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- Mercury_(automobile) abstract "Mercury was an American-market division of automobile manufacturer Ford Motor Company. Marketed primarily as an entry-level premium brand, Mercury was created in 1938 to fill the price gap between the Ford and Lincoln vehicle lines. In a similar role, the Mercury counterpart of General Motors was Buick and Oldsmobile while competing against the namesake brand of Chrysler (following the cancellation of the DeSoto brand in 1960). Forming half of the Lincoln-Mercury division, Mercury vehicles were often directly based on Ford bodies using rebadging through various extents, though few models shared common engineering with Lincoln models; during the development of the Edsel division, several vehicles of both divisions shared common development. In the summer of 2010, Ford Motor Company announced the discontinuation of the Mercury division as it refocused its marketing and engineering efforts on the Ford and Lincoln brands. Production of Mercury vehicles ceased in the fourth quarter of 2010. At the time, the Mercury brand was sold in the United States, Mexico, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Middle East. The final Mercury automobile, a 2011 Mercury Grand Marquis, rolled off the assembly line on January 4, 2011.".
- Q613883 abstract "Mercury was an American-market division of automobile manufacturer Ford Motor Company. Marketed primarily as an entry-level premium brand, Mercury was created in 1938 to fill the price gap between the Ford and Lincoln vehicle lines. In a similar role, the Mercury counterpart of General Motors was Buick and Oldsmobile while competing against the namesake brand of Chrysler (following the cancellation of the DeSoto brand in 1960). Forming half of the Lincoln-Mercury division, Mercury vehicles were often directly based on Ford bodies using rebadging through various extents, though few models shared common engineering with Lincoln models; during the development of the Edsel division, several vehicles of both divisions shared common development. In the summer of 2010, Ford Motor Company announced the discontinuation of the Mercury division as it refocused its marketing and engineering efforts on the Ford and Lincoln brands. Production of Mercury vehicles ceased in the fourth quarter of 2010. At the time, the Mercury brand was sold in the United States, Mexico, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Middle East. The final Mercury automobile, a 2011 Mercury Grand Marquis, rolled off the assembly line on January 4, 2011.".