As you should all know by know I am a Parts Mgr. in a Lincoln Mercury Dealer in Philly for 32 yrs. The three models they are dropping are dead dogs anyway. The Continentals we are luck if we sell one a month. The Cougars are good for about four and the Villagers are good for about four. That's out of an average of 100 new cars per month. The Grand Marquis and Sable are our bread and butter. The new Mountaineer is doing pretty good also. The Town Car and LS are always good movers. The lincoln Navigator runs hot and cold. My son is a salesman and was just saying that they have sold 10 Navigators this month when they normally only sell that many per month. The problem with the models they dropped are they needed to be changed. We are getting a new SUV. It's between the Mountaineer and the Navigator. It will have a 260hp 4.6. I forget what it is called. Lincoln Mercury needs a small car. Since they dropped the Tracer and Mystique we have nothing for the lower end buyer or economy buyer. There have been rumors about Mercury going away. My owner is on the Ford Dealer Council and says that's BS. RAY
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