Hi, Guest
10-18-2006, 10:20 PM
CanadaSVT,Oct 17 2006, 11:25 PM Wrote:It's weird how you can buy a brand new Mercury Grand Marquis in Canada at a Ford dealership, but you can't buy a Ford Crown Vic anywhere in Canada.
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Actually you can buy a Crown Vic in Canada, but fleet only - and so technically Crown Vics still outsell Grand Marquis.
The rationale is this: when Ford of Canada sold Crown Vics and Grand Marquis together, the vast majority of retail customers chose the Grand Marquis over the Crown Vic, and most Crown Vic sales were fleet ... and so today's situation is basically the same except there is no choice.
When Ford of Canada axed the Mercury brand Bobbie Gaunt actually tried to have the Grand Marquis rebadged a Ford like they do in Mexico, for exactly that reason. Detroit said no but then allowed them to keep the Grand Marquis as the only Mercury sold in Canada.
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