REPORT: Mercury Sable reaching the end of the line Thursday

Today I was digging for some info on ‘Mercury Sable’ and came across the following paragraph:

… will expire later this week, leaving Mercury with just four models: the Milan, Mariner, Mountaineer, and Grand Marquis. … And while the Taurus is getting a brand-spanking new replacement model for 2010, a Sable stablemate is apparently not in the cards, in large measure because Ford r…For its part, Blue Oval officials dismiss such plans, but there is no denying that Mercury’s stable is getting smaller, and at the moment, little product appears t o be in the replacement pipeline. … According to the DetNews, Ford sold just 1,158 Sables in April, a drop of nearly 40% year-over-year versus 2008….Mercury’s born-again Sable sedan is dead again - or, more accurately, it will be come so on Thursday….REPORT: Mercury Sable reaching the end of the line Thursday originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 18 May 2009 10:2 9:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds….

Not exactly what I was looking for, nevertheless still a good read.