Take a deep dive into the ultra-plush 1975 Mercury Marquis, Marquis Brougham, and Grand Marquis in this original dealer promotional film.
In looking over the marketing materials from Mercury for 1975, you could get the impression that the Ford Motor Company was mainly interested in selling the intermediate-size Cougar and “precision-size” Monarch, a Grenada clone. But in fact, the division’s full-sized cars were still among its best sellers. The base-level Monterey had been dropped the year before, so for ’75 all three Mercury big cars sported the Marquis badge: Marquis, Marquis Brougham, and Grand Marquis. And all wore hidden headlamps, a classic chrome grille, and a spring-loaded hood stand-up, the signifiers of the luxury class at Ford HQ in the Lee Iacocca era.
Priced from $5,049 for a Marquis two-door Coupe to $6,469 for a Grand Marquis four-door Sedan, the big Mercs slotted into the Dearborn lineup a little above the Ford LTD but comfortably below the Lincoln Continental. And as this original dealer film shows, the Marquis line semed to lack nothing in the way of luxury appointments. Apart from the prestige of the Lincoln name, we’re not totally sure what the Continental offered that wasn’t available in the Grand Marquis, and for thousands less. Even the giant 460 cubic-inch V8 was standard, same as Lincoln. (In the rest of the Marquis line, a 400 CID V8 was standard, while the 460 was optional.)
The Colony Park station wagon is also included here, complete with rich “simulated rosewood” vinyl woodgrain and available with both two-and-three-row seating. As the announcer mentions, the Colony Park could be ordered with Grand Marquis-level trim and upholstery ($390) and so equipped, it must have been among the most luxurious wagons then on the market. Join us as we sink into those giant sofa-sized seats and check out the Marquis lineup for ’75.
Can’t forget “Uncle Buck”,,
Good grief, what enomous, luxurious things they were.
We had a ’78 marquis 2-dr. Wife’s car–she loved it. She called it her land-yacht –this was in the 90’s so it was huge compared to what was on the road.
Awesome Lincoln luxury at a Mercury price. Interestingly, the Mercury instrument panel would become the Lincoln instrument panel in 1978&79.
Also, I’m amazed at the optional fuel tank capacity.
Also, I see the Colony Park used a very Country Squire-like taillamp. Yet, the Panther platform version of the Colony Park uses a very unique taillamp vs the Country Squire.