Archive for 'Mercury'
Ford Payment Protection Plan Ends June 1
Posted on 26. May, 2009 by admin.
In April, Ford announced a plan to pay your car payments for up to a year if you lost your job. The company called it Payment Protection, and the plan ends June 1.
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Sync Upgrade Adds More Features
Posted on 20. May, 2009 by admin.
The new Ford Sync adds two very cool new features. In addition to controlling your entertainment options, the system will add audio traffic updates and voice-activated directions as you drive
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Last Mercury Sable to roll off line Thursday
Posted on 18. May, 2009 by admin.
As General Motors sacrifices and sells off about half of its brand portfolio and Chrysler downsizes through bankruptcy, Ford has stayed above the fray. But with the end of production of the Mercury Sable coming this Thursday, talk of the brand's potential demise has come back to life.
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Ford has no plans to consolidate Lincoln and Mercury dealers
Posted on 18. May, 2009 by admin.
Ford's more luxury oriented brands, Lincoln and Mercury, are often sold alongside each other in the same dealerships. But while Ford was previously encouraging certain Lincoln and Mercury dealers to consider also selling lesser Blue Oval models, company execs now want to keep most of its Lincoln and Mercury dealers exclusively selling the upmarket models – especially in metro areas. Ford is tipped to be in the process of selecting around 50 markets in which to keep Ford-branded vehicles out of its luxury dealerships
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Bikes Defeat Cars in San Jose Race
Posted on 15. May, 2009 by admin.
Bike to Work, an organization in San Jose, Calif., held its sixth annual Commuter Race, which pits riders of a hybrid bicycle, a regular bicycle and a tandem bike against a Toyota Prius and Zenn all-electric car. The treasure hunt-style race usually takes around half an hour, and in this case all three bikers beat the cars by considerable amounts — as much as 10-20 minutes
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2008 Audi TT 2.0T Convertible Review
Posted on 30. Jun, 2008 by admin.
I drove the Audi TT 2.0T Convertible prepared to hate it.
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Crown Victoria Review
Posted on 09. Jul, 2007 by admin.
If cars were ordered by the foot, then the Ford Crown Victoria is exactly what you’d get if you walked into a Ford dealer and said “I’d like 17.6 feet of car please.” Other than length, Ford’s fleet-duty work horse has absolutely no outstanding features what-so-ever and very few features worth mentioning. Still, the Crown Vic and its panther playmates (the Mercury Grand Marquis and Lincoln Town Car) are perennial favorites among fleet buyers and, uh, fleet buyers. In fact, in anticipation of its removal from the retail field of battle, the Ford website doesn’t even list the Crown Victoria under “passenger cars.” Should they?
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Mercury Milan Review
Posted on 11. Jun, 2007 by admin.
Milan is the fashion capital of Italy.
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Acura TSX Review
Posted on 06. Apr, 2007 by admin.
Badge engineering is the bane of the pistonhead’s existence.
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Mercury Montego Review
Posted on 16. Mar, 2007 by admin.
My parents' first new car was a 1970 Montego coupe. They liked it so much they added a Montego sedan to the ranks-- just in time to transport this nascent pistonhead home from the hospital
