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By 1978, the Detroit-based automotive world was in the midst of a huge transition, but the full impact hadnât been fully expressed. While the companies were building cars like the Ford Pinto and Chevrolet Chevette â as well as the all-new Omni and Horizon from Chrysler â a few automotive dinosaurs continued to roam the landscape. Among them was the new Mercury Grand Marquis.
Perhaps itâs unfair to call the Grand Marquis a dinosaur. It was a large, family-sized sedan that was handsome in appearance, large in size, and offered the type of luxury that promised to comfortably cradle the driver and passengers. But by 1978 those attributes werenât enough. The U.S. government was compelling the Detroit companies to build more fuel-efficient automobiles, and 45 years ago that translated into smaller cars with smaller engines, and with fewer bells and whistles. The industry was mostly answering that call and so were most consumers. But not everyone w
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By 1978, the Detroit-based automotive world was in the midst of a huge transition, but the full impact hadnât been fully expressed. While the companies were building cars like the Ford Pinto and Chevrolet Chevette â as well as the all-new Omni and Horizon from Chrysler â a few automotive dinosaurs continued to roam the landscape. Among them was the new Mercury Grand Marquis.
Perhaps itâs unfair to call the Grand Marquis a dinosaur. It was a large, family-sized sedan that was handsome in appearance, large in size, and offered the type of luxury that promised to comfortably cradle the driver and passengers. But by 1978 those attributes werenât enough. The U.S. government was compelling the Detroit companies to build more fuel-efficient automobiles, and 45 years ago that translated into smaller cars with smaller engines, and with fewer bells and whistles. The industry was mostly answering that call and so were most consumers. But not everyone w
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By 1978, the Detroit-based automotive world was in the midst of a huge transition, but the full impact hadnât been fully expressed. While the companies were building cars like the Ford Pinto and Chevrolet Chevette â as well as the all-new Omni and Horizon from Chrysler â a few automotive dinosaurs continued to roam the landscape. Among them was the new Mercury Grand Marquis.
Perhaps itâs unfair to call the Grand Marquis a dinosaur. It was a large, family-sized sedan that was handsome in appearance, large in size, and offered the type of luxury that promised to comfortably cradle the driver and passengers. But by 1978 those attributes werenât enough. The U.S. government was compelling the Detroit companies to build more fuel-efficient automobiles, and 45 years ago that translated into smaller cars with smaller engines, and with fewer bells and whistles. The industry was mostly answering that call and so were most consumers. But not everyone w
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Amazon.com will open two warehouses in London, but multiple Free Press sources say the e-commerce giant is examining whether to also bring a massive sorting and distribution centre to the former Ford assembly plant site in Talbotville.
Amazon leased two warehouses in London that will each employ about 100 workers, the company said Wednesday.
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But a much bigger move may loom.
There are discussions that Broccolini Construction in Toronto is looking at the former assembly plant site on Highway 4 south of Highway 401 for a major development, and is in talks with officials from Southwold Township to buy the land, sources say.
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