News: Mercury Update

It's official. Ford has announced that it will phase out Mercury by the end of the year. I'm putting on my sad face now. If only they had made a hip street Mercury like the one pictured above.

But sad news also brings some glad news, here's the start of our Dead Mercury label. Sad name too.

News: Mercury Might Get Killed

Well, not in that kind of way, but Ford has recently discussed the possibility of dropping its Mercury brand. Mercury, which has had poor sales and little spotlight over the past years could be winded down, considering it's little success lately.

This Week in Auto News

This Week in News:
The Auto Industry Plays Some Jokes
2011 Ford Mustang Testing
Chrysler Concepts
Equus Pampering

Road Car Picture's 300th Post

It's pretty impressive considering this is just an ordinary blog site, with no fancy design or exclusive car reviews, it's just pictures of cars, trucks, vans, crossovers, SUVs, and many more. Here's a look back at 10 completely random cars you can find when searching through this site.

2007 Pontiac G5
2011 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350
2010 Bentley Continental Supersports
2010 Chevrolet Silverado ZR2 Concept
2010 Volvo C30
2010 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport
2010 Toyota 4Runner
2011 Cadillac CTS Coupe
2010 Volkswagen Compact Coupe Concept
2009 BMW M5

Tinypic Attacks!

Sorry about the current image problems going on here right now. Tinypic decided to screw up my whole site. Hopefully it will go away in the next few hours, if not I guess I'll have to re-upload everything.

Luckily none if the actual site content is ruined from this. It may just look like crap.

EDIT: Just as I thought. Just a little glitch

Monster Ford Fiesta Rally Car

Ken Block's not with Subaru anymore, he's going to party in his new Monster Racing Ford Fiesta, shown in these tow images above. Who would have known?

Saab: Born From Jets, Saved By Dutch

The Saab Saga continues, only now with another new twist. Spyker Cars has agreed to pay GM $74 million for the Swedish car company, along with a $566 million loan. So Saab may not be killed after all.

Where're the Updates?

Where are they? Well this week has been pretty boring in the auto world for new car pictures and releases. Remember, you can always email us with your auto-related images at roadcar66@ymail.com

In NEWS, even though we don't cover news here, here are some recent updates in the auto world:

Saab Fans Gather to Save the Brand
Travis Pastrana Takes 269 Foot Jump
Audi's $20 million Frankfurt Stand