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Why The Mercury Cyclone Lost The Muscle Car Wars
Just how powerful was the Mercury Cyclone? For starters, this classic car ran in the Indianapolis 500 during its prime, and won more than its fair share of races. However, it struggled to hold a candle to such popular models as the Chevelle, GTO and Mustang. These were brand names that were burned into the psyche of many youths of the 60s and early 70s. Therefore. it was almost an impossible task for Mercury to grab the market share away from these popular models.
The production for the more famous convertibles garnered 1,305 units but what made the Mercury Cyclone reach its top sales is the production of the hardtops that garnered around 13,812 units. All these vehicles were sold and to those who were lucky to have bought them, they became quite popular.
This muscle car garnered respect because its reaches 0-60 miles per hour in just 6.7 seconds. This could be attributed to a remarkable 390 V8 335 bhp engine underneath the hood.
Curiously enough, Mercury manufactured a few challengers to its own Cyclone to be able to market them in a different way. For instance, the Mercury Comet was launched in the 70s. However, the 1970 Mercury Cyclone is known to be more elegant.
Muscle cars that were produced as early as the 1960s were mainly marketed to the young male demographic because of their speed and power, but the Cyclone had a reputation for durability and being reliable. It was more of an everyday car that you might have seen a businessman driving to work, more so than a young teen dragging it on the strip.
Like most models, the Cyclone ran its course and production ceased in 1972 as sales slowed. Even though it had to say goodbye, the Cyclone was a great car that unfortunately isn't as well known as other muscle cars of that era. While it wasn't the best vehicle in its class, it still receives a lot of love from many classic car enthusiast today.
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I need help naming my muscle car?
I'm 16, I have a 1970 Chevelle 454 with a supercharged 572ci GM motor. Its red with wo black racing stripes on the hood. Its a mean car and I need a name that packs a punch. I've been boxing for awhile now and my friend suggested I named it "Kid Dynamite" only if Im driving. Kid Dynamite was Mike Tyson's nickname when he was younger, until he one a world heavyweight championship and people started calling him Iron Mike. And I thought it would be cool to paint some numbers on the car and kid dynamite somewhere on the door. Also, if I ever turn it into a drag car, I could have someone airbrush some sticks of dynamite with a flare on the back fenders. What do you guys think? Any coler nicknames for an old school muscle car like mine?
Gotta love the chevelle. I'm a fellow 70' Chevelle SS owner myself. Mine is black with white racing stripes. Good idea on naming the car. I went with "Onyx" for mine (onyx means jet black). Kid dynamite sounds like a good name, especially since you're into the whole boxing scene. I purposely only had the name Onyx painted on the back of the car, that way people will know who it was that just blew their doors off when i smoke wanna-be mustang owners at red lights (so theres an idea for you if you wanna do the same). Whatever name you do go with though make sure it represents what you and your car are all about. Ride hard dude.
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