Like its Milan sedan sibling, the 2011 Mercury Mariner crossover will be one of the final vehicles sold under its brand name. Ford announced in 2010 it would shut down the Mercury brand, leaving it with just Lincoln and Ford nameplates to apply to its wide range of sedans, trucks, and crossovers.The Mariner had received fairly extensive updates in the 2008 and 2009 model years. For 2008, Ford smoothed over the aging Mariner’s looks and fitted a new interior that organized controls a bit more effectively, but cloaked them in too much grainy plastic.
