thay began selling a Granada-clone rather than a product that significantly differentiated itself frae aither Ford or Mercury products.

See an aa

• Ford Granada (North Americae)
• Lincoln Versailles

External links

• Mercury Monarch Archived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine
• Monarch Source - History an Information resource for the Ford Monarch frae 1946 - 1953
• American Granada, Monarch & Versailles Registry & Forums