Production chronology1960–open
Sourced production or model lifecycle range used by the main catalog timeline.
rdw ↗1 year
← Mercury
Mercury / Model record
MercuryComet
Production1960 – present
Recorded originUnited States
ClassCompact car
Background
The Mercury Comet is an automobile that was produced by Mercury from 1962–1969 and 1971–1977 — variously as either a compact or an intermediate car. For 1960 and 1961, Comet was its own brand sold by Lincoln-Mercury "Comet".
Text adapted from “Mercury Comet” on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ · retrieved 2026-07
Chronology ledger
Dates with their meaning intact
Netherlands RDW first-admission observations1961–1976
First-admission years observed in Dutch vehicle registrations; this is market evidence, not a worldwide production range.
Netherlands RDW ↗16 years