The Mercury Legacy
Eighty-two years ago, a fledgling marine-engine company that would eventually become Mercury Marine is born when E. Carl Kiekhaefer purchases a bankrupt manufacturing company – including hundreds of flawed outboard engines – in tiny Cedarburg, Wisconsin. The rest, as they say, is history...
This year Mercury celebrates the 82nd anniversary of that historic date for the marine industry.
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Did You Know?
Carl Kiekhaefer owned a NASCAR® race team. Over the course of two years, his drivers won a combined 52 races and won the NASCAR Grand National championship both years.
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Did You Know?
Carl Kiekhaefer resigned as President of Kiekhaefer Mercury in 1969, and the name was changed to Mercury Marine. During this time, Mercury produced snowmobiles, like many other companies in the late 1960s. The first ones incorporated a 250 cc two-man chainsaw engine.
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Mercury Marine History
A Marriage of Legends: The Mercury Joint Effort with Corvette was Legendary
It was a marriage of performance legends when Mercury Marine was chosen to manufacture the LT-5 engine for the 1990 ZR-1 Corvette. That marriage produced an offspring, the “Wette Vette,” a 24-foot Baja 223 Bandit runabout powered by a marinized version of the LT-5.
“If you want something done right, do it yourself.”
Good neighbors around the globe
For 75 years, one thing more than any other has separated Mercury Marine from its competition – the people of Mercury Marine. The same spirit that drives Mercury employees to achieve great feats of engineering and workmanship also drives their desire to strengthen the communities where they live.