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| Manufacturer | Mercury |
| Parent company | Ford Motor Company |
| Production | 1978–1983 |
| Assembly | St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada Kansas City, Missouri Mahwah, New Jersey Hapeville, Georgia |
| Predecessor | Mercury Comet |
| Successor | Mercury Topaz |
| Class | Compact |
| Body style(s) | 2-door sedan 2-door coupe 4-door sedan 4-door station wagon |
| Layout | FR layout |
| Platform | Ford Fox platform |
| Engine(s) | 140 in³ OHC I4 200 in³ Thriftmaster Six I6 255 in³ Windsor V8 302 in³ Windsor V8 |
| Transmission(s) | 4-speed manual 3-speed C3 automatic 3-speed C4 automatic |
| Related | Ford Fairmont Ford Granada Ford Mustang Ford Thunderbird Lincoln Continental Mercury Capri Mercury Cougar |
- For other Ford related cars called Zephyr, see Ford Zephyr, Lincoln-Zephyr, and Lincoln Zephyr
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It is the seat for Elgin County and gaining its city Charter on Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Kansas City Missouri only Items for the metro area Kansas City Kansas or North Kansas City MO should go on their respective pages Mahwah is a township in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. Hapeville is a city in Fulton County, Georgia, United States located directly adjacent to the City of Atlanta The Mercury Comet was an Automobile produced by the Mercury division of the Ford Motor Company between 1960 and 1977 with the exception of the 1970 model The Mercury Topaz is a Compact car that was sold by the Mercury division of Ford Motor Company from 1984 to 1994 as a slightly upscale variant of the Car classification is subjective since many vehicles fall into multiple categories or do not fit well into any A compact (North America small family (European or c-segment car is a classification of cars which are larger than a supermini Cars can come in a large variety of different body styles. Some are still in production while others are of historical interest only A station wagon (or simply wagon) in American, Australian, Canadian and New Zealand usage and an estate car (or just estate In Automotive design layout specifies where on the car the Engine and Drive wheels are found An automobile platform is a shared set of common design engineering and production efforts as well as major components over a number of outwardly distinct models and even types of The Ford Fox platform was a Rear wheel drive, Unibody automobile architecture that Ford used for 26 years in the North American market The Ford Pinto engine is the unofficial but generic nickname for a 4 cylinder Internal combustion engine built by the Ford Europe. The straight-4 or inline-4 engine (often abbreviated I4 or L4) is a four cylinder Internal combustion engine with all four cylinders Ford 's first Straight-6 engine was introduced in 1906 in the Model K. The straight-6 or inline-6 engine (often abbreviated I6 or L6) is a six cylinder Internal combustion engine with all six cylinders The Windsor engine is a 90-degree Small-block V8 from Ford Motor Company. A V8 engine is a V engine with eight cylinders mounted on the Crankcase in two banks of four cylinders in most cases set at a right angle to each other The Windsor engine is a 90-degree Small-block V8 from Ford Motor Company. A V8 engine is a V engine with eight cylinders mounted on the Crankcase in two banks of four cylinders in most cases set at a right angle to each other A manual transmission (also known as a stick shift or just 'stick' 'straight drive' or standard transmission) is a type of transmission used in The Ford C4 was a three-speed medium-duty Automatic transmission introduced in the 1964 model year and produced through 1986. An automatic transmission (commonly "AT" or "Auto" is an Automobile Gearbox that can change Gear ratios automatically as the vehicle See Ford Fairmont (Australia for the Australian built vehicle of the same name The Ford Mustang sports coupe, manufactured by the Ford Motor Company, was initially based on the Ford Falcon The Thunderbird is an automobile manufactured by Ford in the United States from 1955 through 2005 &mdash through thirteen generations and various The Lincoln Continental, an automobile produced by the Lincoln division of Ford Motor Company, began for the 1939 model year The name Mercury Capri has been used for several different Cars over