Concept car on eBay: 1954 Mercury XM-800 Posted on 09.10.2008 14:10
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Mercury | concept cars | auctionMost of Detroit's concept cars from the 50s and 60s were like the mediocre rock stars of the same era. They get a lot of attention for a little while, but when the spotlight faded away they died young. Concept cars disappear for a number of reasons including keeping company design secrets, failure to meet current safety regulations, too many are produced to store them all, avoiding taxes, etc. But all reasons are meet by the same fate: death by crusher. There are a very few of these (...)
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