Meteor was a brand of
automobiles offered for sale by
Ford in
Canada from the
1949
to the
1976 model years. The name was retired for the 1962 and 1963
model years, when the mid-size Mercury Meteor was available. It
succeeded the
Mercury 114, a Canadian-market Mercury based on the
Ford - thus the "114" for the wheelbase.
The word 'Meteor' usually appeared on the bonnet and was considered a marque, rather than a model, in Canada. It complemented Mercury and gave Canadian Mercury-Lincoln dealers a car to sell in the low-price market, against Ford, Chevrolet, and Plymouth. Similarly, Canadian Ford dealers had the Monarch, a car based on the Mercury. The Meteor generally ran 4th in overall sales, behind Chevrolet, Pontiac and Ford.