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Rare Rides Icons: The Lincoln Mark Series Cars, Feeling Continental (Part XLIII)

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An intentional move on the company’s part, the plan was to catch a more elevated customer than those persuaded by the Fox body trio: Ford Thunderbird, Mercury Cougar, and Lincoln Mark VII. Worth a quick comparison, the equivalent Thunderbird weighed 3,536 pounds with a V6 engine or 3,725 with the V8.

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JATO Dyanmics Finds Overall Light-Duty Vehicle CO2 Improvement of 2.8% from 2008 to 2009, Based on EPA Data

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Historical comparisons are complicated following changes in the EPAs methodology for 2008 which suggests an increase in CO 2 , versus previous years, although this was nothing to do with manufacturer or consumer action, JATO said. David Mitchell, President JATO Dyanmics Americas.

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Final session on international mercury convention this week expected to culminate in agreement; UNEP Global Mercury Assessment 2013 finds industrial source Hg emissions may be rising

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Comparison of Hg emissions in 2005 and 2010, by selected sector and region. The fifth and final session of negotiations on the establishment of an international mercury convention—International Negotiating Committee on Mercury (INC5)—is taking place this coming week in Geneva. Source: UNEP. Click to enlarge.

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Reported US Sales of Hybrids Up 21% in November; New Vehicle Market Share of 2.7%

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Overall light-duty vehicle sales were essentially flat for the month, according to figures from Autodata, with 746,928 units sold in November 2009, compared to 746,789 units in November 2008. new light-duty vehicle market share. All comparisons here are by volume, not by adjusted selling rate. Reported US sales of hybrids.

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Reported US Sales of Hybrids Up 11.4% in October Year-on-Year; 2.9% New Vehicle Share for the Month

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All comparisons here are by total volume, not by daily selling rate. Overall light-duty vehicle sales were essentially flat in October, according to figures from Autodata, with 838,052 units sold compared to 838,156 units in October 2008. Reported hybrid sales as a percentage of total new light vehicle sales by automaker, October 2009.

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Reported US Hybrid Sales Up 42% in December, Down 7.5% for CY 2009; New Vehicle Market Share of 2.8% for CY 2009

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Overall, light duty vehicle sales rose 15.1% December 2009 had 28 selling days vs. 26 days in December 2008; all comparisons here are by volume, not by adjusted day sales rate. December sales of all light-duty vehicles reached 187,860 units, an increase of 32.3% Reported hybrid sales as a percentage of OEM light vehicle sales.

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Reported Sales of US Hybrids Up 48.6% in August; 3.07% Market Share

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Overall sales of light duty vehicles in the US rose 1% to 1,261,977 units in August, according to figures from Autodata. All comparisons here are by volume, not adjusted for the daily selling rate.). month-to-month in August; sales of all light-duty vehicles jumped 26.5%. Mercury Milan sales were 3,844, up 112%.

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