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01-03-2011, 07:43 AM
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The process of shutting down the Mercury (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/mercury/) is complete. Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/make/ford/) officially made the decision to close its mid-level brand in June of 2010 (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/06/02/ford-kills-mercury-to-expand-lincoln/). In the months that followed, Ford offered its dealers money (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/06/04/ford-offering-dealers-up-to-200k-to-stop-selling-mercury/) to stop selling the cars, with production shutting down in September (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/07/12/mercury-production-to-cease-in-late-september/). The last Mercury, a Mariner (http://www.autoblog.com/model/mariner), rolled off the assembly line in the beginning of October (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/10/04/report-last-mercury-for-retail-business-to-be-built-on-sunday/) and former spokesperson Jill Wagner said her good-byes to both the car and her job (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/11/17/jill-wagner-officially-retired-as-mercury-spokeswoman/). Now the last piece of the brand has come down as dealers are removing any and all Mercury signage from their lots.
[Source: Detroit News (http://detnews.com/article/20110101/AUTO01/101010320/1148/rss25)]Curtain officially comes down on Mercury as dealers remove signage (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/01/03/curtain-officially-comes-down-on-mercury-as-dealers-remove-signa/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Mon, 03 Jan 2011 09:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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The process of shutting down the Mercury (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/mercury/) is complete. Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/make/ford/) officially made the decision to close its mid-level brand in June of 2010 (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/06/02/ford-kills-mercury-to-expand-lincoln/). In the months that followed, Ford offered its dealers money (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/06/04/ford-offering-dealers-up-to-200k-to-stop-selling-mercury/) to stop selling the cars, with production shutting down in September (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/07/12/mercury-production-to-cease-in-late-september/). The last Mercury, a Mariner (http://www.autoblog.com/model/mariner), rolled off the assembly line in the beginning of October (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/10/04/report-last-mercury-for-retail-business-to-be-built-on-sunday/) and former spokesperson Jill Wagner said her good-byes to both the car and her job (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/11/17/jill-wagner-officially-retired-as-mercury-spokeswoman/). Now the last piece of the brand has come down as dealers are removing any and all Mercury signage from their lots.
[Source: Detroit News (http://detnews.com/article/20110101/AUTO01/101010320/1148/rss25)]Curtain officially comes down on Mercury as dealers remove signage (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/01/03/curtain-officially-comes-down-on-mercury-as-dealers-remove-signa/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Mon, 03 Jan 2011 09:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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