![]() ĭuring the development of the Sable, Mercury had become one of the final American brands to adopt front-wheel drive into its vehicle line. Along with input from potential buyers (in stark contrast to the Edsel), Ford used reverse engineering of competitive vehicles as a design input tool. While designed entirely in North America, the Taurus/Sable were designed under a similar approach as the Ford Escort, using an interdisciplinary team approach each element of the vehicle was designed concurrently, including manufacturing and assembly. ![]() The Taurus was to replace the Ford LTD while the Sable replaced the Mercury Marquis. Originally intended to replace its full-size and mid-size rear-wheel drive product lines ( Panther and Fox platforms, respectively), the Taurus/Sable were focused toward the mid-size segment in 1981, as the company felt stabilization of gasoline prices justified the continuation of its full-size model lines. In early 1980, the Mercury Sable began development alongside the Ford Taurus the $3.5 billion project would become the largest development ever undertaken by Ford at the time. The Sable nameplate derived from the small Russian mammal of the same name. ![]() The final Sable was produced on in total, 2,112,374 Sables were produced during its 1985–2005 production. It was reintroduced for 2008 as a full-size car, offered as a four-door sedan.īecause of declining sales, the Sable was discontinued after the 2009 model year, leaving no Mercury counterpart for the sixth-generation Taurus. For 2006, the Sable was replaced by the full-size Montego and mid-size Milan. From the 1986 to 2005 model years, it was produced as a mid-size four-door sedan and five-door station wagon. Over its production span, the Sable was Mercury's badge-engineered counterpart to the Ford Taurus, below the Grand Marquis in the Mercury range. ![]() Introduced on Decemas the replacement for the Mercury Marquis, the Sable marked the transition of the mid-size Mercury product range to front-wheel drive. The Mercury Sable is a range of automobiles manufactured and marketed by the Mercury brand of Ford Motor Company. ![]()
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