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The car of the Mercury brand is often on our roads. And perhaps that is why the choice of the American station wagon Mercury-Seiber as the hero of the heading of the second hands may seem unjustified, if not for one circumstance: after all, he is essentially nothing more than a popular Ford-Trus. It differs only by changed headlights, a rich interior decoration, and a different emblem on the radiator. Moreover, both cars are assembled at the same Ford factory.
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As appropriate for a prestigious model, Mercury is equipped with air conditioning, electric windows, servo -drives of mirrors and front seat adjustments.
The dimensions of the rear sofa are such that on it, if desired, you can accommodate four. The most spacious domestic station wagon on the basis of the Volga simply fades in comparison with Mercury.
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Despite the impressive size, driving a car is completely easy and even pleasant. The overview is excellent, the driver is facilitated by the automatic gearbox and the power steering. You get used to the dimensions of the car quickly. To dubulate the American station wagon Sarai, as our drivers called the Volga dismissively, the tongue does not turn. At the move, Mercury, as befits a front -wheel drive, tenaciously holds the road, easily and obediently changes the course on a winding highway. Thanks to the loading of the leading front axle with a massive power unit, the car is stable and quite predictable on a wet and slippery road. Mercury’s cross -country ability is also on top, given that he is a family station wagon, not an alternate.
A soft suspension (front is like McExon, the back is an independent multi -link) silently swallows unevenness. Large 15-inch wheels also contribute to this. True, due to this softness when fast driving along our roads, the car body sways slightly, as if floating along the waves. But a strong lateral roll is prevented by the front and rear stabilizers of the pine stability.
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However, be your desire, a burdened motor with a capacity of 142 liters. With. (4800 rpm) can show its character. It quickly spins, providing excellent acceleration. Surely, the dynamics of Mercury with a 3.8 liter engine will probably impress even more. It is curious that its power is not increased: the designers had a different goal - to improve the characterization of torque. So the maximum moment of the 3 -liter unit reaches 217 N.M at 3,000 rpm, at the engine 3.8 liters - 292 N.M at 2400 rpm.
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There is a used 10-year-old station wagon Mercury-Seiber or his double-Ford Thus in the capital, depending on the fortune of about $ 7500, five-year-old-about $ 15,000. My colleague got the car for only $ 4500 for a reason: a dirty salon (fortunately, modern chemistry creates Miracles), broken headlights, torn upholstery and, most importantly, a faulty automatic machine. Bring Siblon to a combat state cost a penny, despite the fact that many details managed to buy cheaply at a landfill.
The main costs of the restoration and operation of the car are given in the table. More than two thousand green for 8,000 km of run are a lot, and this is without taking into account the fuel and lubricants and other little things. Another illustration that it does not happen cheaply. I managed to save a little, but it was spent pretty time and effort.
Nevertheless, living Siblust or Torus is a successful acquisition for someone who appreciates comfort, the space of the salon and needs a large amount of trunk. He is universal (not only because his body is called the station wagon) and is quite unpretentious, like a good soldier who honestly pulls his strap. We happened to get to know Ford - the double of Seybl, whose reckless owner of which was 80,000 km (!) He did nothing with the car. No, we do not advocate for such an attitude to the car, we only state a fact that confirms that in caring hands an American can serve for a long time.
On the hub of the steering wheel are located the control buttons cruise control.
In the luggage compartment - two folding seats, turning the Seiber into an eight (!) Car.
The power of the 1985 model engine is 142 liters. p., modern - with four valves on the cylinder - 207 l. With.
The luminous central ceiling is the main external difference between Mercury and the counterpart - Ford Torus.
Technical specifications
General data: number of places - 6/8; Equipped mass - 1485 kg; maximum speed - 185 km/h; The average operating consumption of fuel is 12.5 l/100 km; fuel supply - 71 l; Fuel - AI -93. Dimensions, mm: length - 4915; width - 1805; height - 1400; base - 2695; The track in front/back - 1565/1535; Road clearance - 140; trunk volume - 1290/2290; Radius of rotation - 6.1 m. Engine: six -cylinder V -shaped angle of cylinder collapse 60, with an electronic fuel injection system of Ford; working volume - 2979 cm; cylinder diameter and piston stroke - 88.9x80 mm; compression degree - 9.3; Power - 104 kW/142 l. With. at 4800 rpm; Maximum torque - 217 NM at 3000 rpm. Transmission: front wheel drive; gearbox - automatic four -speed; Transporting numbers: I - 2.77; II - 1.54; III - 1.00; IV - 0.69; Z.Kh. - 2.26; The main program is 3.37. Suspension: independent, with stabilizers of the anti -resistance, the front - such as McExeson, the back is multi -link. Brakes: hydraulic with a vacuum amplifier; Front - disk ventilated, rear - drum. Steering: rheck with a hydraulic wrap. Tire size: 205/65R15.
Sergey Osokin. Photo by Sergey Ivanov
A source: The magazine "Driving"