For what it is: a front wheel drive economy car, it's not bad. I'd never buy one, but that's just me. I've heard rumors of Mercury being phased out sometime in the future because of many, many years of poor sales. Mercury has always been the luxury version of ford and has had grandma-ish styling, but i LOVE the style of the '79+ Capri. The new Mercury Cougar is probably the first car i can remember that distinguishes Mercury from Ford off the top of my head. It's probably not enough to stop the inevitable though.
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'84 Mustang 5.0 LX
My car