Sensible style.( The Mercury Monterey )
AutoWeek, February, 2003
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Byline: JOHN MATRAS Somebody somewhere flipped a giant page in 1960, closing the chapter on the '50s and opening the '60s. The gaudy, flamboyant decade that ended matured into a more serious era. The Baby Boomers soon would turn the country upside down, but for the moment, the Greatest Generation was grown up; with families to raise and increasing responsibilities, they turned to a more sensible-shoes kind of automobile.
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The Mercury Monterey was one such car. The Monterey sedan was introduced in 1952 as Mercury's premium model, but by 1960 it was reduced to Mercury's bargain ...
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