Page 18 - LIFE MAGAZINE OCTOBER 6 - 1961

ANNOuNCING THE 1962 MERIci

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Prefer a compact ? Size up Mercury Comet. See the ways it's ahead of the crowd. Ahead in beauty
_only compact with fine-car styling (all-new front and rear). Ahead in room and ride (up to 7.5-inch

longer wheelbase). Ahead in trunk space (29.8 cu. ft._more than double some compacts). Ahead at
trade-in (matchless resale value). Here's one of the most successful compacts. It's ahead in every-
thing but price (with or below most compacts). New money savers for 1962 include: An anti-freeze,
anti-rust coolant that lasts two full years. And now you can drive 6,000 miles between oil changes.