...wanted to gauge opinions on
Merc's 'Fantastic Voyage' that
May be coming
as Fomoco plays
"Honey, I Shrunk the Mercurys" 
the
following descriptions of the
How-
Small-
To-
Go
Numbers
are just
SUGGESTIONS-only on what the numeric scale Might mean (reason I didn't put them in the ^official^ Poll part)
((tho hopefully in a correct order of severity)) with multi-picks allowed for fudging,
feel FREE to post your own details to go with Your
SHRINKAGE #:
Ø = completely
disagree with reducing anything about Merc
-1 = eliminating the (current) GrandMarquis
-2 = ^
plus^ adding C2 Mercurys
-3 = ^
and^ eliminating Sable (?MKS
becomes Sable when Lincoln goes GRwdP?)
-4 = ^
also^ adding a Mercury Fiesta, B-something
-5 = ^
even^ adding a Mercury KA-based model
-6 = ^
moreover^ changing the MKZ to be larger than the Milan
____Or Milan smaller than MKZ
____Or one of 'em has got to go
-7 = even smaller?
O = other
C = as long as they build a new Cougar
...
D = don't know how I got here / don't care / I'm sick of Polls
____(
SORRY, ran out of room - you'll hafta Write-In this choice )
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ideas & stuff I banished to the bottom of the post cuz it may be superfluous:
Quote:
For some time I've played armchair-GIC (guy in charge) with ideal lineups for Mercury, and of necessity Ford&Lincoln to attempt a cohesive overall plan.
One idea was to let Ford & Lincoln go after the Largest-Trunk in each class and let Mercury "tailor" their versions with a trimmer derriere(tush); some/many with a 'dual-back' arrangement not unlike the Skoda Superb, where a separate trunklid is incorporated into a hatch (without! necessarily changing or dictating the styling ie. sedans & coupes wouldn't have to become fasterbacks Or semi-wagon-ish).
&or/also-maybe
Could a 'hopscotch' approach work, with Mercury & Lincoln alternating models aimed at various segments:
if Lincoln has a large Navigator-or-MKT, could Mercury offer a tauter MetaOne < names just used for reference;
or could a nextgen Mariner specifically supplement the next MKX?
etc...
But more than ^that^,
- could modern platforms lead to easier variability? (wlb, ovl, even width?)
- could Mazda &or Volvo vehicles offer a basis for a non-Fordish (or LINCOLNESQUE) Mercury lineup (or part of the lineup)?
- then (of course) there's the Global Rwd Platform (GRwdP aka "riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma")...
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How SMALL is small? ..."Honey, I Shrunk the Mercurys"
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Re: How SMALL is small? ..."Honey, I Shrunk the Mercurys"
Future owner of the 2011 Ford Fiesta Hatchback SES in Lime Squeeze 
Linear Mode
