{"id":480113,"date":"2010-03-27T17:42:36","date_gmt":"2010-03-27T21:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/?p=53806"},"modified":"2010-03-27T17:42:36","modified_gmt":"2010-03-27T21:42:36","slug":"report-mercury-tracer-coming-back-in-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/480113","title":{"rendered":"Report: Mercury Tracer coming back in 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/mercury_small_car_rendering_main.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"563\" height=\"376\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Many Mercury dealers have been living in fear of the brand being shut down since they haven&#8217;t received a new model in five years. It is now reported that Ford will bring back the Tracer name on a new compact that will be added to the Mercury brand at the end of 2011, giving it a shot at the growing small-car segment.<\/p>\n<p>Dealers said that Ford executives told them last month at the National Automobile Dealers Association Convention that they are committed to producing a new Mercury by the end of 2011. We&#8217;re guessing that model will be based on FoMoCo&#8217;s C-segment platform.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autobytel.com\/content\/research\/chooser\/index.cfm\/action\/SelectTrim\/make_vch\/Mercury\/model_vch\/Milan\/cat\/Any\/year_si\/0\/minprice\/0\/maxprice\/999999\/mpg\/any\/id\/31622\"><strong>Click here to get prices on the 2010 Mercury Milan<\/strong><\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-53806\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>While Ford hasn&#8217;t confirmed the name for the car, Michael Stanford, owner of Varsity Lincoln Mercury in Novi, said that Ford executives have told dealers that the car will be named Tracer.<\/p>\n<p>Ford sold a total of 576,190 Tracers during the model&#8217;s lifetime. It was based off of the popular Ford Escort.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8211; By: Kap Shah<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freep.com\/article\/20100327\/BUSINESS01\/3270343\/1014\/rss13\">Free Press<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/TP1awWD7dQCOW9cbO5oNVU9J-hg\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/TP1awWD7dQCOW9cbO5oNVU9J-hg\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/TP1awWD7dQCOW9cbO5oNVU9J-hg\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/TP1awWD7dQCOW9cbO5oNVU9J-hg\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=7dGVXtNwL7c:XE-ZrKRGLKA:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=7dGVXtNwL7c:XE-ZrKRGLKA:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?i=7dGVXtNwL7c:XE-ZrKRGLKA:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=7dGVXtNwL7c:XE-ZrKRGLKA:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?i=7dGVXtNwL7c:XE-ZrKRGLKA:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=7dGVXtNwL7c:XE-ZrKRGLKA:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=7dGVXtNwL7c:XE-ZrKRGLKA:TzevzKxY174\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many Mercury dealers have been living in fear of the brand being shut down since they haven&#8217;t received a new model in five years. 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