The future of Mercury, one of Ford’s subsidiary brands, is once again in question. The Lincoln Mercury National Dealer Counsel has already started prying at Ford for details about the brand’s future. Ford and the Lincoln Mercury National Dealer Council are meeting in September to discuss the issue, but so far Mercury’s future looks grim. The only additions to the Mercury product line are a hybrid Milan, and a refresh to the gasoline powered version. The lack of product planning has analyst Jim Hossack predicting that Ford is not planning to kill Mercury, but rather “let it die”.