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Buying American: Its In the Numbers (and Letters)
The All-American Impala: Made in Canada During President Obama’s press conference last week when he announced that Chrylser would file for Chapter 11, he asked Americans that if they were looking to...
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Report: Ford Wants To Kill Off Mercury This Summer
Mercury‘s glory days are long over, with the brand lacking anything exciting or unique since the muscle car era. With the Grand Marquis scheduled to die alongside its customer base, and every other...
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Ford Fusion, Mercury Milan Being Investigated for Toyota-Like Floor Mat Issues
Ford‘s Fusion sedan and Mercury Milan are currently under investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) for accessory floor mats that can become stuck. The investigation...
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Five Ford Vehicles Chosen As Top Safety Picks By IIHS
Ford announced today that five of their vehicles have been selected as Top Safety Picks By The IIHS, boosting their total to 11 vehicles. The 2010 Ford Flex and Fusion, Lincoln MKZ and MKT and the...
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Mercury Beats Lincoln Sales In June
The taste of irony must be bitter for Ford Motor Co, as its dying Mercury division outsold Lincoln, Ford’s luxury division, in the month of June. Mercury sales were up 26.2% compared to June, 2009,...
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Consumers Reports Compiles List Of Cars Still Available With Manual Transmission
Car and Driver’s campaign to “Save the Manuals” campaign is spreading, with Consumers Reports doing their part for the movement by compiling a comprehensive list of all new cars available with a...
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Last Mercury for Retail Sale to be Built This Sunday, October 10
It’s official. Ford has announced that production of Mercury vehicles for retail customers will end on Sunday, October 10 this year. It’s not entirely the end of Merc manufacturing – vehicles will...
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Mercury Name Disappears From Showrooms As Brand Officially Dies
After 71 years of acting as Ford’s middle child, the final nail in the Mercury coffin was pounded in, as dealers removed all remnants of Mercury logos and signs from their dealerships, marking the end...
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Ford Recalling 128,616 Fusions, Mercury Milans, For Wheel Defect
After encountering 30 incidents involving cracked wheel studs and steel wheels separating from the vehicles, Ford will be recalling 128,616 2010 and 2011 Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan sedans to fix...
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Top 10 Cheapest Vehicles to Insure for Teens
Insurance isn’t kind to teenage drivers. Rates are usually double the price of experienced drivers. Luckily CarInsure.com has provided a list of the top 10 best vehicles to insure for teenagers. The...
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Ford Unintended Acceleration Probe Upgraded by NHTSA
Unintended acceleration is an ugly phrase to throw around in the automotive world after the scandal that involved Toyota in 2009 and 2010. While considerably less publicized, Ford is under the...
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Lincoln MKZ Added to Ford Floor Mats Probe
A couple of years ago, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened a probe on the Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan for the possibility of unintended acceleration due to unsecured or stacked...
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Top 10 Most Fuel Efficient Used Cars
Fuel economy is a major purchase consideration for new-vehicle shoppers; in fact it’s the No. 1 thing they look for in a car or truck. Consumers continue to demand ever greater mileage, and so does...
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Ford Vehicles Recalled for Floor Mat Issue
General Motors isn’t the only company going on a recall spree. Ford is calling back a total of 82,576 vehicles from the 2006-2011 model years including the Ford Fusion, Mercury Milan, Lincoln Zephyr...
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Ford Fusion, Lincoln MKZ Probed for Steering Flaw
A trio of Ford vehicles are under investigation for a steering issue. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has opened a probe on the 2010-2012 Ford Fusion and Lincoln MKZ as well...
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Ford Adds 1.9M Cars to its Takata Airbag Recall
Ford is the latest automaker to announce its Takata airbag recall expansion. The American automaker is issuing a safety recall that affects a total of 1,898,728 vehicles with 1,896,443 in the U.S and...
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