The name " Mercury " is derived from the messenger of the gods of Roman mythology, and during its early years, the Mercury brand was known for performance, which was briefly revived in 2003 with the Mercury Marauder.

During the Ford Division's early 1960s " Total Performance " era, Mercury produced some equivalent models, such as the full-size S-55 and the Marauder, which shared the same body styles and mechanics as the Ford Galaxie 500 / XL sports models.

Shifting from performance cars such as the S-55, Marauder, and the Mustang-based Cougar, Mercury reverted to its historical role of selling badge-engineered Ford vehicles.

* Mercury Marauder spoiler, also found on models equipped with the Export Handling Package.

A Mercury_Marauder # 2003 – 2004 | Third Generation Mercury Marauder, the performance version of the Mercury Grand Marquis.

The Mercury Marauder was the name of three different automobiles made by the Mercury division of Ford Motor Company.

During the 1960s, the Marauder was introduced as the high-performance model of the full-size Mercury line ; its Ford equivalent was the Galaxie.

A triple-carburetor " Super Marauder " version was available across the Mercury line.

File: Mercury Marauder Montclair ( Centropolis Laval ' 10 ). jpg | Mercury Marauder Montclair

2003-2004 Mercury Marauder Airbox / MAF

Also that year, legendary vehicle fabricator Bill Stroppe built a Mercury Marauder USAC Stock car for Jones.

* Mercury Marauder, automobile

For both years, an optional 428 cubic-inch " Super Marauder " engine was also available ; this was shared with the high-performance Mercury S-55.

The new 1969 Mercury Marauder shared its 121-inch wheelbase with Ford ; however, its front clip was shared with Marquis.

In full-size Ford and Mercury wagons built after 1964, the configuration was two seats facing each other, placed behind the rear axle.

It featured a reverse slant rear window that could be lowered for ventilation, a feature introduced in a production car by Mercury in 1957 and still in production in 1966.

An electric welder and gas torch modified an old 1927 Ford Model “ T ” Roadster to accept a 1948 Mercury Block, ’ 39 Ford floor shift transmission, and a ’ 48 Ford rear.

While the car has been highly rated for safety, there was some controversy and lawsuits in the 1990s and 2000s over Ford Crown Victoria ( and its Mercury and Lincoln counterparts ) gas tank leaks after certain types of high speed impacts, specifically when being hit in the rear end at high speeds.

* New design for front and rear fascias, including a chrome grille surround and larger headlights ; Mystique gets side Mercury emblems on the rear quarter windows.

The highly detailed interior featured white bucket seats with black inserts both front and rear, matching door panels, black " carpeting " and a chrome-plated dashboard and console with legible gauges and radio dial resembling those in the Mercury Monterey.

Some experts have assumed that this was due to the sheer outrageousness of the Dodge Charger Daytona and the Plymouth Superbird, with their bolted on huge rear wings and nose cones ; as the MOPAR winged cars ' prices had eclipsed the far more subtle, and aerodynamically integrated, bodywork of the Ford Torino Talladega and it's sibling, the Mercury Cyclone Spoiler II.

Mercury Zephyr Z7, rear ¾ view

The 1961 Ami 6 sedan is distinguished by an unusual reverse-raked rear window, similar to the " Breezeway " rear screen fitted to the 1963 Mercury Monterey in the US, or the 1959 Ford Anglia 105E in the UK.

File: Merccury Colony Park 1984 rear. jpg | 1984 Mercury Grand Marquis Colony Park

Mercury Capri rear view ( US ) Ford sought to import the Australian convertible in response to Mazda's Miata, necessitating the addition of a driver's airbag for the US market.

To compete against European and Japanese competitors, the Monarch was given an all-new body ; while heavily influenced by Mercedes-Benz, the front and rear styling still carried many styling cues from larger Fords and Mercury models.

Examples include the European Ford Anglia and U. S. Mercury Montclair that also included a rear window that could be lowered for " breezeway " ventilation.

In addition to its unique features, the car was further differentiated from other Mercury models by a gold anodized trim strip in the car's rear fin.

However from 1963 to 1966 Mercury revived the Turnpike Cruiser's most noted feature, the retractable rear window, on its " Breezeway " sub-series in the Monterey, Montclair and Park Lane model ranges.

