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The Mercury Park Lane is a full sized automobile that was produced by the Mercury division of Ford Motor Company. While not officially introduced as the replacement of the Mercury Turnpike Cruiser, the Park Lane became the flagship of the Mercury model line upon its introduction. The second generation Park Lane was positioned above the Mercury Montclair. In 1969, the Mercury Marquis was expanded to a full model line and replaced the Park Lane in the Mercury range.

In 1956, the Park Lane name was used by the Ford Division as it created a two door station wagon intended as a competitor for the Chevrolet Nomad. Based on the Ford Fairlane, the Ford Parklane (spelled as a single word) outsold the Nomad nearly two to one, though Ford marketers felt the vehicle had missed its target market; it was discontinued after its only year of production.

For the 1964 model year, the Mercury Park Lane made its return as the Mercury Division expanded its model line. Coinciding with Mercury's 25th Anniversary, the Park Lane again topped the Mercury line above the Monterey and newly reintroduced Montclair. In contrast to the previous generation, the Park Lane used the same wheelbase as other Mercury lines, differing primarily in trim. The listed retail price for the four door hardtop or four door hardtop fastback was US$3,413 ($ in dollars ) and a combined total of 6,060 were sold. As the highest priced, premium trim, many Park Lanes were fitted with the option of a "breezeway" retractable rear window that was first used on the Turnpike Cruiser and the 1958 1960 Continental. For 1964 the retractable rear window was installed in hardtop sedans with a reverse slant configuration as in previous versions. In addition, Mercury offered the Park Lane with a fastback roofline as part of Marauder option package (seen on any full sized Mercury); the fastback design proved popular on its Ford Galaxie 500 counterpart. The Mercury Colony Park station wagon was now aligned with the Park Lane model line. For 1965, the chassis of full sized Ford and Mercury cars were redesigned; the Mercury line was given a much more slab sided appearance due to the popularity of the 1965 Lincoln Continental. The front grille continued to offer twin headlights in a recessed part of the grille. The retractable rear window was no longer available on the hardtop body and were now only available on the sedan body style across all Mercury vehicles. For 1967, to complement the Mercury Marquis, which was only available as a two door hardtop, the Park Lane Brougham was introduced as an exclusive trim package of the already luxurious Park Lane on the sedan only. For an option on the Park Lane hardtop coupe and convertible models, the sedan and convertible introduced "yacht deck paneling" body trim which was essentially the same simulated woodgrain DI NOC used for the Colony Park station wagon; "yacht deck paneling" was a rarely ordered option. As the division redesigned its full sized line for 1969, the Marquis was expanded to a full model range, taking over the place of the Park Lane (the Brougham was largely replaced by the later Grand Marquis).

The Park Lane Brougham was the flagship Mercury model for 1967. Powerful and luxurious, it was offered as a four door sedan, or four door hardtop and was replaced by the Marquis as a two door hardtop coupe only for 1968 followed by the sedan in later years. The Brougham differentiated itself from the standard Park Lane by featuring "Twin Comfort Lounge" 50–50 split bench seats with deep foam padding and a unique thick box style cloth upholstery pleating, with matching upscale door panels with higher trim levels and pull straps, and unique ornamentation. The term "brougham" was traditionally used for horse drawn carriages then luxury sedans which accommodated a driver in a separate compartment from the passenger, also related to a town car. The Park Lane Brougham was the first Mercury to introduce a combination of front turn signals and parking lights that wrapped around the front edge of the fender that illuminated to the front and the side, expanding from an appearance introduced in 1966, and it was a feature that would be used by Ford products for several decades to follow. The Mercury "Breezeway" retractable rear window was available but was installed in the four door sedan only and not the four door hardtop, a distinction shared with the entry level Monterey and mid level Montclair. The 1967 sedan was listed at US$3,986 ($ in dollars ) and 3,325 were made while the hardtop was US$3,896 ($ in dollars ) and 4,189 were manufactured. In comparison to the 1967 Lincoln Continental it was listed at US$5,795 ($ in dollars ) and 32,331 found buyers.