Mercury is likely to follow in the footsteps of Oldsmobile and Plymouth, as it could be put asleep as of 2012.
Ford hasn�t officially announced the death of Mercury. The firm has no plans of introducing any new vehicles and from the looks of it, the last new model to roll-off the designers board will be a refreshed Milan sedan that is expected sometime in 2009.
The luxury brand that�s celebrating its 70th birthday this year was founded in 1938 by Edsel Ford as a bridge between Ford's mainstream vehicles and premium Lincolns. Today, Mercury�s models are considered nothing more than rebadged Fords, something that has defiantly had a negative impact on sales which are at their lowest point in 47 years. In the first five months of the 2008 Mercury delivered 23.4 percent fewer cars and pick-up trucks than in 2007.
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