In the mid-1930s, Ford executives realized the company was missing out on a lucrative opportunity in the domestic car market: the mid-tier range vehicle. Mercury was explicitly conceived to fill ...

At the Chicago Auto Show, Ford's Group Vice President Jim Farley said "Its role is changing, but we're not going to compromise Mercury." Around the Detroit Auto Show, CEO Alan Mulally said Ford ...

It's a question few are asking the day after Ford announced that Mercury – named after the "messenger of the gods" in Roman mythology – would wind down production after 70 years of business.

Mercury was launched in 1938 as a mid-tier brand to flesh out Ford's lineup. Bosses had decided that there was too much of a ...

Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Saturn, and Plymouth make up just a few of those marques, alongside Mercury, Ford Motor Company's middle-child brand that slotted in between its Ford and Lincoln models.

Mercury has the shortest and fastest orbit around the Sun and experiences dramatic temperature changes as it rotates. It is a world of extremes. Explore facts about our solar system's fastest planet.

We found: Every sample contained measurable levels of mercury, ranging from 0.018 to 0.774 parts per million. The Food and Drug Administration can take legal action to pull products containing 1 ...

View all 2021 Ford Explorer specs. The good: The bad: I bought a Ford Explorer. After driving it for five miles, I got nauseous and had to retune it back to the dealer which is another headache to ...

Mercury earned a C+ grade. The opinions of auto body repair professionals are valuable because they have an insider’s view of insurance companies’ use of lower-quality repair parts ...

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The Ford Escape compact SUV joined the Ford lineup — alongside the bigger Explorer, Expedition and now-defunct Excursion — in 2001, as the 1990s SUV craze spilled into the new millennium.