Anyone can take a look at the 2004 Mercury Marauder and know immediately that it is obviously a police interceptor, a slightly beefed up version of the Crown Vic Squad Car. Looking at its numbers its 0-60 boasts absolutely nothing sliding in at 7.42 sec. Its no super saloon and it can't even keep up with the Civic that sits on my list below. Its interior is well, shit, it looked just like city taxicabs you sit in every day. The dash looks like its still 1994 the radio dials look like something out of the 80's, the steering wheel is the size of a New York style pizza,but that’s what I love about it and that is why it made my list. It was America's last real muscle car. At the time the Camero had just died in 2002 and the mustang GT was pumping out a mere 260 horsepower not in any league with any muscle car of even the late 70's. In that market you would think that the Marauder would prevail, but sales were slow and the Marauder was forgotten with just 11,052 vehicles sold over all. Now looking back I still think it was a fantastic car The engine is a bullet proof, the 4.6 liter V8 will go far past 250,000 miles and will only need a few belts and some oil to keep it running. This little F****er will last forever, It will easily out last every single car on this and the horsepower is a nice touch 302 with 318 lbs.-ft. of torque so you will still be cruising pretty quickly. Granted the power is not huge, but still over the 300 mark and perfectly adequate. The exterior is mean looking the stance is memorable, it looks poised with the massive 18 inch 5 spokes and the full black body was a nice touch. Ford even tinted all the windows giving the car pretense of a sleeper. The hint of silver on the mercury badge is all that could be made out of the front end that adorned the grill, and the fat exhaust that emerges out under the Marauder imprinted rear bumper is the finishing touch. I flat out love the simple touches that made this car stand out from the Crown Vic’s. Even though they probably only stood out to gear heads it made all the difference to me. This car looks good, it sounds good it drive well and is just a blast to swing sideways. The exhaust note is throaty and the wheels smoke and scream when ever you go near the throttle and the trunk is large enough to fit 4 corpses in (always a plus).
Hands down one of my favorite underrated cars on the road today. Plus if the power needs a boost Trilogy Motorsports will throw an Eaton Supercharger on for a couple of grand you will have 525 horses running from your black beauty. The upgrade will pull your 0-60 time down to a mere 4.4 sec that’s super salon beater territory, an M5 could not touch that. And the best part is this car will go for 14 grand at the auction block a steal for such a great ride.
Anyone can take a look at the 2004 Mercury Marauder and know immediately that it is obviously a police interceptor, a slightly beefed up version of the Crown Vic Squad Car. Looking at its numbers its 0-60 boasts absolutely nothing sliding in at 7.42 sec. Its no super saloon and it can't even keep up with the Civic that sits on my list below. Its interior is well, shit, it looked just like city taxicabs you sit in every day. The dash looks like its still 1994 the radio dials look like something out of the 80's, the steering wheel is the size of a New York style pizza,but that’s what I love about it and that is why it made my list. It was America's last real muscle car. At the time the Camero had just died in 2002 and the mustang GT was pumping out a mere 260 horsepower not in any league with any muscle car of even the late 70's. In that market you would think that the Marauder would prevail, but sales were slow and the Marauder was forgotten with just 11,052 vehicles sold over all. Now looking back I still think it was a fantastic car The engine is a bullet proof, the 4.6 liter V8 will go far past 250,000 miles and will only need a few belts and some oil to keep it running. This little F****er will last forever, It will easily out last every single car on this and the horsepower is a nice touch 302 with 318 lbs.-ft. of torque so you will still be cruising pretty quickly. Granted the power is not huge, but still over the 300 mark and perfectly adequate. The exterior is mean looking the stance is memorable, it looks poised with the massive 18 inch 5 spokes and the full black body was a nice touch. Ford even tinted all the windows giving the car pretense of a sleeper. The hint of silver on the mercury badge is all that could be made out of the front end that adorned the grill, and the fat exhaust that emerges out under the Marauder imprinted rear bumper is the finishing touch. I flat out love the simple touches that made this car stand out from the Crown Vic’s. Even though they probably only stood out to gear heads it made all the difference to me. This car looks good, it sounds good it drive well and is just a blast to swing sideways. The exhaust note is throaty and the wheels smoke and scream when ever you go near the throttle and the trunk is large enough to fit 4 corpses in (always a plus).
Hands down one of my favorite underrated cars on the road today. Plus if the power needs a boost Trilogy Motorsports will throw an Eaton Supercharger on for a couple of grand you will have 525 horses running from your black beauty. The upgrade will pull your 0-60 time down to a mere 4.4 sec that’s super salon beater territory, an M5 could not touch that. And the best part is this car will go for 14 grand at the auction block a steal for such a great ride.
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