First outboard for me as a young kid in Florida, was a 1976 9.8 Mercury! I was approx 10 years old!! Had a 12 foot aluminum v hull!! Engine logged thousands of hours!! As kids we ran it WOT 98% of the time! Had a launch behind the house, we used the engine to literally blow a channel up into the boat launch contraption! Lol! Had to continually do this! Sand,rocks, shells you could actually see the engine shuddering as debris was spewed out!! We sank this engine numerous times as well as a result of being young and careless!! Dad would have it running again within an hour with some fresh water and wd40!! We logged more hours than the OMC test boats on the St.lucie river!!! This engine was donated (running) to a local school!! Had great experience with 115 mercury and also late 80 200 black max!! All screamers would smoke any modern engine in class hands down!!!

Awsome Video, I'm a retired Marina owner and Certified Master Technician for Mercury and MerCruiser. I have been to Fond du Lac several times during the years I owned for schooling but never had the chance to see the manufacturing process . I still think Mercury is the Best outboard ever made . P.S. I'm 80 years old and still have a small repair shop and still repairing Mercury's and MerCruiser's.

This was very interesting. Back in the '70s I got a hold of my father-in-law's 23' I/O that he allowed a cold winter in Tacoma freeze up and shatter the iron block of the Chevy 4 cylinder, Mercury used back then. He had it completely rebuilt the previous summer, so I bought what was called a "fitted block" out of Mexico. The stern-drive was so early you had to pull it up manually. A friend of mine asked why I was so picky with restoring everything legit. I told him a boat is one-down from a plane in the need to function. He didn't with his boat and got stranded, but he learned a lesson. This video shows Mercury feels as I do, even though my old boat is now long gone. KL

Precision; special. thanks.

I am living in INDIA IT IMPRESSED ME A LOT GO ON MERCURY MARINE SUPERB ENGINE

Awesome video. Currently running a 1986 tower of power 6 cylinder 90 horse runs like a champ.

Looking foward to my New 2022 75 ELPT for my old 89 Mirrocraft, expected delivery spring 2022. My 89 50hp mercury finally died and decided to go brand new.

love my merc

Supercharged !

VERY GOOD

I have a new 115 2.1 Fourstroke. I no longer miss the 2 Strokes.

Love my merc.

And they also made the LT5 engine for the Corvette ZR1 from 1990-1995.

This is top notch factory,they should make car engine s in there downtime,if they have any,up there with Honda for engineering

I like how they fancy up powder coating

We have a 250 ProXS 2-Stroke on our Triton. I just wish we had the new V8 because that thing sounds mean!

Verado owner here! Will never go back 👍🏼

"Rooling back the waters power like speak the word in existence ministry "

8:33 the legendary 2.5 v6! Too bad they don't still make those.

So where did the name “Mercury” come from?

Hola donde concigo piesa para un mercury 40

but how many of the motors are actually made in fondy, i know mine wasnt but its still been great to me

I dont know how any one could build a better out board engine with the resources they have.

Hello my name is abubakar said from Tanzania. I like Mercury marine. So your talent fo me. I want support

Where can i get parts for my 1968 65hp 4 cylinder mercury outboard s/n 189....

Is it true that you currently can not get the 2022 Mercury 115 Pro XS

Why don't they show their plant in CHINA????!!! Must not be that proud of it.

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Why is my 2006 Mercury 60hp 4 stroke made in CHINA????!!!!! Did not know this until after I bought it. I guess the dealer forgot to mention this. I wish I had bought a Honda.

Would you be interested interested in sponsoring a kids soccer team here in a small town on the coast of Western Australia 🇦🇺 the bigger town next to us has marinas all over the place we're right on the coast next to a main inlet I'm sure you'll get great exposure in the local and state areas prob out there idea of mine but it doesn't hurt too ask

Dont get me wrong, mercs are great motors, I own a 1973 Merc 85hp (850) runs like a champ, but now anything under 75hp is made overseas, so I would get another brand if you are looking for a motor under 75hp. BUt anything above, is great!

Can anyone see a plant Tour? How about 10 time Dealer Congress Members? Number one North American Dealers multi-year? Dad would love to do it I bet....Let me know.

Made by Tohatsu, up to which hp I’m not certain..Buy a Tohatsu for half the cost and put Merc stickers on it. Same same!!

At 4min, Straight Six heads for what engine??

600 hp now

They must have a small lunch room.

American made 🇺🇸

e o melhor motor do mundo NÃO manutenções

ok

To bad they closed my plant in stillwater

I own a 1986 merc 60 horse two stroke out board is this considered a good engine my mechanic says it will last last and last is this true all the tests show that this engine has hardly been used I hope it wasn't made in communist china !!

The video details say 2014, but the hosts's hair says mid 90s :-P

Sorry to say but made in China is getting better and better.

This is all good BUT: obviously you have planned badly or someone has mismanaged the 2019 production of the V8 250 Pro XS!! I’m told by multiple dealers, who are very upset with Merc too, and several that sell 600+ motors per year, that I will have to wait for up to a YEAR to re-motor my Champion 201. Frankly, this is BS. I feel bad for small business dealers who are losing $ as we consumers simply go to a Yamaha or other. Don’t want to but might. Obviously you choose to supply Johnny Morris and Ranger/Tracker and other manufacturers but not us. What gives and why the BS answers??

the 'precised' (miss)aligned sticker placement was rather poor workmanship...

Products not prodicts. Merc-u-ry not Merc-er-ry. Employees not employs. Capable not capble. Marrying not mareing. Fond du Lac not Fondlack. Robots not robutts.

Mercury Makes a good Motor, but certainly not great, $500 to $1000 per year average in repairs for my 150 hp Optimax.

This where the most unreliable and poorly warrantied outboard motors in the world come from. YAY! Mercury your 1.2 star consumer reports rating is well deserved!

Just bought a new Ranger RT178, with a Mercury 60 four stroke. And to be honest the last Mercury I will ever buy. Your Idiot Break in requirement You Idiots you should break in your motors at the factory! 🇱🇷

Mercury JUNK. Only think a merc is good for would be to melt down for beer cans.

www.finishingtalk.com/community/user-uploads/skip/Electrodeposition%20Painting.jpg. I used to build these Electrodeposition paint tanks.