On Thu, 16 Sep 2010 17:49:27 -0400, Tony Harding wrote:

On 09/15/10 18:36, zzzzzzzzzz wrote:
On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 08:32:00 -0600, Joe wrote:

z writes:

On Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:03:41 -0400, Yousuf
wrote:

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You mean like GM with all of its brand names that have had to be
hatcheted down? Goodbye Oldsmobile, so long Pontiac, never knew ya
Saturn, and good riddance Hummer. Or Chrysler and its Plymouth brand,
and Ford and its Mercury brand.

What happened to Mercury? It was there this morning.

http://www.mercuryvehicles.com/

For has announced that Mercury is being discontinued; I don't remember
the timetable. Like Plymouth, it's been pretty much on life support for
years and they're now turning off the machine.

Actually, as I look around, Ford appears to have abandoned the high-end
American luxury market to Cadillac and moved Lincoln down into the
former Mercury territory, so Mercury becomes pretty much redundant.

Ah, I hadn't heard that. Thanks. A friend has an LM dealership. I bet he's
not happy.

If he still has a dealership, he might be ecstatic.

How so? It's going to be rough existing on only Lincolns. The market is
quite small and ageing fast.