Come April, You've GOT to Take the Mercury Sable Off Your List!

by Justin Berkowitz

Published: December 5th, 2008

come april you ve got to take the mercury sable off your list

Thanks to some hard-nosed detective work by Edmunds’ Inside Line, Ford has confirmed that the Mercury Sable (now, as always, a twin of the Ford Taurus) will be ending production in April. As a likely April Fool’s joke, Ford may announce on April 1 that the Sable is being replaced with something not boring. In other, equally important news, GM has confirmed that all cupholders will grow in size by approximately 0.01 millimeters, and Audi announced that the popular A4 sedan will probably be available in “some colors” next year. I have fond memories of riding in the rear-facing seats of a Sable wagon as a kid, but that’s only because years of therapy have suppressed the memories of being terribly nauseous back there. All joking aside, dont tell anyone, but I do like the current Sable.

Justin Berkowitz

Immensely bored law student. I've also got 3 dogs.

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Verbal on Dec 05, 2008

@P71_CrownVic: Did you get booted from BON again?

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Nick on Dec 05, 2008

geeber, similar drivetrains, but they did get different engines occasionally (see my comment on the 410cid FE above)

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