
2009 Mercury Grand Marquis LS
The Grand Marquis has been in production at the St. Thomas plant for the past 25 years and this last one has been sold to a fleet customer in the U.S. Its Ford sibling, the Crown Victoria, will continue to be built at the plant.
This brings a close to more than 71 years of history for the Mercury brand and more than 21 million cars sold during that time. Unfortunately, over the last few years, Mercury has fallen to just 0.8 percent of the U.S. market, compared to Ford's growing overall market share, up to 16 percent in the past year, which prompted the automaker to finally ditch the ailing brand.
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