Mercury Marine

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Mercury Marine is a manufacturer of outboard motors under the Mercury brand and inboard motors under the MerCruiser brand .

Mercury 6-cylinder two-stroke engine 1984 in Brodenbach

Company history

The company was founded in 1939 and is now a subsidiary of the Brunswick Corporation (USA). It was named by its founder Carl Kiekhaefer after the Roman messenger of the gods Mercurius (English Mercury ).

During the Second World War, the company also produced two-man chainsaws and became the largest manufacturer. Mercury Marine is now a leading manufacturer of marine engines .

Outboard motors

Mercury outboard motor (mobile, 50 hp, circa 1980)

According to the rules of the "EPA" and the "Recreational Craft Directive", new boat engines must a. comply with certain exhaust gas limit values. This is not possible with conventional carburetor technology in two-stroke engines. Mercury manufactures both two-stroke gasoline injection (EFI) and four-stroke engines.

Engine program 2009

  • 1-cylinder engines (four-stroke) with 1.9 / 2.6 / 2.9 / 3.7 / 4.9 kW (2.5 / 3.5 / 4/5/6 PS)
  • 2-cylinder in-line engines (four-stroke) with 5.9 / 7.3 / 11.1 / 14.9 kW (8 / 9.9 / 15/20 PS)
  • 3-cylinder in-line engines (four-stroke) with 18.6 / 23.4 kW (25/30 PS)
  • 3-cylinder in-line engines (two-stroke) with 55.2 / 66.2 / 84.6 kW (75/90/115 PS)
  • 4-cylinder in-line engines (four-stroke) with 30/37/44/56/67/86/101/112/130/149 kW (40/50/60/75/90/115/135/150/175/200 PS )
  • 6-cylinder V-engines (60 °) (two-stroke) with 130/147/168/187/224 kW (175/200/225/250/300 PS)
  • 6-cylinder in-line engines (four-stroke) with 149/168/186/205/263 kW (200/225/250/275/350 PS)

The 2.5 liter two-stroke engine is used in Formula 1 motorboat racing.

Inboard engines

MerCruiser sterndrives

MerCruiser offers both inboard engines and sterndrives (brand name: Sterndrive).

Engine program 2009

  • 4-cylinder in-line engines (petrol) with 101 kW (135 PS)
  • 6-cylinder V-engines (petrol) with 142/164 kW (190/220 PS)
  • 8-cylinder V-engines (petrol) with 164 to 895 kW (220 to 1200 PS)

Since May 2012 Mercury Marine has been selling the SDI and TDI boat engines from Volkswagen worldwide in an exclusive partnership with Volkswagen .

Web links

Commons : Mercury Marine  - Collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ United States Environmental Protection Agency
  2. ↑ Directive 94/25 / EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approximation of the legal and administrative regulations of the member states relating to pleasure craft