While not particularly exciting, this picture of a 1985 Mercury Marquis is the first car picture (and quite possibly the first picture of any subject) I ever took, making it an ideal subject for a relaunch.
I was five years old in July 1987 when I took this picture of the family car with my mom's Kodak Tele-Instamatic 608 as we waited in Seattle for some friends we were visiting to get home.
The Marquis was the Mercury counterpart of the Ford LTD. In 1983, the Marquis name moved from Ford's full-sized Panther-platform to the midsize Fox-platform (also used by the Mustang), replacing the 4-door version of the Cougar and making Mercury's full-size model take the name Grand Marquis, which was formerly a trim level. (Likewise, the LTD replaced the Ford Granada, and the full-size Ford became the LTD Crown Victoria.)
These mid-sized models were relatively short-lived; 1986 would be their last year, as the instant success of the new Ford Taurus and Mercury Sable made them irrelevant.
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