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Ford Poised to Move Volvo, Jaguar From NJ HQ to Join Lincoln-Mercury

20 December 1999

Ford Poised to Move Volvo, Jaguar From NJ Headquarters to Join Lincoln-Mercury in California - This Week at www.thecarconnection.com

    DETROIT, Dec. 20 -- Barring an eleventh-hour reversal, Ford
Motor Company will move the headquarters of two of its most
prestigious nameplates to the West Coast, reports TheCarConnection.com in the
lead story in this week's edition posting at (http://www.thecarconnection.com ).
    The Car Connection, the Internet's leading automotive e-zine, in an
exclusive story by Publisher Paul Eisenstein, reveals that Jaguar Cars North
America and Volvo Cars of North America will be leaving their respective
northern New Jersey headquarters to join Lincoln-Mercury at its new
headquarters in Irvine, California.
    While the formal authorization depends on a final review of the move's
cost, http://www.thecarconnection.com brings readers up-to-date with the names and
controversy behinds the scenes, with the forecast on when the final decision
will be made and when.
    Many questions, such as the integrity of the two marques, the success of
Lincoln-Mercury since its move away from Detroit, and the weeding-out of Volvo
and Jaguar executives -- are all raised by this important story.
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