Factory build sheet
2000 Mercury Grand Marquis GS
Build 2MEFM74W-Y · 4.6L 8cyl · Sedan
VIN positions 1 through 8 read 2MEFM74W and position 10 reads Y. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every Grand Marquis whose VIN starts 2MEFM74W and carries Y in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 1,571 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 1,571 known VINs
- 5 listed for sale now
Factory specification
As filed by Mercury with NHTSA for this build. Fields the filing does not record are left out entirely — a missing row means no recorded value, not a missing feature.
Engine
- Displacement
- 4.6 L
- Cylinders
- 8
- Configuration
- V-Shaped
- Engine manufacturer
- Ford
- Valve train
- Single Overhead Cam (SOHC)
- Horsepower
- 190 hp
- Fuel type
- Gasoline
Body & chassis
- Body class
- Sedan/Saloon
- NHTSA body type
- PASSENGER CAR
- Doors
- 4
- Manufacturer
- FORD MOTOR COMPANY OF CANADA, LTD.
Weight rating
- GVWR class
- Class 1
- GVWR
- 6,000 lb or less
Gross vehicle weight rating is the loaded ceiling set by the manufacturer, not the car's own weight.
What this build asks today
Asking prices of live dealer listings decoded to this exact configuration — narrower than the trim-level figure, because every car counted here shares the same engine, transmission and drivetrain.
$9,995 median asking price · 9 listings · as of Aug 30, 2026
Too few listings to publish a price range — with 9 cars on the market, the cheapest and the dearest are single cars, not a spread. The median above is what they ask in the middle.
The same build, other model years
Mercury used the VIN pattern 2MEFM74W for 8 model years. Nothing but the year changes between these pages, so the price gap between them is depreciation on an identical car.
- 1998 GS 4.6L 8cyl Sedan · 538 vehicles code W
- 1999 GS 4.6L 8cyl Sedan · 1,189 vehicles code X
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2000 You are here code Y $9,995
- 2001 GS 4.6L 8cyl Sedan · 1,401 vehicles code 1
- 2003 GS 4.6L 8cyl Sedan · 2,172 vehicles code 3 $3,400
- 2004 GS 4.6L 8cyl Sedan · 2,788 vehicles code 4 $8,595
- 2005 GS 4.6L 8cyl Sedan · 2,294 vehicles code 5 $6,595
- 2006 GS 4.6L 8cyl Sedan · 430 vehicles code 6
How this VIN pattern is read
A 17-character VIN carries two kinds of information: what was built, and which one it is. This page is the first kind — the nine highlighted positions.
| Positions | Characters | What they encode |
|---|---|---|
| 1–3 | 2ME | FORD MOTOR COMPANY OF CANADA, LTD. · World manufacturer identifier |
| 4–8 | FM74W | Model, body style, engine and restraint system |
| 9 | × | Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build |
| 10 | Y | Model year — 2000 |
| 11 | × | Assembly plant |
| 12–17 | ×××××× | Production sequence number, unique to each vehicle |
1,571 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to 2MEFM74W-Y shares the specification above.
- 1,571 Known VINs
- 5 Listed for sale now
- 9 Priced listings
- $9,995 Median asking
Cars are filed by a fixed rule based on the VIN, so a car never moves between groups.
Neighboring configurations
Other factory configurations of the Grand Marquis, each with its own build sheet. The set is fixed by the VIN patterns themselves, so it does not shuffle as prices or inventory move.
- 2000 LS 4.6L 8-cyl · Sedan saloon 2,412 vehicles · $5,495 median
- 2001 GS 4.6L 8-cyl · Sedan saloon 1,401 vehicles
- 2001 LS 4.6L 8-cyl · Sedan saloon 2,327 vehicles · $5,991 median
- 2003 GS 4.6L 8-cyl · Sedan saloon 2,172 vehicles · $3,400 median
- 2003 LS 4.6L 8-cyl · Sedan saloon 674 vehicles · $5,999 median
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Where this data comes from
Specification fields are decoded from the manufacturer's filings in the NHTSA vPIC database, keyed on VIN positions 1–8 and 10. We publish the filed values as they stand and leave out anything the filing does not record.
Prices are asking prices from 9 live dealer listings decoded to this build , last updated August 30, 2026 . They are what sellers ask, not what buyers paid.
Vehicle counts come from the 1,571 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.