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Topic starter
01/02/2026 11:50 pm
'60 DeSoto or Mercury?
Be sure to make your selection.
Of course, please “Reply” to share your comments.
If selection is greater than 2 rank them.
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John Bono
North Jersey
02/02/2026 4:43 am
The Mercury. Cleaner lines.
02/02/2026 5:45 am
More styling cues that I do not like on the Merc than on the DeSoto. DeSoto for me.
02/02/2026 6:03 am
Mercury for me although this is my favorite of the finned DeSotos.
02/02/2026 6:22 am
DeSoto. I love its looks.
Retired in Dunedin, Florida.
02/02/2026 7:13 am
Don't care for either one of them. But, I think the DeSoto looks better than the Mercury.
02/02/2026 8:47 am
Oh yeah, The DeSoto all the way. It looks like it could have made a cool Batmobile.😁 John, a carryover from yesterday, thank you for doing these for us daily, I too enjoy these.💯👍
02/02/2026 8:58 am
Two excellent choices. I vote for the Mercury for that elegant rear window and those near-iconic taillights.
John Kuvakas
Warrenton, VA
02/02/2026 9:14 am
DeSoto for me. Even though they were on the way out in 1960 I still liked fins.
Topic starter
02/02/2026 9:20 am
Geno, my pleasure!Oh yeah, The DeSoto all the way. It looks like it could have made a cool Batmobile.😁 John, a carryover from yesterday, thank you for doing these for us daily, I too enjoy these.💯👍
John Bono
North Jersey
02/02/2026 9:23 am
While I am not a fin fan, the DeSoto carries off the look well. I find the Mercury styling cues ‘off’ especially at the windshield, and it just looks too bulky.
02/02/2026 9:55 am
@david-green, you have great taste, but I see it exactly the opposite. To me, the DeSoto looks huge, and the Merc looks sleek. However, you make a good point about the windshield on the Mercury. I wonder what it would look like without that extended top edge.
John Kuvakas
Warrenton, VA
02/02/2026 10:13 am
MERCURY for me! Had it been up against the '60 Chrysler, I'd have voted a tie. I like the DeSoto, but it has just a little more "Bling" on it than the Chrysler does, so I go for the Sleek Mercury.
For the record, the '60 Mercury and '60 Chrysler are my personal two favorite cars for 1960, in what (in my opinion) was a very dismal year for styling from the Big Three automakers. Especially GM.
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
02/02/2026 10:54 am
I voted Desoto so sorry to see it go. Last of the fins. Mercury doesn’t really interest me until around 1964 or 65.
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