Mercury Marauder Reviews

Replaced tires. That was all!

Excellent car. Very good handling. Very good ride. Very good acceleration. The car would have benefited from the planned supercharger and more advertising.

History repeats itself. In 1963 Mercury came out with the Marauder a year before the first muscle car era kicked off in 1964. In 2003 Mercury came out with another Marauder, just before the muscle cars returned in force in 2005.

A/C fan developed high pitched squeal and failed. 2011.

Drivers side front passenger window control quit. 2011.

Driver's side front door lock makes a strange grinding sound, but still works; only grinds the first time the door is opened, either after having been parked or driven for a while. 2011-2012.

Second (from drivers side) vent flow door is broken or derailed. Squeals if the vent is closed while in use. 2010.

Subwoofer died. 2007.

Big car, inside and out.

Fast enough without loading. When loaded, fast enough for just about any non super car one may encounter.

Handles very well for its size, but you will slide around inside.

Fits two big people upfront very well, elbow touching window, to fist touching fist, to elbow touching elbow to fist... to elbow touching window. Can't do that in a Subaru.

Headlights are very bad, but great when replaced with Silver Stars.

K&N filter is the only performance mod.

Nothing, just the tires.

Looked for one for a year. Like the aggressive look, I like Black the best, although the Blue is my next pick.

I bought an (03 Black/ flint interior), 59,000 now, runs very well, suspension tight, had to put on all new tires, a little pricey, as the rear tires are only made by one manufacturer. Different aspect ratio front to back, fifty front, fifty-five rear. Add + 3 psi to rear to decrease center rear tire wear, re-align front from factory specs to decrease inner wear on front. Now handles like new.

Car was a two owner, but was well taken care of. Is a little slow off the line, no smoking tires, better with traction control off. Can smoke them if you power brake. Four-cam V8 hits its stride (at about 3,000 rpm), really gets its groove on and pulls with authority up to 6,000 rpm. screams like a Cobra. Essentially the same engine that powered the 2002 Mustang Cobra, it makes 302 horsepower at 5,750 rpm and 318 pound-feet of torque at 4,250 rpm. Car will accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in 6.5 seconds, Drive in town with O/D off, keeps the trans from excessive shifting.

Gas mileage, 17 in town, 22 highway, normal driving, with a punch now and then.

Gets looks where ever I go, people always ask, What is that? Looking forward to driving it a long time. I mean driving. Didn't buy it as a collector car, although will be in time.

There are a couple of forums on line, if you want more info.