brakes, and 14" wheels. Optional equipment included a heater and defroster; air conditioning; signal-seeking radio; tinted glass; a choice of 4-way power front seat or the "Seat-O-Matic", which offered a rudimentary memory setting for the power front seat; an available third row seat; power windows; dual exhaust; and whitewall tires. The station wagon simulated woodgrain appearance continued, with mahogany with maple trim. Sales Second generation (1959-1960) For the 1959 model year, the Mercury Colony Park was now combined with all station wagons, called the "Country Cruiser" series, with the Commuter, Voyager and Colony Park as gradual trim packages. Following the introduction of the 1958 Mercury Park Lane, the Colony Park (and the rest of the Mercury line) extended its wheelbase to . Originally intended to share a chassis with the premium Edsel Corsair and Edsel Citation as the Edsel wagons were Ford-based, including the woodgrain Edsel Bermuda, the Mercury division was left with its own chassis for 1959 when Edsel was abruptly cancelled due to underwhelming sales and market acceptance. Also, the Colony Park shared its 322 hp Marauder V8 with the Montclair and Monterey. The 1959 Colony Park was listed with a retail price of US$3,932 ($ in dollars ) and manufactured 5,929, making surviving examples somewhat rare. For 1960, the 430 V8 made its return. In place of the 400 hp Super Marauder triple-carburetor version, a single 4-barrel carburetor was fitted, reducing output down to 310 hp; this engine was shared with Lincoln, Continental, and the Ford Thunderbird so as to accommodate towing a camping trailer, which saw a rise in popularity. As with the previous generation, both engines were paired with the Merc-O-Matic 3-speed automatic transmission, but the previous keyboard control was discontinued and used a steering column gear selector lever. Sales Third generation (1961–1964) Following the closure of the Edsel division during the 1960 model year, Ford product planners scrambled to build to a better business case for both Lincoln and Mercury divisions. To decrease its production costs, Mercury ended its use of a division-specific chassis and streamlined its product range, with full-size sedans reduced largely to the Monterey. Mercury station wagon nameplates remained the same, with the Commuter differentiated from the Colony Park by its lack of wood-grain trim and higher level of optional equipment as standard. In following with the compact Mercury Comet, all full-size 1961 Mercury lines began production using Ford bodywork and