Mercury Colony Park

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The Mercury Colony Park is a station wagon that was marketed by Mercury from the 1957 to 1991 model years. Distinguished by its simulated wood-grain paneling, the Colony Park was marketed as either the premium trim or the sole full-size station wagon offering of the division. Following the 1960 demise of Edsel, full-size Mercury vehicles shared bodywork with Ford, with the Colony Park serving as the counterpart of the Ford Country Squire through 1991. Serving as the flagship station wagon series of Ford Motor Company (as of current production, Lincoln has not yet marketed a factory-produced station wagon), the model line was marketed against the Chrysler Town & Country (prior to its 1979 downsizing) and the Buick Estate and Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser – alongside the Colony Park, each were distinguished by (simulated) woodgrain trim, 3-row interior seating, and a V8 engine. Initially the station wagon counterpart of the Mercury Turnpike Cruiser, the Colony Park was typically a counterpart...

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