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more about #sable more comments → brandegee: Sable problems: 1) 3.8 motor was junk 2) auto transmission was junk 3) little lightbulbs in grille pointless and hard/expensive to replace 4) torque s... more » slackinfux: Good riddance! Now take the rest of the Mercury brand with you...nobody wants a rebadged Ford. Nobody. They should have killed it when the last Cougar... more » ursa: Mercury's been dead in Canada for 5 or more years. I actually thought they killed the brand in the US too. Which leads me to a question I've been pond... more » Paul-Michael Van Hook: Now if only people would stop insisting my Merkur Scorpio is a "large version of the Sable" that would be great. **Shakes head.** more » P161911 probably shoudn't have: The 1st and 2nd gen ones were unmistakable at night with those lite brite grills. I really wish they made all cop cars have something like that. more » HurtsSoGood: I rented an early 00s Sable once. I couldn't imagine anyone under the age of 70 actually buying one. It had a really floaty ride that made one think... more » Ford Tempo Fanatic: ...and so the Sable joins the ranks of the other two greatest Mercury's every produced: Cougar and Topaz. Ah the Topaz. Like the Sable, only more ligh... more » bzr: A fine automobile is something to be admired - even adored. It's an extension of you. You love your car so much, you want to share your most intimate ... more » Maxichamp: Lincoln-Mercury would not be in its current sorry state had it not stopped selling PANTERAS! more » MushyHeirloom: My grandfather is sixty-three years old. He's politically moderate, eats healthily, and tries to stay in good shape. He's a real estate agent in small... more » Skunky: Hey, you know, the auto industry is seriously lacking in small furry mammal names currently. I think this is the oppurtunity for one of them to come o... more » Ash78, cube farmer: Jill Wagner just re-upped with that "Wipeout" show on ABC. Not sure what this means for Mercury, but it's probably not paying the bills. Either that o... more » WT in a 3.8: RIP. Hopefully the Taurus lives long enough for the SHO to be reincarnated more » Flathead Smith: If I owed a company that made cars like that, I sure wouldn't be taking pictures of it and putting it on the Internet. more » Plecostomus [Tyrrell]: Good riddance to bad company. more » -
#carpocalypse
Mercury Sable, A Eulogy: Farewell, Furry Friend
As the Ford Taurus returns, the Mercury Sable slips quietly into the night. The last one rolls off the assembly line Thursday. Today we say goodbye. More » -
#fordtaurusx
Ford Taurus X And Mercury Sable Officially Dead As A Doorknob
After we called it first, It’s now official. After speculation by numerous suppliers and industry analysts, Ford's Mark Schirmer has announced Ford will be discontinuing both the Ford Taurus X and the Mercury Sable in Spring of 2009.
