The Mercury Comet never seemed to find a niche ... even in Mercury showrooms, but their semi-fastback looks and 425-hp V8s ...

In 1964, three years before the Cougar arrived, Mercury introduced the Cyclone as a performance-oriented version of the Comet ... for at least 41 years. The fastback emerged as a low-mileage ...

That, of course, was referencing the household cleanser, Comet, not the '60s and '70s mercury model of the same name. Now that we have clarified that, let's have a look at this extraordinarily ...

The Mercury Comet started out as a Falcon twin in 1960, then became a Fairlane twin in 1964. Starting in 1971, it became the Mercury twin of the Maverick compact. Or perhaps someone tried to move ...