In 1942 the Mercury Eight's Running boards were now completely concealed under flared door bottoms and slender bullet parking lights were replaced with rectangular units placed high on the fenders inboard of the headlights. The grille became flat and wide and looked more like that of the Lincoln-Zephyr and Continental. The "Eight" script was removed, however an "8" appeared at the top of the grille center.

The instrument panel now had two identical circles for speedometer and clock with gauges to the left of the speedometer, a glove compartment to the right of the clock, and a large radio speaker cover in the center. Horsepower was increased to 100. Mercury's biggest engineering news for 1942 was "Liquamatic," Ford's first semiautomatic transmission.

Mercury production for the short war-shortened 1942 model year totaled only 1,902. Output was halted in February of that year.

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