Here is your chance to own your very own piece of greased lightning. Well, not the Greased Lighting, it’s actually the black, flamed 1949 Mercury convertible that races against John Travolta in the ...

In the latest episode of Fully Charged, Jonny Smith visited Icon in Los Angeles to see the amazing EV conversion project of a vintage 1949 Mercury. It took already two years since inception to ...

We've seen a number of electrified classic projects from companies like Zelectric Motors, and usually they involve dropping a state-of-the-art electric powertrain into a meticulously reconditioned ...

There's more than one way to describe a thing of great cultural significance or beauty. Consider the Biltmore Estate-- it's technically a house, but calling it that would kind of undersell the whole ...

Everyone loves a sleeper—something that looks rather mundane, but ends up ripping the doors off of anything in its way. This 1949 Mercury Coupe was never a full-blown hot rod, but it's now one of the ...

Custom Mercurys from a time the brand was still around and enjoying its glory days we’ve seen before, so we were not expecting all that much when we first stumbled upon this here 1949 example. But ...

The post war years will remain in the history of car making as the ones when everything changed. Freed from having to produce military-spec vehicles for the needs of war, car designers let loose a ...

In the wake of Olivia Newton-John’s passing on Monday, at the age of 73, it’s no surprise to see Grease and its memorabilia get renewed attention. Indeed, one of the classic movie’s most memorable ...

Egon Necelis is a builder who doesn't follow trends--he sets them. As one of the East Coast's premier custom car builders, his new silver Mercury Future Custom displays his amazing craftsmanship and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Ewing writes about luxury and performance automobiles. When I mentioned my early morning 30-minute stint behind the wheel of ...

Originally designed to be a big Ford for the 1948 model year, the car was introduced in April 1948 as the all-new 1949 Mercury. No longer a Ford look-alike, the new Mercury was truly a step up from ...

The Mercury Grand Marquis emerged in 1975 as a posher version of the existing Marquis. By the ends of the 1970s, the Grand Marquis' proved so popular it would even outsell the full-sized Mercury base ...