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<div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><small>Lincoln Concept C - Click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div>
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According to <em>Automobile Magazine</em>, Ford is putting <a href="http://autoblog.com/make/mercury">Mercury</a> on its list. Sorry, we couldn't help ourselves. Specifically, the list in question contains the names of 10 vehicles the Blue Oval plans to build off its global compact car platform. Mercury will supposedly be getting one of the new C-segment vehicles based on the architecture used for the recently unveiled <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/focus">2012 Ford Focus</a>, which also shares its guts with the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/09/15/frankfurt-2009-2010-ford-c-max-debuts-grand-c-max-bound-for-am/">Ford C-Max and Grand C-Max</a> MPVs.<br />
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Says <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/lincoln">Lincoln</a>-Mercury spokesman Mark Schirmer, "Certainly, one [variant of the global compact car architecture] will be a Mercury... It'll give us something to put into showrooms, and help energize the Mercury brand." We're glad to hear that, as the Mercury brand is in some <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/01/27/mulally-mercurys-star-still-shining-bright-for-now/">serious need of rejuvenation</a>.<br />
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Best guesses for what form the new compact Mercury for 2012 might take range from a slightly upmarket version of the Ford Focus (we certainly hope it'd be more than just a shoddy badge-job) or something along the lines of the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/01/12/detroit-2009-little-bigtime-concept-c-takes-lincoln-in-brand/">Lincoln Concept C</a> from the 2009 <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/detroit-auto-show/">Detroit Auto Show</a>. If it's going to be one or the other, we cast our official vote for the latter. We'll see.<br />
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<div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/lincoln-concept-c/low/">Lincoln Concept C</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/lincoln-concept-c/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/01/2010-lincoln-mkt-stock-images0000_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/lincoln-concept-c/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/01/2010-lincoln-mkt-stock-images0001_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/lincoln-concept-c/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/01/2010-lincoln-mkt-stock-images0002_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/lincoln-concept-c/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/01/2010-lincoln-mkt-stock-images0003_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/lincoln-concept-c/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/01/2010-lincoln-mkt-stock-images0004_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><br />
[Source: <a href="http://rumors.automobilemag.com/6635334/news/mercury-plans-c-segment-offering-for-2012/index.html">Automobile Magazine</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/01/30/report-mercury-planning-c-segment-vehicle-for-2012/">Report: Mercury planning C-segment vehicle for 2012</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Sat, 30 Jan 2010 15:24:00 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://rumors.automobilemag.com/6635334/news/mercury-plans-c-segment-offering-for-2012/index.html>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/01/30/report-mercury-planning-c-segment-vehicle-for-2012/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19338079/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/01/30/report-mercury-planning-c-segment-vehicle-for-2012/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><small>Lincoln Concept C - Click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div>
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According to <em>Automobile Magazine</em>, Ford is putting <a href="http://autoblog.com/make/mercury">Mercury</a> on its list. Sorry, we couldn't help ourselves. Specifically, the list in question contains the names of 10 vehicles the Blue Oval plans to build off its global compact car platform. Mercury will supposedly be getting one of the new C-segment vehicles based on the architecture used for the recently unveiled <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/focus">2012 Ford Focus</a>, which also shares its guts with the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/09/15/frankfurt-2009-2010-ford-c-max-debuts-grand-c-max-bound-for-am/">Ford C-Max and Grand C-Max</a> MPVs.<br />
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Says <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/lincoln">Lincoln</a>-Mercury spokesman Mark Schirmer, "Certainly, one [variant of the global compact car architecture] will be a Mercury... It'll give us something to put into showrooms, and help energize the Mercury brand." We're glad to hear that, as the Mercury brand is in some <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/01/27/mulally-mercurys-star-still-shining-bright-for-now/">serious need of rejuvenation</a>.<br />
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Best guesses for what form the new compact Mercury for 2012 might take range from a slightly upmarket version of the Ford Focus (we certainly hope it'd be more than just a shoddy badge-job) or something along the lines of the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/01/12/detroit-2009-little-bigtime-concept-c-takes-lincoln-in-brand/">Lincoln Concept C</a> from the 2009 <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/detroit-auto-show/">Detroit Auto Show</a>. If it's going to be one or the other, we cast our official vote for the latter. We'll see.<br />
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<div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/lincoln-concept-c/low/">Lincoln Concept C</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/lincoln-concept-c/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/01/2010-lincoln-mkt-stock-images0000_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/lincoln-concept-c/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/01/2010-lincoln-mkt-stock-images0001_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/lincoln-concept-c/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/01/2010-lincoln-mkt-stock-images0002_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/lincoln-concept-c/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/01/2010-lincoln-mkt-stock-images0003_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/lincoln-concept-c/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/01/2010-lincoln-mkt-stock-images0004_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><br />
[Source: <a href="http://rumors.automobilemag.com/6635334/news/mercury-plans-c-segment-offering-for-2012/index.html">Automobile Magazine</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/01/30/report-mercury-planning-c-segment-vehicle-for-2012/">Report: Mercury planning C-segment vehicle for 2012</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Sat, 30 Jan 2010 15:24:00 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://rumors.automobilemag.com/6635334/news/mercury-plans-c-segment-offering-for-2012/index.html>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/01/30/report-mercury-planning-c-segment-vehicle-for-2012/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19338079/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/01/30/report-mercury-planning-c-segment-vehicle-for-2012/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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