A division of the Ford Motor Company, the Mercury line was first offered in 1939. The new Mercury was the first to be created by Ford's new styling studio, the new Mercury was intended to rival G.M's Oldsmobile and Buick, and fill the gap between the Ford Deluxe and Lincoln Zephyr. Mercury was its own division at Ford until 1945 when it was combined with Lincoln into the Lincoln-Mercury Division.
