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Ford to End Mercury Brand This Year, Expand Lincoln
businessweek ^ | June 02, 2010 | Keith Naughton

Posted on 06/02/2010 5:42:28 PM PDT by JoeProBono

Ford Motor Co., after selling its European brands, said it will discontinue its 71-year-old Mercury brand by the end of the year and expand its Lincoln lineup with a new small car. Ford’s board voted today to cease production of all four of Mercury’s models in the fourth quarter, Mark Fields, the automaker’s president of the Americas, told reporters. Ford will send letters to 1,712 Mercury dealers this week offering them buyouts and giving some the chance to merge the Lincoln half of their franchise with Ford showrooms, he said.

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KEYWORDS: capri; cougar; ford; fordmercury; grandmarquis; lincoln; lincolnmercury; mercury; tracer
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To: mnehring
Try This:

Mercury 1979

21 posted on 06/02/2010 6:06:34 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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To: al baby

1988 Rambo Lambo for a Cool $114,888!


22 posted on 06/02/2010 6:07:56 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: JoeProBono

Nice Merc except for that God awful purple color.


23 posted on 06/02/2010 6:09:59 PM PDT by calex59
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To: JoeProBono

I love mercs..only Lincoln I owned was a lemmon.


24 posted on 06/02/2010 6:12:52 PM PDT by dalebert
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To: calex59

25 posted on 06/02/2010 6:14:15 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: buccaneer81

26 posted on 06/02/2010 6:22:31 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

I was going to post “good riddance, and tell them to take that horrible country song with them,” and then you had to post the video of it. Just cut my ears off now...


27 posted on 06/02/2010 6:26:23 PM PDT by Gil4 (Sometimes it's not low self-esteem - it's just accurate self-assessment.)
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To: Gil4

LOL!


28 posted on 06/02/2010 6:27:07 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer ("A Republic, If You Can Keep It" - Benjamin Franklin)
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To: al baby

IBTLaz...

I’d definately hit it, if she didn’t hit me first!


29 posted on 06/02/2010 6:37:00 PM PDT by meyer (Big government is the enemy of freedom.)
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To: JoeProBono

I think the new Hawaii 5-O has McGarrett driving a new Mustang... or maybe it's a Prius?

Makes the panda cry.

30 posted on 06/02/2010 7:15:31 PM PDT by Rodamala
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