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<div align="center"><em><strong><small>Lincoln Concept C - Click for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div>
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At the National Automobile Dealers Association convention in Orlando, FL on Sunday, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/ford/">Ford's</a> President of the Americas Mark Fields announced the first new product for <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/mercury/">Mercury</a> in several years. The fate of Ford's middle brand has been in doubt for over a decade as models like the Tracer, Sable and Cougar have been discontinued. In what's surely welcome news to Lincoln/Mercury dealers, Fields informed NADA that Mercury would get a new small car based on the new global compact platform that underpins the forthcoming 2012 <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/focus">Focus</a> and Grand C-Max. <br />
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The new baby Mercury will be one of 10 different vehicles that come off that platform and it's expected that a small <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/lincoln/">Lincoln</a> based on the <a href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/01/13/detroit-2009-concept-c-the-smallest-lincoln-ever/">Concept C</a> that debuted at the 2009 <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/detroit-auto-show/">Detroit Auto Show</a> will also join it. The <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/mountaineer">Mercury Mountaineer</a> is not expected to be replaced when the new Explorer debuts later this year, leaving Mercury with the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/milan">Milan</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/mariner">Mariner</a> and the new compact. Fields gave no other details about the new car, but it could be a version of one of the other European Focus models, such as the coupe-convertible or the smaller five-seat C-Max. <br />
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<div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/detroit-2009-lincoln-concept-c-1/low/">Detroit 2009: Lincoln Concept C</a></strong></p><a href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/detroit-2009-lincoln-concept-c-1/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2009/01/lincoln-concept-c-1280-05_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/detroit-2009-lincoln-concept-c-1/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2009/01/lincoln-concept-c-1280-07_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/detroit-2009-lincoln-concept-c-1/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2009/01/lincoln-concept-c-1280-08_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/detroit-2009-lincoln-concept-c-1/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2009/01/lincoln-concept-c-1280-09_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/detroit-2009-lincoln-concept-c-1/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2009/01/lincoln-concept-c-1280-10_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><br />
[Source: <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN1415656220100214">Reuters</a>]
<div style="text-align: left;"><em><strong><small>Live Photos Copyright (C)2009 Sam Abuelsamid / Weblogs, Inc. </small></strong></em></div><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/02/14/report-mark-fields-tells-dealers-new-compact-mercury-coming-in/">Report: Mark Fields tells dealers new compact Mercury is coming in 2011</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Sun, 14 Feb 2010 17:25:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/02/14/report-mark-fields-tells-dealers-new-compact-mercury-coming-in/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19357884/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/02/14/report-mark-fields-tells-dealers-new-compact-mercury-coming-in/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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<div align="center"><em><strong><small>Lincoln Concept C - Click for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div>
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At the National Automobile Dealers Association convention in Orlando, FL on Sunday, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/ford/">Ford's</a> President of the Americas Mark Fields announced the first new product for <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/mercury/">Mercury</a> in several years. The fate of Ford's middle brand has been in doubt for over a decade as models like the Tracer, Sable and Cougar have been discontinued. In what's surely welcome news to Lincoln/Mercury dealers, Fields informed NADA that Mercury would get a new small car based on the new global compact platform that underpins the forthcoming 2012 <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/focus">Focus</a> and Grand C-Max. <br />
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The new baby Mercury will be one of 10 different vehicles that come off that platform and it's expected that a small <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/lincoln/">Lincoln</a> based on the <a href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/01/13/detroit-2009-concept-c-the-smallest-lincoln-ever/">Concept C</a> that debuted at the 2009 <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/detroit-auto-show/">Detroit Auto Show</a> will also join it. The <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/mountaineer">Mercury Mountaineer</a> is not expected to be replaced when the new Explorer debuts later this year, leaving Mercury with the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/milan">Milan</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/mariner">Mariner</a> and the new compact. Fields gave no other details about the new car, but it could be a version of one of the other European Focus models, such as the coupe-convertible or the smaller five-seat C-Max. <br />
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<div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/detroit-2009-lincoln-concept-c-1/low/">Detroit 2009: Lincoln Concept C</a></strong></p><a href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/detroit-2009-lincoln-concept-c-1/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2009/01/lincoln-concept-c-1280-05_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/detroit-2009-lincoln-concept-c-1/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2009/01/lincoln-concept-c-1280-07_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/detroit-2009-lincoln-concept-c-1/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2009/01/lincoln-concept-c-1280-08_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/detroit-2009-lincoln-concept-c-1/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2009/01/lincoln-concept-c-1280-09_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/detroit-2009-lincoln-concept-c-1/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2009/01/lincoln-concept-c-1280-10_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><br />
[Source: <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN1415656220100214">Reuters</a>]
<div style="text-align: left;"><em><strong><small>Live Photos Copyright (C)2009 Sam Abuelsamid / Weblogs, Inc. </small></strong></em></div><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/02/14/report-mark-fields-tells-dealers-new-compact-mercury-coming-in/">Report: Mark Fields tells dealers new compact Mercury is coming in 2011</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Sun, 14 Feb 2010 17:25:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/02/14/report-mark-fields-tells-dealers-new-compact-mercury-coming-in/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19357884/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/02/14/report-mark-fields-tells-dealers-new-compact-mercury-coming-in/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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