According to Bloomberg News, the demise of Mercury is imminent, pending only final approval by the board of directors of Ford in July.
Is anyone surprised?
Will anyone shed a tear for Mercury?
http://www.examiner.com/x-21840-New-England-Automotive-Examiner~y2010m5d28-Mercury-demise-imminent?cid=exrss-New-England-Automotive-Examiner
Here is a picture of the last Mercury I coveted:
(http://files.conceptcarz.com/img/Mercury/1958_mercury_voyager_02.jpg)
:sigh:
I will.
The great Mercury cars live on, as long as collectors and fans appreciate them. Ray, I have a couple of collector car shows on the calender in the next few months - I'll seek out some Oldsmobile's, Merc's and Edsel's, and get you as many good pics as I can.
The current Mercury cars are no greater nor worse that their Ford twins, but ask a higher purchase price. That's a shaky value proposition in a strong economy. Today, it's doomed
I always liked the 1967/68 Cougar
MG is right, the 57-59 Big M's were nice. And I miss this one especially.
Quote from: Allemano on May 28, 2010, 09:54:42 AM
I always liked the 1967/68 Cougar
Sweet!!!
(http://imcdb.org/images/153/777.jpg)
....indeed!
Mercury, I don't think it is really that much of a loss compared to say Oldsmobile from my view.
That could be, but I sold my 1949 Oldsmobile too!
Nice cars in their past the current (and recent) offerings have been redundant - not really offering anything that Ford couldn't. It was over due.
Harumph. I bet you said the same thing about Kaiser and Frazier! :P