Mercury Muscle Car Wins in the End
In 1939, Ford Motor Company established a separate automobile
creation within their empire and called it Mercury. At first,
their intent was to build an automobile that a little bit above
the Ford in class but not quite a luxury vehicle. What they came
up with was the Mercury Marauder.
By the time the 1960s rolled around, the United States was
wrapped up in race car driving, the new national past time.
Mercury fell in line and provided the public with what they were
looking for