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Friday | Star Tribune

These days, replacing rotors is standard maintenance

Your reply to the lady buying a used, low-mileage vehicle included: "The vehicle may need routine tire and brake replacement." Tire replacement is a given and a no-brainer. What is your meaning as to routine brake replacement and especially the rotors? Q The past six GMC vehicles I've owned were low-mileage used vehicles.

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Related Topix: SUV, Mercury Mariner, Hybrid, Autos

Friday | Korea Herald

Hyundai Sonata hybrid wins top satisfaction award

Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea's top automaker, said Friday its Sonata hybrid has received the "top satisfaction" award from a U.S.-based automotive research company.

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Related Topix: Hybrid, Hyundai Sonata, Sedan, Hyundai, Automakers, Hyundai Motor, Mercury Milan

Wed May 23, 2012

Blueprint for Financial Prosperity

7 Best Cars for College Students

As another school draws to a close, thousands of high school seniors around the country are preparing to head off to college.

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Related Topix: Coupe, Mercury Topaz, Sedan, Auto Dealers, Hatchback, Nissan Versa, Nissan, Wagon, Kia Soul, Kia

Mon May 21, 2012

Genesee Country Express

Readers weigh in on previous columns

Here's the beautiful 1948 Pontiac Torpedo of Richard Ouellette that was purchased by his dad in 1948.

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Related Topix: Plainfield, IL, Coupe, Mercury Cougar, Hatchback

Sun May 20, 2012

Autoblog

Record number of Shelby Cobras to take part in Monterey Motorsports Reunion

Last year, the Monterey Motorsports Reunion announced that the Shelby Cobra would be the featured marque for 2012 in honor of the company's 50th anniversary.

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Related Topix: Mercury Monterey, Ford Thunderbird, Coupe, Convertible, Ford, Automakers, Volvo Trucks North America, Ford Motor Credit, Ford Motor, Financial Services

Sat May 19, 2012

Fox News

Endangered Autos List

Several years ago, there was a large reward posted for evidence that the Ivory Billed Woodpecker was not extinct as was previously thought.

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Related Topix: Mercury Capri, Convertible, Plymouth Voyager, Plymouth, Ford Exp, Ford, Coupe, Ford Mustang, Hatchback, Ford GT, Dodge Caravan, Dodge

Thu May 17, 2012

Lima News

Real Wheels: 1972 Mercury Cougar XR7

To share a photo of your car with our readers, send a picture to Real Wheels, Newsroom, The Lima News, P.O. Box 690, Lima, OH 45801, or e-mail it to info@limanews.com. Include the following information: Year of car; make and model; how many years you owned vehicle; car's history; best memory of car; your name, address and telephone number .

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Related Topix: Coupe, Mercury Cougar, Hatchback, Lima, OH

Patch.com

Orange Taxi Using Gas Savings to Recruit Drivers

A Written by: Dave Sutton Four-dollar-per-gallon gasoline has become an accepted reality in the Washington DC metro area.

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Related Topix: Small Business, Personal Finance, Mercury Marquis, Ford, Ford Crown Victoria, Sedan

Wed May 16, 2012

YorkRegion.com

In spring, older men prefer cars

It's spring, when a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love. It's also spring when an older man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of cars.

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Related Topix: Sedan, Mercury Mystique, Coupe, Buick Regal, Buick, Opinion

The Miami Herald

Founder of Italian party probed in funds scandal

Milan's chief prosecutor says the charismatic founder of an Italian party that had vowed to fight political greed is himself under investigation in a widening embezzlement scandal involving party funds.

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Related Topix: Hybrid, Mercury Milan, Sedan

Tue May 15, 2012

New York Post

'DWI slay' cabby: I hit a guy?

A Brooklyn cabby who was allegedly drunk when he fatally mowed down a pedestrian told cops that he "didn't remember hitting a person." "I was driving and lost control when another car cut me off," Avedis Sayesh told the officers at a station house on Sunday morning when he was nabbed for allegedly striking 24-year-old Gabriel Hernandez with his ... (more)

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Related Topix: Wagon, Sedan, Mercury Grand Marquis, Sunnyside, NY

Fri May 11, 2012

Motor Trend

25 Questions With Carroll ShelbyCandid Conversation With America's No. 1 Automotive Legend

To call Carroll Shelby merely a racing legend would be a disservice to the man who created one of the world's most lusted-after performance cars of all time.

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Related Topix: Coupe, Ford Mustang, Convertible, Hatchback, Ford, Mercury Monterey, Texas, Autos

Thu May 10, 2012

PR-inside.com

Auctions America by Rm's 2012 Auburn Spring Auction Offers Full...

This 2002 Mercury Marauder factory concept car is one of 600-plus collector cars that will be offered during the June 1-3 Auctions America by RM's Auburn Spring auction.

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Related Topix: Mercury Marauder, Sedan, Auburn, IN, Coupe, Buick Skylark, Buick, Cadillac Eldorado, Cadillac

Tue May 08, 2012

The Toronto Star

Would you drive a car called the 'Chevy Beaver'?

Alfa Romeo recently paid homage to the factories that build its cars in Milan and Turin by playing on both and ending up with the MiTo.

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Related Topix: Hybrid, Mercury Milan, Sedan, Marketing, Toyota, Toyota Tacoma, Truck

Sun May 06, 2012

North Port Sun

Peeling paint not Ford's problem

Six years and some 40,000 miles after purchasing her new 2006 Mercury Grand Marquis in Broward County's Pembroke Pines, Stephanie Masula noticed a round patch of paint peeling off the hood.

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Related Topix: Wagon, Sedan, Mercury Grand Marquis, Broward County, FL

Sat May 05, 2012

WTLV

First Coast Gears: One Day, Two Classic Car Shows

First Coast Gears: Annual Rev It Up for Wounded Warrior Car Show and Vette's in the Spring Car Show Held Saturday May 19, 8am-3pm: 10th Annual Car & Truck Show , Fla.

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Related Topix: Coupe, Mercury Cougar, Hatchback

Thu May 03, 2012

National Review Online

Gas Shock Drives Uptick in Hybrid Sales: Al Gore bought . . .

Al Gore bought a hybrid Mercury Mariner in 2007 to combat global warming. Hybrid sales didn't budge.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Al Gore, Hybrid, SUV, Mercury Mariner

Sat Apr 28, 2012

NewsCenter 25

Ford, Mercury minivans under federal probe

Read more: Local , National , News , Automotive , Ford , Ford Motor Company , Ford Freestar , Mercury , Mercury Monterey , Ford Investigation , Mercury Investigation , Rusted Wheel Wells , Ford Minivan Rusted Wheel Wells Federal safety regulators have expanded their investigation of Ford and Mercury minivans for rust in wheel wells that can become ... (more)

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Related Topix: Ford, Ford Freestar, Mercury Monterey, Autos

Fri Apr 27, 2012

Wall St. Cheat Sheet

Here's Why Ford is Under Investigation

Complaints about Ford minivans haveA prompted federal safety regulators to announce an upgrade to their investigation into more than 82,000 automobiles.

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Related Topix: Ford, Ford Freestar, Mercury Monterey

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