The Monterey (model 72C) was introduced in 1950 as a high-end two-door coupe as part of the Mercury Eight series in the same vein as the Ford Crestliner and the Lincoln Lido.

Montereys had either a canvas covered top for $2146 or vinyl for $2157.

Few Montereys were sold and so mercury got a styling and engineering redesign for 1952.  Monterey then became a separate series and Mercury's top model line.

The Mercury Monterey is a series of full-size cars that were manufactured by  Ford from 1952 to 1974. Deriving its name from Monterey Bay, the Mercury Monterey served as the replacement for the Mercury Eight, the debut model line of the Mercury division. During its production, the Monterey would be offered in multiple body styles, ranging from coupes, convertibles, sedans, hardtops, and station wagons.

Over its 22 years of production, the Monterey served as the flagship, mid-range, and entry-level offering of the full-size Mercury product range. 

The Mercury Marauder is an automobile nameplate that was used by three distinct full-size cars produced by the Mercury division of Ford Motor Company. Deriving its name from the most powerful engines available to the Mercury line, the Marauder was marketed as the highest-performance version of the full-size product range.

For the 1969 model year, Mercury returned the Marauder nameplate to its product line. Positioned as a personal luxury car, the Marauder replaced the performance-oriented S-55 and sought to appeal to the interest generated by the Lincoln Continental Mark III introduced in 1968 and the Mercury Cougar while competing for buyers of the 1969 Ford Thunderbird.

By the end of the 1960s, demand for high-performance full-size cars had largely disappeared. In total, Mercury would sell about 15.000 examples for 1969, and barely a third of that for 1970; in comparison to the Marauder, Mercury would sell nearly 173.000 Cougars at the same time. Within the Lincoln-Mercury Division, the far more expensive Continental Mark III outsold the Marauder more than two-to-one from 1969 to 1970.

Standard versions of the Marauder were equipped with the 6.4 L Ford FE engine and a manual 3-speed transmission. The Marauder X-100 was only equipped with the 360 hp 7.0 L engine with a 3-speed FMX automatic as an option. The only transmission available with the 7.0L was the 3-speed Ford C6 automatic

Mercury Cougar is a nameplate applied to a diverse series of automobiles sold  from 1967 to 1997 and from 1999 to 2002. While the nameplate is most commonly associated with two-door coupes, at various times during its production, the Cougar was also marketed as a convertible, four-door sedan, station wagon, and hatchback.

With 2,972,784 examples produced, the Cougar is the highest-selling nameplate ever produced by the Mercury brand; its 34-year production is second only to the Grand Marquis in the Mercury model line (produced for 36 years).