The Mercury brand is one that has a fairly rich history after Ford Motor Company added it to its portfolio for the 1939 model year. After that debut, Mercury hung around until 2011, effectively serving as something of a bridge between the mainstream Ford brand and the more luxurious Lincoln brand. Of course, The Blue Oval churned out a lot of Mercury vehicles over its 70+ years in operation, and many of them are still on the road today, it seems.
According to new data from S&P Global Mobility, there are still 917,032 Mercury vehicles in operation on U.S. roads, which is a pretty staggering number for a brand that’s been gone for well over a decade to this point. In fact, it’s a little less than half of Lincoln’s total – 1,956,551 vehicles – and beats several other brands currently in operation, including Mini (747,643 vehicles currently on the road), Genesis (248,391), Jaguar (406,675), and Fiat (231,945), to name just a few.
As for the Ford brand, it previously ranked first in another report with the most vehicles operating on U.S. roads as of the conclusion of 2023. Ford ranked first by accounting for 14.7 percent of the market, followed by Chevrolet (13.2 percent), Toyota (12.7 percent), Honda (8.5 percent), Dodge/Ram (6.1 percent), Nissan (5.9 percent), Jeep (4.2 percent), GMC (3.8 percent), Hyundai (3.6 percent), Kia (2.8 percent), Subaru (2.8 percent), Volkswagen (1.9 percent), Mazda (1.9 percent), Mercedes-Benz (1.9 percent), BMW (1.8 percent), Lexus (1.8 percent), Chrysler (1.4 percent), Buick (1.3 percent), Acura (1.1 percent), and Cadillac (1.0 percent).
In this new report, Ford also topped the list with 42,405,257 vehicles still in operation in U.S. roads – not including its sub brand. That’s enough to edge out second- and third-place Chevrolet (38,665,327 vehicles) and Toyota (36,633,813), representing just a touch under 15 percent of the 283,554,192 vehicles currently on the road in the U.S.
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Comments
I own 4 of those Mercury cars still on the road!
They were fine products. Always wanted a Mercury.
Previously owned a Grand Marquis – 100K plus trouble free miles with just scheduled maintenance. Bring that model back with AWD w/ Hybrid and I’m a buyer.
I purchased at Mercury Mountaineer, ( 2010) last mercury’s to being built, I still have it, it has almost 90K miles on it. Haven’t really had any mechanical problems AT ALL, my wife drives it most of the time.. LOVE IT.
2007 Mercury Milan V6 Premier. 180k+ and still going strong. Wish I could find another low mileage one to replace it
I’ve had several Mercury cars. Would buy another Zephyr in a second. I still see them for sale, but not near me unfortunately