Starting in 2006, the mid-sized Milan was the entry level Mercury sedan, sharing its CD3 platform with the Ford Fusion and Lincoln MKZ.
It was available in I4 and V6 variants, with both powertrains sold in base, Premier, and AWD trim levels. While the bigger-motored version had the fairly snarly 221hp 3.0L Duratec 30, the I4 made do with the 160hp Duratec 23.
For the 2010 model year, the four-cylinder got a displacement and power bump to the 175hp 2.5L Duratec 25. A new model was also added, the Milan Hybrid. This car paired a 106hp AC motor with an Atkinson-cycle variant of the 2.5L Duratec four cylinder that made 156hp. These fed into an Aisin CVT to drive the front wheels.
When Car and Driver tested a well-optioned 2010 Milan Hybrid, they recorded an 8.5 second zero-to-sixty time and a 16.6 second quarter mile at 88mph through the traps. Not a bolt of lightning but more than adequate to keep up with traffic. Top speed was governed to 108.
Befitting its slightly more upmarket position than the Fusion, there was plenty of gingerbread available for the Milan and the test car had almost all of it, bringing the as-tested price to $33,075 (about $50,800 in current money.)
Only 2,884 Milan Hybrids were sold for the 2010-2011 model years before the Mercury division of FoMoCo was allowed to slip beneath the waves, making this Light Ice Blue Metallic example something of a rare bird.
It was photographed in September of 2026 with a Nikon D4 and a 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 VR zoom lens.
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