When Ford developed the Edsel car line in the 1950s, it was intended to offer customers something a bit nicer and more distinctive than Mercury cars but not quite as luxurious as a Lincoln.

福特在1950年开发出埃赛尔的生产线时，期待为客户提供一款比默寇利更高档更特别但是又不像林肯那么奢华的车型。

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He had a Mercury brought out of the lab, and, keeping Kearns at a distance, demonstrated to him that, as chance would have it, Ford was working on an intermittent wiper, too.

他从实验室中带来了一辆墨丘里车然后向卡恩斯展示了一番，并且告诉他福特公司也在研制类似的雨刷。

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Ford does especially well in the quality category: of 51 Ford, Lincoln and Mercury products tested by Consumer Reports, 46 of them earned average or better ratings for predicted reliability.

福特在品质方面表现出众：51辆林肯和水星系列福特车中，46辆车表现中等或比预期的更好。

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In the 1950s, Ford worked on what it called internally the "E Car" E for experimental to be priced between its low-cost Ford and more upscale Mercury badges.

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SYNC-equipped Ford, Lincoln and Mercury vehicles sell nearly twice as fast as those without, and a Ford survey of SYNC customers showed nearly 80 percent of respondents "definitely would" recommend it to a friend.

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