Mercury Montclair

Mercury Montclair
1955 Mercury Montclair sedan
Overview
Manufacturer	Mercury (Ford)
Production	1955–1960 1964–1968
Assembly	Main plant Wayne, Michigan[1] (Branch assembly) St. Louis, Missouri Maywood, California Pico Rivera, California Metuchen, New Jersey
Body and chassis
Class	Full-size
Body style	2-door coupe 4-door sedan 2-door convertible 2-door hardtop 4-door hardtop
Layout	FR layout
Related	Lincoln Capri Lincoln Premiere Mercury Monterey Mercury Medalist Mercury Custom
Dimensions
Length	211 in (5,359 mm) (1957)[2]
Chronology
Successor	Mercury Monterey Custom

The Mercury Montclair is a series of full-size sedans that were manufactured and marketed over five generations by the Mercury division of Ford. The nameplate was used by the division twice, from the 1955 to the 1960 model years and from the 1964 to the 1968 model years. The model was offered as two-door and four-door hardtops, four-door pillared sedan, and a two-door convertible.

Through its production, the Montclair typically served as the mid-range Mercury sedan offering; always slotted above the Monterey, at various times, the Montclair was slotted below the Turnpike Cruiser and Park Lane in the Mercury line. While the true origins of the nameplate are unknown by Ford historians, the consensus is that is derived from Montclair, New Jersey, an affluent community located near its then-new Mahwah Assembly facility.^{[citation needed]}

For 1969, Mercury discontinued the Montclair, repackaging the vehicle as the Mercury Monterey Custom, which was marketed through 1974.