the years The Mercury Cougar was an Automobile sold under the Mercury brand of the Ford Motor Company 's Lincoln-Mercury Division For other Ford related cars called Zephyr see Mercury Zephyr, Lincoln-Zephyr, and Lincoln Zephyr The Ford Zephyr is a Lincoln-Zephyr was a Brand name for the lower priced line of luxury cars in the Lincoln line There have been two automobile lines from Ford's Lincoln division named Zephyr. A compact (North America small family (European or c-segment car is a classification of cars which are larger than a supermini Lincoln is an American Luxury car manufacturer operated under the Ford Motor Company. Mercury is an Automobile Marque of the Ford Motor Company founded in 1939 by Edsel Ford, son of Henry Ford, to market entry-level-luxury Ford Motor Company is an American Multinational corporation and the world's fourth largest automaker based on Worldwide vehicle sales, following Along with its corporate cousin the Ford Fairmont, it was the first use of Ford's long-lived unibody Fox platform, which did not completely leave production until 2004. See Ford Fairmont (Australia for the Australian built vehicle of the same name The Ford Fox platform was a Rear wheel drive, Unibody automobile architecture that Ford used for 26 years in the North American market
Zephyr, taken from a poetic name for the west wind, has a considerable history in the Ford line. A west wind is a Wind that originates in the West and blows East. It was used in the late 1930s for a smaller, less expensive Lincoln, which provided the basis for the first Continental. The Lincoln Continental, an automobile produced by the Lincoln division of Ford Motor Company, began for the 1939 model year Later on, it was used on a European Ford model. In 2006, it returned to the Lincoln line once again. The name "Zephyr" holds the unique distinction of having appeared in the lineups of all three Ford divisions.
The Mercury Zephyr shared most of the Fairmont's characteristics, being available with four, six, or eight-cylinder engines and appearing in coupe, sedan, or station wagon form. A station wagon (or simply wagon) in American, Australian, Canadian and New Zealand usage and an estate car (or just estate At introduction, the Zephyr was most easily told from the Fairmont by its curved grille and four square headlights, Fairmonts having a flatter front and only two large square lights. A grille (French word from Latin craticula, small grill is an opening of several slits side by side in a wall or metal Later, though, an adaptation of the Zephyr's four-light front was also used on Fairmonts. The Zephyr was outfitted with Ford's 'Ride Engineered' suspension package.
Along with regular 4- and 2-door sedans (and 4-door wagons) introduced in 1978, Mercury also released a limited production, uniquely styled 2-door version of the Zephyr called the Z-7, similar to the Fairmont Futura coupe (though later, the Fairmont Futura was available as a sedan and wagon, the Z-7 remained a 2-door only its entire span). The Z-7 was a 2-door coupe that featured a unique wrapover roof design, wraparound taillights and was usually equipped with either the I6 or V8 (very few Z-7s had the four-cylinder engine). Many Z-7 models included a two-tone paint job.
By 1982 and 1983, Zephyr options dropped off one by one (for example, no V8 engine was available in 1983) as the Marquis and Topaz were being readied for the market.
The Zephyr was reskinned and later sold as the mid-size version of the Mercury Marquis, which had previously been the flagship Mercury. For a list of vehicles that have been badge engineered see List of badge engineered vehicles. The Mercury Marquis was a vehicle produced by the Ford Motor Company under its Mercury brand from 1967 to 1986 The smaller Fox-based Marquis dropped the Zephyr's long-used 3. 3 L I6 for 1984 and replaced it with the larger and more powerful 3. 8 L "Essex" V6, but kept the same 2. 3 L I4 as standard and the same 5. 0 L V8 as an option. The Fox-based Marquis was replaced by the 1986 Mercury Sable.
The larger Panther-platform model was renamed the Grand Marquis, and continues to use the name to this day. The Mercury Grand Marquis is a Full-size Rear-wheel drive sedan sold by the Mercury division of the Ford Motor Company.
See also
- Ford Zephyr
- Lincoln-Zephyr (classic version)
- Lincoln Zephyr (2006 version)
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