Bye, Bye, Mercury

[MG]

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:

[Ray B.]

 
I will.

[Otto Puzzell]

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

[Allemano]

I always liked the 1967/68 Cougar

[Ray B.]

MG is right, the 57-59 Big M's were nice. And I miss this one especially.

[Ultra]

I always liked the 1967/68 Cougar

Sweet!!!

[Allemano]

....indeed!

[DeAutogids.nl]

Mercury, I don't think it is really that much of a loss compared to say Oldsmobile from my view.

[Ray B.]

That could be, but I sold my 1949 Oldsmobile too!

[Arthur Dent]

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.

[MG]

Harumph. I bet you said the same thing about Kaiser and Frazier!