And being a big fan of the 'FX' paint code (Merlot & Crimson Red), my other two Merlot cars...Merlot/Crimson appears to be gone from ll vehicles after the 2008MY.
A 2006 Fusion SEL Manual lease that went back to Ford in September:
Thanks to the extra 40 hours a week my auto. engineering job just gave me, I am going through the 300,000 or so photos in my backup archives...found this one.
My dad drove my '04 40th and decided to drop his plans for a Superformance 460ci Cobra (as in the old Shelby "427" Cobras). Not quite the same cars; he couldn't find a Crimson and bought a Redfire instead.
My car has an off-road MAC ProChamber and Magnaflow Magnapacks. He has a stock front pipe and Magnaflow Magnapacks. If only I owned a sound level meter as we both revved up and down for about 20 seconds in a 20'x20' garage.
Man, I love the painted Cobra mirrors that came on the anniversary package cars.