page_title: Mercury Tracer
hierarchical_section_title: Mercury Tracer
caption_attribution_description: 1991-1996 Mercury Tracer photographed in USA.
context_page_description: The Mercury Tracer is an automobile that was marketed by Mercury from the 1988 through 1999 model years. Introduced as the successor to the Mercury Lynx, three generations of the Tracer were sold in the United States and Canada. Initially introduced as a subcompact, the two succeeding generations were sold in the compact segment. Throughout its production, the Tracer was marketed as a hatchback, four-door sedan, and five-door station wagon.
  After the 1999 model year, Mercury ended sales of the Tracer. While the model line was not directly replaced, its Ford Escort counterpart was replaced by the Ford Focus.
  The replacement for the Ford Escort-derived Lynx, the first generation of the Tracer was a modified version of the Asia-Pacific market Ford Laser, itself a variant of the Mazda 323. In 1990 for the 1991 model year, the Tracer became the Mercury counterpart of the Ford Escort in North America. All three generations of the Tracer were based on variations of the Mazda 323/Protegé.
  The Ford Focus would serve as a common replacement for both the Ford Escort and the Mercury Tracer.
context_section_description: The Mercury Tracer is an automobile that was marketed by Mercury from the 1988 through 1999 model years.  Introduced as the successor to the Mercury Lynx, three generations of the Tracer were sold in the United States and Canada.  Initially introduced as a subcompact, the two succeeding generations were sold in the compact segment.  Throughout its production, the Tracer was marketed as a hatchback, four-door sedan, and five-door station wagon.    
  After the 1999 model year, Mercury ended sales of the Tracer.  While the model line was not directly replaced, its Ford Escort counterpart was replaced by the Ford Focus.            
  The replacement for the Ford Escort-derived Lynx, the first generation of the Tracer was a modified version of the Asia-Pacific market Ford Laser, itself a variant of the Mazda 323. In 1990 for the 1991 model year, the Tracer became the Mercury counterpart of the Ford Escort in North America. All three generations of the Tracer were based on variations of the Mazda 323/Protegé.
  The Ford Focus would serve as a common replacement for both the Ford Escort and the Mercury Tracer.
caption: 1993–1996 Mercury Tracer 4-door
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