FoMoCo said Friday that it is recalling a total of 130,000 Fusion and Mercury Milan sedan due to concerns that the wheel studs could crack and cause wheels to fall off. Pretty scary stuff here. The recall consists of 2010 and 2011 Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan models with 17-inch steel wheels- a total of [...]
When people have money but just don’t quite have enough, especially to dolly up for the $1 million-plus price tag of the legendary Bugatti Veyron, yet relentlessly want the car, sometimes individuals would do the unthinkable in order to get what they want. And that’s exactly what 25-year old Mike Duff from Florida did. But [...]
Here is some exciting (sarcasm intended) recall news for you this Monday morning. FoMoCo announced that it is recalling nearly 3,000 2007 Ford Five Hundred and Mercury Montego sedan to replace fuel the fuel tanks. Ford said the fuel tanks on 2,945 units may not have proper welds between the fuel tank and fuel filler neck, [...]
The wonderful folks over at NHTSA said that they have opened an investigation into 200,000 units of the Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner after getting complaints that the window glass in the liftgate shattered without warning. NHTSA said that it has received 18 complaints of liftgate window glass breakage on 2010-2011 Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner [...]
Recently offered for auction, was a replica of a Bugatti Veyron, built upon a Mercury Cougar. While the two cars are perhaps the polar opposite of each other in terms of both style and performance, the owner of the vehicle was able to construct a replica that seems passable – at least at first glance. [...]
FoMoCo today produced the last Mercury – a Grand Marquis, which rolled off the production line at 8 a.m. in the morning today at the company’s assembly plant in St. Thomas, Ontario. The sedan will be shipped out as part of a fleet order, according to Ford spokeswoman Marcey Evans said. Production of the last [...]
Happy New Year’s Eve to all our readers. While you’ve been seeing many top 10 lists all over the Internet as we say farewell to 2010 one of the lists you’re most likely to come across on automotive sites are the Top 10 Cars of 2010…well, not here (we’ll do one too, don’t worry). We [...]
For FoMoCo, the quicker the Mercury brand is wound down, the better. Ford is offering Mercury dealers a way to guarantee their cash settlements are secured by year”s end, but that would require all dealers to report their inventory as sold by November 12, and then sell off the remaining inventory as used vehicles. According [...]
According to FoMoCo’s sales analyst George Pipas, the Dearborn automaker today ended production of Mercury passenger cars and SUVs for retail customers. The last retail 2011 Mercury Mariner was built in Kansas City, said Pipas. Additional Mercury models will roll of the production line by the end of the year, but those will go to [...]
As expected auto sales cooled off during the month of August with the overall sales down 21 percent. “The car market and the overall economy are pretty weak,” said Joe Phillippi, principal of consulting firm AutoTrends in Short Hills, N.J. “Showroom traffic is down. We still have issues on the margin with some people not [...]
