Both engines received power increases in 1988, with multi-port fuel injection and a balance shaft for the V6 being worth 20 bhp, while split dual exhaust brought another 5 bhp for the V8. Though the Cougar LS made do with an Essex 140 bhp 3.8 liter/232 ci V6 with fuel injection as standard power, all XR-7s came with a Windsor 155 bhp 4.9 liter/302 ci V8 with sequential fuel injection. Finally, analog instruments returned to the XR-7 after one year with a digital dashboard. The sportiest Cougar also received 15-inch cast-aluminum wheels that had previously been seen on contemporary Ford Mustang GTs. Creating this look involved changing the wraparound bumper and body-side moldings from black to body color, and deleting the Medium Smoke lower-body accent used in 1987. For one year only, the XR-7 received a distinctive monochromatic paint scheme, available only in Oxford White, Medium Scarlet, and Black. Two other Panther-based cars I have written about are the 1980 Lincoln Continental Mark VII coupe and the 1983 Mercury Grand Marquis sedan.įor 1988, Mercury’s Cougar personal luxury coupe received relatively few changes after 1987’s substantial restyling. Make mine Medium Canyon Red Metallic, please. Mercury sold 17,421 Colony Park wagons in 1984, but the split for the base versus the LS versions is unknown. A well-equipped Colony Park could easily get to $14,600-not that many thousand dollars from Lincoln money. Optional P205/75R15 tires ($17/$178 if puncture sealant) required the optional turbine spoke cast aluminum wheels ($361). Other options available included “glamour” paint ($77), a luggage rack ($104), a Traction-Lok axle ($95), fingertip speed control ($176), a leather-wrapped steering wheel ($59), a tilt steering wheel ($110) and the Premium Sound System.
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Despite all the luxury Mercury implied the Colony Park LS had, it still didn’t include standard air conditioning, though the take rate on the two air conditioning options-one manual ($743) and one automatic ($809)-must have been high. Since there were no Lincoln station wagons, the Colony Park LS was the top-of-the-line wagon available from Ford Motor Company in the mid-1980s. Packages available for the Colony Park included Convenience Group, Lock Group, Light Group, and the Trailer Towing Package. Packages, Options, and Production Numbers
Inside, reclining Twin Comfort Lounge front seats in vinyl, a fold-down rear seatback, and AM/FM stereo radio with two rear speakers were included.Īt $12,437, the Colony Park LS added tinted glass, Luxury cloth seat trim for the Twin Comfort Lounge front seats, seatback map pockets, and 18-ounce color-keyed cut-pile carpeting. Standard exterior and mechanical equipment on the $11,816 Grand Marquis Colony Park (about $32,500 in today’s dollars or about what a base 2022 Ford Explorer goes for) included the distinctive “bodyside and tailgate rosewood woodtone applique,” a three-way tailgate, a power tailgate window, power steering, power front disc/rear drum brakes, and P215/75R14 white sidewall tires (a size still available thanks to Hankook) on 14-inch wheels with Deluxe wheel covers.
Changes over the next five years were mostly confined to trim and color variations, along with powertrain changes.Ĭolony Park pages from the 1984 Grand Marquis brochure It had changed little since 1979, when Ford downsized its full-size cars to the Panther platform. The Colony Park was a large car, with a 114.1-inch wheelbase and 218-inch length. With an 18.5-gallon fuel tank, a Colony Park owner could expect a range of between 285 and 365 miles with a 10% fuel reserve. Fuel economy was 17 city/ 27 highway by 1984 standards (14/20 by current measures). The Colony Park’s only powertrain-indeed the only powertrain available for any Grand Marquis-was a Windsor 140 bhp 4.9 liter/302ci V8 with fuel injection paired with a four-speed automatic. The Colony Park name had been around since 1957 as a signifier of Mercury’s top-of-the-line station wagon. For Boxing Day 2021, here’s a big American station wagon.įor 1984, Mercury’s Grand Marquis Colony Park station wagon was little changed. At Mecum Kansas City 2021, a Light Desert Tan Mercury Grand Marquis Colony Park LS station wagon with bodyside and tailgate rosewood woodtone appliques sold for $8,500.
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