Mercury Monarch

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
References

External links

Mercury Monarch 
Monarch Source - History an Information resource for the Ford Monarch frae 1946 - 1953
American Granada, Monarch & Versailles Registry & Forums

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