[Condor51]

This is great, more and BIGGER V-8's. Anything to drive the leftist-commie-green-democrats NUTTIER is good for America!

But you know what would be another nice add-on (IMO) - dual exhausts. About six months ago while riding with my youngest daughter on an x-way, we were passed by a big, black sedan with duel exhausts. I couldn't make out what it was, except that it WASN'T a rice burner. I made her catch up to it and saw it was a Mercury of all things (no disrespect meant against Merc's).

When we got home I searched all detroit brands and found that Merc's were the only car with duel exhausts (Cop cars excluded natch)!?! As I recall, it also had a big hunkin V-8 with something like 350hp(?). WAY TO GO DETROIT. It's muscle car redux!

[Charles Martel]

"...big...black... dual exhausts...it was a Mercury of all things..."

Ah, yes... the Mercury Marauder. That's the sporty version of the Marquis that packs an engine very similar to that found in the Mustang Cobra (4.6 liter dual overhead cam design). For someone who'd like a Mustang but really needs a larger car, the big Merc is quite nice indeed. They make 'em in a few other colors now; (only black was initially available).

Nice to see the automakers finally make OHC design work in a V-8. Oh, it was done many years ago, but not for large-scale production and certainly not for the purposes of increasing fuel efficiency:

[B Knotts]

Actually, the Ford Crown Victoria Sport also has dual exhaust.

But that Mercury Marauder has 300 hp. Unfortunately, you have to put premium gas in it. The new Mustang GT will get the same 300 hp, but with regular gas.

[doodad]

ut you know what would be another nice add-on (IMO) - dual exhausts

What you saw was a Mercury Marauder. Not bad. What you want, which has factory true dual, is the new GTO. Love my v8, just need a bigger cam.

[FFIGHTER]

Get a V-10 and really piss them off.

[GGpaX4DumpedTea]

You have not followed a Caddie powered by Northstar lately?

[SauronOfMordor]

When we got home I searched all detroit brands and found that Merc's were the only car with duel exhausts (Cop cars excluded natch)!?! As I recall, it also had a big hunkin V-8 with something like 350hp(?). WAY TO GO DETROIT. It's muscle car redux!

In the early 80's, I had a '73 Mercury Comet. 302-V8 in a compact-car frame. It noticed it would out-accelerate current-model Corvettes on the street. It got totalled by a drunken trucker (I wasn't in it at the time). I still miss it.