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Mercury Sable Bites the Dust

After going from the Sable, to the Mercury Montego, and back to the Sable, with all the costs and trouble involved, Ford is finally going to axe the Sable once and for all.  The official announcement is reportedly going to come this Thursday.  Ford recently re-made the 2010 Taurus ( and if looks are any [...]

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Cadillac XLR – It’s been nice knowing you

The latest vehicle to get the axe is the Luxo-Corvette , sorry I mean Cadillac XLR.  A luxury, wildly styled car based on the excellent Corvette hardware – what’s not to like?  Nothing, really.  The XLR ( and especially the XLR-V ) was an excellent vehicle.  Unfortunately, it’s apparently not a profitable vehicle.  And with [...]

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Honda S2000 – So Long, So Long

Honda has officially announced that 2009 will be the last model year for the S2000 Roadster.  Introduced in 1999, Honda has found homes for over 65,000 of these four-cylinder powered drop tops.  While I’ve never been a fan of high powered 4 cylinder cars, (I can’t stand the sound ), I’ve always respected the S2000 [...]

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So Long, Ford Taurus X – We won’t miss you

As of February 2009, Ford will retire the rebadged and failed Taurus X.  The vehicle that started life as a bland and poorly designed Freestyle, and later went through a mid-life crisis / name change to the Taurus X will be no more.  Some vehicles I’m sad to see go, as they were once great [...]

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So long, Lexus SC430

Toyota has made the call to axe the Lexus SC convertible due to extremely slow sales.  Considering the fact that Lexus only moved 1200 or so SC430′s in the first half of this year, it’s no surprise.  They had already pushed back a redesign to 2011 – so an axe really isn’t a surprise.  Moving [...]

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Hyundai Tiburon to go the way of the Commander

With the pending release of the Hyundai Genesis Coupe, there’s no real room anymore for the Tiburon.  As such, Hyundai has announced that 2008 will be the last model year for this quirky little “sport” coupe.  All in all the Tiburon wasn’t a bad car.  It certainly won’t become a classic, but it offered a [...]

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Maybach on last legs

In a recent interview, Dieter Zetsche ( the CEO of Daimler ) conceded that killing off the Maybach brand might not be a bad idea.  Considering the fact that only 146 new Maybachs found homes last year, that’s not suprising.  Remember, Daimler forecasted yearly sales of 1500 units – so they were about 90% off [...]

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Taurus X Bites the Dust by 2010

The Vehicle Formerly Known As Freestyle will likely call the 2009 model year it’s last.  The folks over at Ford are trying to rush a redesigned Taurus to market for 2009, and calling it “the one we should have made originally”.  There have been no mentions about the next generation Taurus X though.  Considering the [...]

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