According to the New York Times, Ford Motor Company has announced that it will cease producing vehicles under the Mercury brand as soon as this coming fall. With this announcement comes the harsh reality that one of America’s lasting vestiges of petroleum consuming excess, the Mercury Grand Marquis, will vanish as well.
I had the pleasure of taking a ride in one of these bad boys recently while on a business trip in Greensboro, NC. Our maroon colored Mercury Grand Marquis shuffled us around town in luxury. She’s truly was a land-yacht to behold.
RIP Grand Marquis, RIP.
Rob lives and works in the town of Jackson, MS where he leads the interactive department at an awesome advertising and branding agency. Life is slower than most places in Mississippi, and Rob tends to like it that way. Some of his favorite life experiences include sailing across the Atlantic Ocean in a 44ft sloop, learning to speak Swahili while living along the lower slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro, and zipping along the curviest of Mississippi country roads in his VW Rabbit.