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Ford Terminates Mercury Brand, Expands Lincoln Lineup with Focus on Fuel Efficiency

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Ford Motor Company said it will. end production of Mercury vehicles in the fourth quarter of this year to fully devote its financial, product development, production and marketing, sales and service resources toward further growing its core Ford brand while enhancing the Lincoln brand. in 2005 to 6.3%

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Ford Produces 100,000th Hybrid

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Ford Motor Company has produced its 100,000th hybrid SUV and used the milestone to restate its commitment to ramping up production of hybrid vehicles this year. Ford began sales the Ford Escape hybrid in 2004, followed by the Mariner Hybrid in 2005.

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

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Ford spent a lot of money and a lot of time on the development of the MN12 platform. 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. & [Images: seller , Ford] Become a TTAC insider.

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Ford to Invest Additional $450M in Michigan for Hybrid and Plug-in Vehicle Production; Battery System Design and Development to Be In-House Core Competency

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Ford Motor Company will invest an additional $450 million in its electric vehicle plan, paving the way to build its next-generation hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicle vehicles in Michigan beginning in 2012. Ford Executive Chairman Bill Ford made the announcement at the end of the first day of the media preview of the Detroit Auto Show.

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ISU study finds large potential for biobased materials in auto industry, but with challenges

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Because SUVs and trucks have a large number of parts, the authors suggested, they are good candidates to be the vehicle types with the largest amount of biobased material on a part number basis. The 2010 Ford Flex’s third-row interior storage bins contained 20% wheat straw biofiller. General Motors.

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GM’s rosy year-end figures obscure the fact that legacy automakers are in deep trouble – Charged EVs

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GM edged out fellow brontosaurus Toyota to take the #1 spot in US sales, and also scored #1 in sales of SUVs and trucks. For one company (particularly one with controversial policies and a mercurial leader) to dominate the electric car market is bad news for consumers. There’s more , but why pile on?

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

The Truth About Cars

Ford was well aware in the Eighties how the two-door market (especially at the luxury end) was in flux. There were simply fewer coupe buyers as Americans ran to minivans and the earliest family-friendly SUVs. Ford felt such a development was required in order for the new coupes to be taken seriously.

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