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REPORT: Mercury Sable reaching the end of the line Thursday

Mercury's born-again Sable sedan is dead again – or, more accurately, it will be come so on Thursday. According to The Detroit News, Ford's gussied-up Taurus (itself a gussied-up Five Hundred) will expire later this week, leaving Mercury with just four models: the Milan, Mariner, Mountaineer, and Grand Marquis. And while the Taurus is getting a brand-spanking new replacement model for 2010, a Sable stablemate is apparently not in the cards, in large measure because Ford reportedly chose to spend more money on developing and ... Read more →

Ironic or appropriate? Wagoner up for "Michiganian of the Year" Jeremy Korzeniewski

Depending on your point of view, General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner could either be considered a Godsend or a pariah that represents all that's currently wrong with the country. Of course, we're ...

Detroit News web poll asks if buying a foreign car is un-American Alex Nunez

Jeep Compass gets dissed by consumer panel Erin Mays

Bill Ford: cut the meetings Erin Mays

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REPORT: Mercury Sable reaching the end of the line Thursday 6 months ago on Autoblog

Ironic or appropriate? Wagoner up for "Michiganian of the Year" 11 months ago on Autoblog

Depending on your point of view, General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner could either be considered a Godsend or a pariah that represents all that's currently wrong with the country. Of course, we're referring mainly to the automotive bailout that the CEO helped (or hindered, again depending on your ...

Detroit News web poll asks if buying a foreign car is un-American 11 months ago on Autoblog

It's really hard to figure what's dumber here: the Detroit News "CyberSurvey" that asks, in the wake of the vandalism (four cars) that took place in the Detroit area over the weekend, "Is buying a foreign car un-American?" or the fact that 60% of respondents answer it in the affirmative. Good ...

Jeep Compass gets dissed by consumer panel 3 years ago on Autoblog

The Jeep Compass might be turning the heads of some consumers looking to the trail-rated brand for something new, but the ten members of the Detroit News Automotive Consumer Panel weren't impressed. While all ten said they would recommend the vehicle's sibling -- the Dodge Caliber -- to their ...

Bill Ford: cut the meetings 3 years ago on Autoblog

It's not really a new thing to most folks who work in a corporate setting. The higher up you go, the more meetings you sit in. At Ford, not anymore, says Chairman and CEO Bill Ford. A memo written to corporate officers and senior execs by Bill Ford that made its way to the Detroit News said ...

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