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Mercury Tracer coming next year
 I am certain that those of you living in the United States are way aware of the history and range of models of the Mercury brand, but usually people living outside the U.S. think of either a chemical element or a planet when they hear the word Mercury, or in some fortunate cases of the Roman god (if they went to school). Thus, I will make a short introduction for the Mercury company. Mercury has been founded in 1939 by Edsel Ford, son of Henry Ford (the founder of Ford) and currently has its headquarters in Dearborn, Michigan. Being founded by the son of Henry ...
Tags: tracer, focus, mercury, next, year, 2011, 2012, ford
RM Auction for Nick Alexander Woodie Collection
 RM Auctions is pleased to announce an additional sale date dedicated to the private `Nick Alexander Collection` of Ford and Mercury `woodie` station wagons to its annual `Sports & Classics of Monterey` auction event August 13-15, 2009One of the most historically significant collections of pre- and post-war wood-bodied station wagons ever assembled will be offered at RM Auctions` Sports & Classics of Monterey event August 13-15, 2009, at the Portola Plaza Hotel, Monterey, California.The offering of the distinguished Nick Alexander Collection will see RM Auctions extend its annual, highly-anticipated Sports & Classics of Monterey event to three days this year, with all the auction action ...
Tags: monterey, nick-alexander, woodie, collection, wagons, cars-auction, rmaucto
Ford`s sales in July up 9% due to Cash for Clunkers program. Ford hybrid sales - up a fabulous 323 %
 Ford announced today that the fuel-efficient cars demand alongside the Cars Allowance Rebate System of the government (Cash for Clunkers) really helped this Dearborn manufacturer post this year the 1st sales raise of any important carmaker.Mercury Lincoln and Ford retail sales are up in July with 9 % having 158,838 total of sales. 'We had another strong month in progress before the ‘Cash for Clunkers’ program started' stated Ken Czubay, the Ford vice president, American Marketing, Sales and Service. 'Our products, our dealers and our advance preparation enabled us to leverage the program and drive traffic and sales to another level. In addition, ...
Tags: ford, sales, july, cash, clunkers, hybrid
Ford stabilizing brand market share, raising Lincoln share
 Jim Farley, the marketing chief at Ford says he expects the core brand of the automaker market share stabilizing this year - plus, thanks to some recent introductions about the product, Lincoln could now see uptick from the present 0.8 % market share. The department's market share of Ford has seen the steady decrease, this over the previous 2 decades to the present 12.7 %.15 years ago the sales of Lincoln, Mercury and Ford made up 25.7 % of overall car sales in America. Last year, the number was 14.4 %, down with 0.4 % from '07. “We think we have a really good chance ...
Tags: ford, market, share, lincoln, sales, down, detroit
EPA rating Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan Hybrids - 41 city mpg
 The Environmental Protection Agency certified the Mercury Milan Hybrids and Ford Fusion 2010 at 41 mpg - city and 36 mpg - highway, the agency and Ford announced recently. These figures give the sedans from Ford the highest city / highway economy of fuel in the class, with 8 mpg over the ex class-leader Camry hybrid by Toyota in the city, 2 mpg on highway.When Milan and the Fusion go this spring on sale, they will be carrying a certification of 41/36. The Milan Hybrids and Fusion rate actually one mpg above the Honda Civic smaller hybrid for driving in the city too. The Ford ...
Tags: ford, fusion, mercury, milan, epa, hybrid
Mercury and Lincoln complementing each other
 Despite some earlier reports, Mercury (Ford`s brand) will not be facing the axe but will be getting instead more new cars, but they will be entry-level, smaller, but premium autos and crossover models that will be complementing the Lincoln brand name, say the senior executives. So, the Lincoln smallest offer will be the mid-sized sedan units, with Mercury that's offering now smaller cars, including a vehicle based on next-generation Ford Focus, this due to coming in 2010 to North America.“Mercury and Lincoln will complement each other,” Derrick Kuzak, the global product chief at Ford, said recently in Detroit News. “Lincoln will start with midsized sedans ...
Tags: mercury, lincoln, ford, ecoboost
A second round of recalls at Ford
 Ford announced a second recall round for some Ford, Mercury and Lincoln cars. Ford has recalled already the same batch of autos for damaged wiring harnesses, but some of the all new harnesses have a damaged fuse, which don`t offer enough short circuit protection.The original recall involved 225,000 autos — including the 1992-2003 Econoline vans, Ford 1992-98 Crown Victoria/Mercury Grand Marquis sedans, Bronco SUVs 1993, F-series 1995-97 stripped chassis trucks, the 1993-95 Taurus SHO sedans, Town Car 1992-95 sedans, and F series1993 trucks — but the newest recall will be covering `only a small percentage of the total population of vehicles that were initially recalled` ...
Tags: ford, recall, mercury, lincoln, taurus
Mercury Mariner VOGA edition 2008
 Mercury continues to push fashion-forward design, featuring a new runway-inspired series production named VOGA. It`s literally translated `fashionable and trend-setting` VOGA hits today primetime at the South Florida International Auto Show, introducing on a 2008 Mercury Mariner. `Mercury always has been about smart and contemporary design aimed at the style-conscious customer who appreciates a unique look` says Peter Horbury, the executive director, Design, The Americas. `At a time when stores like IKEA and the concept driving Design Within Reach are influencing our choices of style, the Mercury brand and the new VOGA theme, in particular, are ideal for satisfying customers` desires for even more expressive ...
Tags: mercury, mariner, voga, edition, 2008
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