

The Comfort package ($500) includes automatic headlamps, electrochromic inside rearview mirror, overhead console, message center with compass and illuminated vanity mirrors. Options include leather-trimmed upholstery ($1,050). The Luxury model ($22,995) comes the more powerful, 200-horsepower V6 and privacy glass. All-wheel drive is available ($23,155), which Mercury calls intelligent four-wheel drive. The Convenience model comes with the 153-horsepower four-cylinder engine.
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The air conditioning is manual, too, and there's no upgrade to automatic climate control available, not even on the Premier. Seats are upholstered in cloth, however, and the front seats are manually adjustable. Among them: air conditioning power windows, mirrors and central locking solar-tinted side glass four-speaker stereo with CD-player cruise control and leather-wrapped, tilt steering wheel. The Convenience model ($21,405) features comforts expected in prestige brand vehicles. All models come with a four-speed automatic transmission. The Mercury Mariner is available with a choice of four-cylinder and V6 engines. Fuel economy is respectable, and it's affordable even when fully optioned. Inside is a pleasant and calming cabin with room enough for the kind of stuff people who are moving up from the Sable or retreating from the more truck-like Mountaineer need to haul around.Īs part of a carefully scripted, and enormously expensive, re-birth and rejuvenation of the Mercury brand, the Mariner is intended to offer a step up in status over the Ford Escape. The 2005 Mercury Mariner boasts a slick and clean design, with avant-garde styling cues. It's easily and affordably upgraded with all-wheel drive (4WD) for stable traction in the snow and a powerful V6 for more responsive performance.

Mariner comes standard with front-wheel drive (2WD) and a four-cylinder engine. The new 2005 Mercury Mariner is based on the Ford Escape, hailed for its responsive handling, smooth road manners and available V6 engine. Yet they offer the utility of cargo space with fold-down back seats and that commanding view of the road that comes with a higher seating position. They're also lighter and have more fuel-efficient engines and, of course, they're less expensive. Compact sport utility vehicles are popular because they are smaller and easier to park than midsize SUVs like the Ford Explorer.
