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

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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. Of Ford Motor Company’s 16% market share in the US, Mercury accounts for 0.8

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Infiniti Details a Quartet of New Vehicles

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This fastback is promised as the brand’s first all-electric model, an interesting tack given the market’s insatiable appetite for SUVs and crossovers. We’ll reiterate that Mercury was way ahead of the game 40 years ago with its light bar on the original Sable. Speaking of, Infiniti also promises a Vision QXe in due course.

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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. In 2003 the InTech appeared in its only SUV usage, as the motivator of the new and doomed Lincoln Aviator.

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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. The current models of the Ford Escape Hybrid SUV and Mercury Mariner Hybrid SUV deliver 34 mpg US city driving, 31 mpg US highway.

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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. Tesla stans may see Big Auto’s failure as cause for celebration.

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Tesla’s updated Model 3 and Model Y Owner’s Manual hints at ventilated seats

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While ventilated seats are among the features that distinguish the flagship Model S sedan and Model X SUV from the mainstream Model 3 and Model Y, Tesla does have a tendency to introduce some of its flagship vehicles’ features to its mass-market cars. Don’t hesitate to contact us with news tips.

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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. Soy-foam headliners were put in place for the 2010 Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner.