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Automobile Magazine reported Ford’s plan to devote one of the 10 slots for its compact car architecture to Mercury. The automaker is said to be planning to manufacture 10 models out of its C-car platform, but the list of the 10 models is not yet complete. There’s one thing for sure, though: one of the models would be a Mercury.

This report has already been confirmed by Ford’s President of the Americas Mark Fields and by Lincoln-Mercury spokesman Mark Schirmer. The expected debut of the new model will be on the Los Angeles Auto Show later this year, and its sale will be by early next year.

Hopefully, this move will help the Mercury brand spring back to life after quite a long time of inactivity.

[Source: Automobile Magazine]