And what, exactly, is the point of Mercury?

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01-22-07, 04:35 PM

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Is that why most of their vehicles have roomy rear seats?

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01-22-07, 04:38 PM

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Right, but none of the vehicles are really rebadged versions of another manufacturer with a different grille. Those are all WAY different vehicles. The closest vehicles we've seen are probably the ES and the Camry, and since the redesign it's become hard to tell those two are related any as well.

Well we don't see any rebadging in the US, but technically from nation to nation they've done some. I'm not sure within any nation if Toyota has rebadged any vehicle under a different name and sold both in the same market, without some major differences.

01-22-07, 04:50 PM

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To orbit the sun every 88 days??

or to make wild salmon toxic

01-22-07, 06:53 PM

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To orbit the sun every 88 days??

or to make wild salmon toxic

My god, that was geeky...

01-22-07, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by bitkahuna

> And what, exactly, is the point of Mercury?

2 points actually...

"You gotta put Mercury on your list"....

...I'm pretty sure at least 50% of the male audience is thinking the same thing, except they removed the word Mercury and replaced it with something else.

Or shall I say someone? They got a great spokesmodel for the brand. The ads are well produced, they highlight some of the positive features (I remember 35 mpg or something).