The current Mercury Monterey minivan is the Mercury variant of the 2004 Ford Freestar. It fills the gap in the Mercury lineup left after the cancellation of the Mercury Villager in 2002. Sales of the Monterey minivan have been exceptionally poor. It is likely that the model will be dropped by 2008.
The Mercury Monterey has a Ford-produced 201 hp 4.2 L V6 that has the most torque in the minivan class. It comes in 3 trim levels: Convenience, Luxury, and Premier. Unique features of the Monterey include available heated/cooled front seats, power sliding doors, a DVD player, a stowable and tailgating 3rd row seat, and more.Earlier Mercury Montereys
- The Monterey model first appeared in 1950 and continued production until 1974, after which all full size Mercuries took the Marquis name. This earlier iteration of Monterey was as a fullsize passenger automobile.
- The 1968 Mercury Monterey convertible is the car who Green Day use in the videos "Holiday" and "Boulevard of Broken Dreams". The same car was "pimped out" when Green Day appeared at the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards.
- Only 1,315 Monterey 1968 convertibles were made.
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