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John Kuvakas
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Mercury survived?

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John Kuvakas
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(@chris)
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Yep, that would be about it!  🙄 🙄 🙄 



   
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(@sizedoesmatter)
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I'm good with all of them.


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(@jack-dodds)
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The first pic is so so but I really like the rest.  I sure wish Mercury was still around!



   
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(@grockwood)
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 I don't know what the Ford SUVs look like to compare them with the Mercury look,  I don't like the grill on the Mercury Mustang.  I think the truck's two bars and Mercury badge would look better on the Mustang  front.



   
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I like all these Mercurys and hope these imagination dream cars would offer a V-8 engine in them.That would make them both powerful and good-looking.



   
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Posted by: @sizedoesmatter

I'm good with all of them.

Me 2   +1!

 



   
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They all look fine. The problem is that they are redundant because of the Ford version. Since there are no longer Mercury dealers, they would have to be sold at Ford dealers.



   
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Posted by: @bob-jackman

"The problem is that they are redundant because of the Ford version."

"Badge engineering"  is essentially what Ford did with Mercury for many decades.  These "redundant"  looking Mercurys is precisely why the brand was eliminated 15 years ago. 



   
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Brush
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Make Ford, Chevy, Plymouth sub compact cars + SUVs only [to compete with Japan]:  Mercury, Pontiac, Dodge compact only[car+ SUV]: Edsel, Oldsmobile, DeSoto mid-size only[car + SUV]: Lincoln, Cadillac, Chrysler full-size only. Each having a cheap stripped down model to full luxury, only 3 different dealers, gives us old guys cars we will know what they are by the names. And no Buick's!



   
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(@bob-jackman)
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@georgeschire So what does that solve? In two years they would be back where they were before.



   
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The grillwork on the Mercstang reminds me of the Mercedes AMG GT Coupe a little:

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Yes to everything except the Mustang (Cougar) one…


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(@chris)
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@perrone1 ...or an electric razor.  😀 😆 

For Tony


   
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@chris Oh my goodness! That's the one I use!!  Scared



   
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