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It’s Official: Ford Closes Mercury

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Ford will end production of Mercury vehicles in the fourth quarter of this year to further grow its core Ford and Lincoln brands, according to Ford Motor (NYSE: F)

Existing Mercury owners to receive continued access to parts and service support at Ford and Lincoln dealers; current Mercury vehicle warranties and Extended Service Plans will be honored; special offers available on new Mercury vehicles will be available through the summer.The Lincoln brand will be bolstered by the introduction of a new “C class” small car and availability of the econo boost engine in all models including the Navigator super-SUV

Ford said one reason for closing Mercury is that the demographics of its customers are nearly identical to those of Ford brand owners

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McIntyre has written thousands of articles for 24/7 Wall St. He is an expert on corporate finance, the automotive industry, media companies and international finance. He has edited articles on national demographics, sports, personal income and travel.

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A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, McIntyre also was president of The Harvard Advocate. Founded in 1866, the Advocate is the oldest college publication in the United States.

TheStreet.com, Comps.com and Edgar Online are some of the public companies for which McIntyre served on the board of directors. He was a Vicinity Corporation board member when the company was sold to Microsoft in 2002. He served on the audit committees of some of these companies.

McIntyre has been the CEO of FutureSource, a provider of trading terminals and news to commodities and futures traders. He was president of Switchboard, the online phone directory company. He served as chairman and CEO of On2 Technologies, the video compression company that provided video compression software for Adobe’s Flash. Google bought On2 in 2009.

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