Mercury Commuter

Motor vehicle

Mercury Commuter
1957 Mercury Commuter 4-door (with four headlight "Quadri Beam" option)
Overview
Manufacturer	Mercury (Ford)
Production	1957 – 1962 1964 – 1968
Body and chassis
Class	Full-size
Body style	2-door station wagon 4-door station wagon
Layout	FR layout
Related	Mercury Monterey Ford Del Rio Ford Ranch Wagon
Powertrain
Engine	312 cu in (5.1 L) V8 368 cu in (6.0 L) Lincoln Y-Block V8 390 cu in (6.4 L) V8 428 cu in (7.0 L) V8
Dimensions
Wheelbase	126.0 in (3,200 mm)
Length	1959: 218.2 in (5,542 mm) 1960: 219.2 in (5,568 mm)
Width	1959: 80.7 in (2,050 mm) 1960: 81.5 in (2,070 mm)
Height	57.8 in (1,468 mm)
Curb weight	4,800–4,900 lb (2,200–2,200 kg)

The Mercury Commuter is a full-size station wagon that was produced by Mercury from 1957 until 1968. When introduced for the 1957 model year it was priced below Mercury's other two new full size wagons as a part of the Mercury Monterey series, alongside the mid-range Voyager and the top-level Colony Park. In 1957 the same 368 cu in (6.0 L) Lincoln Y-Block V8 that was standard equipment on the Mercury Turnpike Cruiser was optional equipment on the Commuter. From 1957 until 1960 all Mercury station wagons were hardtops, and also offered a rear window that retracted into the tailgate that was not offered on Ford branded station wagons.^[1]

The Commuter was initially available as a two-door wagon and as a four-door wagon, and in 1959 all Mercury station wagons were combined into the "Country Cruiser" series.^[1] It was temporarily absent in 1963, in concession to the new, smaller intermediate Meteor station wagons, but the full-sized platform was reinstated for 1964, when the Meteor was discontinued. The Commuter was phased out, like the full-size Mercury Montclair and Park Lane, after the 1968 model year when the Colony Park became the only Mercury station wagon until 1991.

1957 Mercury Commuter 2-door
1957 Mercury Commuter 4-door
1960 Mercury Country Cruiser Commuter
1964 Mercury Commuter station wagon
1965 Mercury Commuter Station Wagon

References

^ ^a ^b Flory, Jr., J. "Kelly" (2008). American Cars, 1946–1959 Every Model Every Year. McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. ISBN 978-0-7864-3229-5.

Standard Catalogue of American Cars, 1946–1975 (Revised 4th Edition)

Mercury vehicles

A division of Ford Motor Company, 1939–2011

Historic
models
(by date of
introduction)

1930s	Eight
1940s	M-Series
1950s	Colony Park Commuter Custom Medalist Montclair Monterey Park Lane Turnpike Cruiser Voyager
1960s	Comet Cougar Cyclone Cyclone Spoiler II Marauder Marquis Meteor Montego S-55
1970s	Bobcat Capri Grand Marquis Monarch Zephyr
1980s	LN7 Lynx Sable Topaz Tracer
1990s	Mountaineer Monterey (mini-van) Mystique Villager
2000s	Mariner Hybrid Milan Hybrid