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. Fords board voted today to cease production of all four of Mercurys models in the fourth quarter, Mark Fields, the automakers 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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1988 Rambo Lambo for a Cool $114,888!
Nice Merc except for that God awful purple color.
I love mercs..only Lincoln I owned was a lemmon.
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...
LOL!
IBTLaz...
I’d definately hit it, if she didn’t hit me first!
I think the new Hawaii 5-O has McGarrett driving a new Mustang... or maybe it's a Prius?
Makes the panda cry.
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