1956 was the year that Ford introduced its Lifeguard safety program, and the Mercury Montclair came standard with a deep-dish steering wheel to help protect the driver from the steering column, safety door locks, a breakaway rear view mirror, and optional seat belts and padded dashboards.

Most Park Lanes had a " Breezeway " window, a powered reverse slanted rear window that could be lowered into the body, first used on the Mercury Turnpike Cruiser and the 1958-60 Lincoln Continental.

Similarly, Ford would adapt their newest economy cars, the Ford Escort and Mercury Lynx by putting a sporty body on top and removing the rear seats to produce the EXP and LN7.

The Quest is distinguishable from the Mercury Villager by a different grille, side trim, front and rear bumpers, and tail lights.

For the 2010 model year, Ford significantly updated the Fusion, along with the Mercury Milan and Lincoln MKZ, with new front and rear end fascia designs and interior and powertrain revisions.

The captain's gig of H.M.S. Mercury was being rowed to H.M.S. Neptune.

Mercury was often used in mining, to extract precious metals like gold and silver from their ores.

First conceived during the Presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower as a three-man spacecraft to follow the one-man Project Mercury which put the first Americans in space, Apollo was later dedicated to President John F. Kennedy's national goal of " landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth " by the end of the 1960s, which he proposed in a May 25, 1961 address to Congress.

Project Mercury was followed by the two-man Project Gemini ( 1962-66 ).

The Apollo program was conceived early in 1960, during the Eisenhower administration, as a follow-up to America's Mercury program.

While the Mercury capsule could only support one astronaut on a limited Earth orbital mission, the Apollo spacecraft was to be able to carry three astronauts on a circumlunar flight and eventually to a lunar landing.

In September 1962, by which time two Project Mercury astronauts had orbited the Earth, Gilruth had moved his organization to rented space in Houston, and construction of the MSC facility was under way, Kennedy visited Rice to reiterate his challenge in a famous speech:

However, the messenger god Mercury was sent by Jupiter and Venus to remind Aeneas of his journey and his purpose, compelling him to leave secretly.

The first documented account of a bare-knuckle fight in England appeared in 1681 in the London Protestant Mercury, and the first English bare-knuckle champion was James Figg in 1719.

They told Columbanus it was intended as a sacrifice to their god Wodan ( Illi aiunt se Deo suo Vodano nomine ), whom they identified with Roman Mercury.

While Cernunnos was never assimilated, scholars have sometimes compared him functionally to Greek and Roman divine figures such as Mercury, Actaeon, specialized forms of Jupiter, and Dis Pater, the latter of whom Julius Caesar said was considered the ancestor of the Gauls.

To promote it in the United States, Mercury Records financed a coast-to-coast publicity tour in which Bowie, between January and February 1971, was interviewed by radio stations and the media.

The work De nuptiis Mercurii et Philologiae (" About the wedding of Mercury and Philologia ") written by Martianus Capella ( 4th-5th century ) was very influential on the successive medieval encyclopedias.

At one point, while aboard HMS Mercury, she anchored off New York, where, among other visitors, the captain entertained William Tryon ; Allen reports that Tryon glanced at him without any sign of recognition, although it is likely the New York governor knew who he was.

Celeris was given to Castor by Mercury.

Mercury was added to the tube, trapping a fixed quantity of air in the short, sealed end of the tube.

Mercury is a Ford Motor Company division, and Mercury's 427 was exactly the same engine as Ford's with different logos.

For him, the fact that his theory gave a straightforward explanation of the anomalous perihelion shift of the planet Mercury, discovered earlier by Urbain Le Verrier in 1859, was important evidence that he had at last identified the correct form of the gravitational field equations.

Similarly, Brooks was influenced by 1970s-era rock of Billy Joel, and Bruce Springsteen and the operatic rock of Queen with Freddie Mercury.

Mercury, vital for the production of silver was scarce, besides the neglect of the officials.

Hobart's major newspaper is The Mercury, which was founded by John Davies in 1854 and has been continually published ever since.

Later the staff had two intertwined snakes and sometimes it was crowned with a pair of wings and a ball, but the old form remained in use even when Hermes was associated with Mercury by the Romans.

Mercury was influenced early on by the Indian playback singer Lata Mangeshkar along with western influences such as Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon and The Beatles.