Last Mercury rolls off the assembly line

the classic models mentioned in the article are cool, but i say thank god the brand is finally dead, these cars are the epitome of lack luster, cookie cutter generic cars that just need to go away. it says the last mercury is destined for fleet duties, IMO thats all theyre suited for.

SAD, but at the same time they didn't do much effort to sale.

R.I.P. Mercury. Who will be next?

i think most people under the age of 50 only thought of them as rebadged fords.

Kind of sad, this was I believe the last of the body on frame cars. Never again will anybody feel the solid, smooth feel of a new full framed vehicle. Don't get me wrong I love how new unibody cars drive and handle, but the full frame cars where unbeatable when it came to cruising a straight line on the Highway. I guess we still have the fullsized trucks and SUV's based off them to enjoy still.

As someone who is just over 50 LOL, I have always thought of Mercury's as rebadged fords. I am wondering what will the Rental car companies do with out Mercury's in their fleet. those big trunks and boat like stance. It will be interesting, yes it will.

Over 2 million of them in Saudi Arabia

Really Ford? The last Mercury ever gets sent off to a rental agency to be abused?

funny you say that.. I just had a 2010 Mercury Grand Marquis for a month as a rental... that car can make some smoke!! so boring.. I had a "Premiere Edition" this meant look we put leather in it and 1 power seat..NO HEATED SEATS, NO HID, NO NAVIGATION, NO POWER TILT TELESCOPIC WHEEL, NO SUNROOF.. I mean really? PREMIERE Really? It was nice to drive around a big body though, those things are huge!! So now to the public we can't have any cop cars (in US they use crown vics as cop cars) neither of those can be bought. They were a waste of space anyways. Ford is surprisingly doing something right considering they didn't need any government bail out in US, I don't care for their products but hey good job Ford for getting rid of these cars.. They should have made the last Mercury as a pay per hit prop, pay $100 a hit to demolish it then put that sucker in the museum lol.

2011 and it still looks the same as it did 13 years ago when this model was introduced...What a joke, and then they wonder why sales are poor.

And good times for Ford in the GCC come to an end. With the demise of the Victoria/Marquis twins Ford loses its major bread winners in the Arab Gulf. Now sit back and watch as Taurus, Edge, Flex, Navigator and MKX fight for crumbs in their respective categories. The job of bread winner now falls to the Explorer, which although selling well, is mediocre beyond words. If the new Explorer does not explo-de into the market, Ford?s share will soon be in free fall.

Congrats America, you've killed half our car companies in the last three years...why do our designers suck so much????!!!

Kinda hope Buick is next, they have been producing crap for years too.

It really hurts my head thinking of how Ford could possibly neglect this brand unintentionally. It really looks like Ford were actually looking forward to the downfall of Mercury.