Mercury Marauder prices are insane.

[Truck Norris]

Skip the 03's as they have paint issues.

[derklug]

Three around me on cars.com, 9000-11,000. Cool cars in their day, if you wanted a fast Grand Marquis.

[King T]

Originally Posted by Silverlsinva

So time to time I like to check out cars that I like that are used and somewhat old in car years and I decided let me check out some marauders what they going rate for them are and I swear within a 40 to 50 mile area I think the cheapest one was 14k and the most was about 20ish and to me that seems a bit over prices was hoping 10 to 12k for them but damn nope.

What was the mileage and the color of the Marauders you saw online? I know they made plenty of black Marauders, but the other colors were somewhat rare. The Marauders were only made for 2 years and I think less than 12,000 total were made.

[King T]

Originally Posted by crysalis_01

Truth. I was looking for one a couple years back as a DD. Not only are the prices insane, but even finding one for sale in the first place is difficult enough.

Originally Posted by Sir Nuke

They are true BA cars.....and were only made for a few years, don't know why, but that's where we are now. Supply and demand.

Found the numbers on them

Mercury Marauder Production Numbers
2003 – Total: 7,838
328 Dark Pearl Blue
417 Silver Birch
7,093 Black

2004 – Total: 3,214
980 Dark Toreador Red
997 Silver Birch
1,237 Black

Total: 11,052

[TastyBake]

Rare car. Its gonna be that high.

[King T]

From 2003 to 2004, Ford resurrected the Marauder name as a high-performance version of the Mercury Grand Marquis sedan. Although the Mercury division was most directly a competitor to Buick (and before that, Oldsmobile), the design of this Marauder drew many parallels to the 1994–1996 Chevrolet Impala SS in being a contemporary full-size "muscle sedan", and both being derived from a police vehicle (the Marauder from the Ford Crown Victoria, and the Impala SS from the Chevrolet Caprice).

To differentiate itself from the Grand Marquis, the Marauder borrowed and customized trim parts from both its Ford and Mercury stablemates. The headlights and corner lights, from the Grand Marquis, had all non-reflective surfaces blacked out and wore a body-color grille instead of chrome. Side trim and the B-pillars are painted body-color like the Crown Victoria, which donated its trunklid, and tail lights tinted to just within DOT standards. The Marauder wore its own front and rear bumpers, with the front featuring Cibié fog lamps and "Marauder" embossed on the rear. The car's five-spoke 18" wheels feature Mercury's classic "god-head" (Mercury's silhouette) emblem on its center caps.

In contrast to the Grand Marquis, the interior of the Marauder featured front bucket seats and a floor shifter with a center console; leather seats were standard. Instead of the simulated wood trim seen in the Grand Marquis, the Marauder substituted simulated satin aluminum trim in its place. The instrument cluster was Marauder-specific, with satin aluminum gauges (with a 140-mph speedometer borrowed from the Ford Police Interceptor) and the pressed electrical board to control them are model-exclusive. To make room for the tachometer, the oil-pressure gauges and voltmeter were moved to the center console. The Marauder is also the only Panther car after 1997 with a specific pin on the PCM for a tachometer.

While Ford showed a two-door, five-passenger convertible version of the Marauder with a supercharged 4.6-liter V8 good for of 335 horsepower and 355 pound-feet of torque as a concept car, it never saw production. Automotive commentators suggested the supercharged engine should have been made available for better performance.

Mechanical details

The Mercury Marauder was based on an updated version of the Ford Panther platform that was introduced for 2003. The Marauder had a naturally aspirated 4.6 L V8 DOHC Ford Modular engine producing 302 hp and 318 ft·lbf of torque. This engine had many parts — including heads, cams, block and rotating assembly — in common with the 2003–2004 Mustang Mach 1 Automatic and the 2003–2005 Lincoln Aviator. The Marauder featured a dual exhaust system with MEGS tailpipe tips, with newly developed chassis and suspension modifications – such as moving the rear shocks outboard of the frame rails, which were later made available for the Crown Victoria and Grand Marquis. The Marauder was fitted with the 4R70W 4-speed automatic in 2003 and received the upgraded 4R75W 4-speed automatic for 2004. Both years featured the aluminum drive shaft from the Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor. The limited slip differential with a 3.55 rear axle ratio was standard fitment on all Marauders.


Reaction

The 2003–2004 Marauder sales fell short of corporate forecasts, and after a production run of 11,052 vehicles, the Marauder was discontinued at the end of 2004. For comparison, Mercury produced 179,723 examples of its Grand Marquis counterpart during the same time. The Ford Crown Victoria LX Sport remained, bearing a monochrome appearance similar to the Marauder but powered by the standard 239 hp 4.6 L 2-valve SOHC V8. The LX Sport included 17" silver-finish wheels, firmer suspension (though softer than the Marauder), a taller 3.27 rear axle ratio (shorter than standard 2.73), but it had far less differentiation between it and the Crown Victoria than the Marauder did from the Grand Marquis. It is mechanically identical to the Grand Marquis LSE. By the mid-2000s, non-fleet sales of the Crown Victoria had all but disappeared; the LX Sport was discontinued after 2006 and all retail sales of the Crown Victoria in North America would end a year later. For 2007, the Crown Victoria LX could be equipped with the Premium Sport Handling and Performance Package, which included an upgraded suspension, 17" wheels from the LX Sport, and dual exhaust.

[King T]

I thought they were cool cars. Even though I still liked the '94-'96 Impala SSa little bit better, I thought it was cool of Ford to have had made the Marauder (and wouldn't mind having one now).

[The_Blur]

I always thought that was a nice addition to the muscle car lineup. It wasn't inventive because it shared way too much with other cars on the same platform. Ford should have continued this platform, especially given the limited production.

[Silverlsinva]

So I did a re searched around my area again and found some that were in the 10 to 12k price range with close to 100k miles on them but there were still a few were in the 15 to 20k range with lesser miles. But they were still Black color not any of the rare colors for them. I just thought this would make a nice commuter cruiser car cause I might have to downgrade here soon if work doesn't pick up soon.

[Truck Norris]

Originally Posted by The_Blur

It wasn't inventive because it shared way too much with other cars on the same platform.

What other cars in this platform shared the DOHC 4.6L?

Its almost the equivalent to GM using the DOHC LT5 to power the Impala SS instead of putting the LT1 in it which is shared across the rest of the platform lineup.

[The_Blur]

Originally Posted by Truck Norris

What other cars in this platform shared the DOHC 4.6L?

That's just an engine. The rest of the car, at least from a design perspective, is badge engineering.

[BluePhoenix]

Look at prices of GM's high performance cars from last decade ones in good condition are holding higher price tags. Lesser produced high performance cars will always command a higher price tag than average, say like a regular Mustang GT.

[_Nick_]

My Uncle has a silver birch with 160k that he got for 6000. Car is immaculate though, looks brand new. I love the car. Moves great for a Full-size car, crazy comfortable too. When I get the money, no doubt i'll own one.