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| Description |
| The automotive experts at TheCarConnection.com read several available reviews on the 2008 Mercury Grand Marquis to put together this comprehensive review. TheCarConnection.com’s editors also added their firsthand experience with the Grand Marquis to help make this review especially useful to shoppers. |
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| Road Test |
Mercury’s largest sedan continues to provide traditional American-car values, with rear-wheel drive, a standard V-8 engine, and a spacious six-passenger interior with a roomy 20.6-cubic-foot trunk. The 2008 Mercury Grand Marquis is closely related to the Ford Crown Victoria, which for the 2008 model year is only available to fleet buyers.
The Grand Marquis hasn’t seen a complete redesign since 1992. Its proportions have remained intact even longer, and the body-on-frame platform it’s built on dates back nearly 30 years.
That said, its engine is more modern; the standard 224-horsepower, 4.6-liter V-8 engine in the 2008 Mercury Grand Marquis provides adequate, but not spirited, acceleration. It may also be ordered with E85/flex-fuel capability in some regions. A four-speed automatic is standard.
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| Positive Points |
- -Well-proven, reliable design
- -Ridiculously huge trunk
- -Passes safety tests without modern equipment
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| Negative Points |
- -Ancient mechanical layout
- -Lost-in-the-past styling
- -Not fit for curvy roads
- -Takes up more parking space than many huge SUVs
- -Awful driving position and unsupportive seats
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