Why is it that the earlier gernerations of the Mercury Villager and the Nissan Quest look exactly the same?

December 26th, 2009 | by admin |

Usually Ford, Mercury, and Lincoln vehicles look similar because their all part of the Ford Motor Company. But I thought Nissan isn’t part of the Ford Motor Company. Yet the Nissan Quest and the Mercury Villager look exactly alike. Why is that?

Because it is the same. Ford made a deal with Nissan to make small changes to the Quest and sell it as a Mercury. See this story on Wiki:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_Villager

You are correct in that Nissan is not (nor have they ever) been part of Ford or vice versa. It was just a business deal, like the Pontiac Vibe/Toyota Matrix or the Volkswagen Routan/Chrysler Town and Country (although the VW has some different sheetmetal).

  1. One Response to “Why is it that the earlier gernerations of the Mercury Villager and the Nissan Quest look exactly the same?”

  2. By PMack on Dec 27, 2009 | Reply

    Because it is the same. Ford made a deal with Nissan to make small changes to the Quest and sell it as a Mercury. See this story on Wiki:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_Villager

    You are correct in that Nissan is not (nor have they ever) been part of Ford or vice versa. It was just a business deal, like the Pontiac Vibe/Toyota Matrix or the Volkswagen Routan/Chrysler Town and Country (although the VW has some different sheetmetal).
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