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Concept Car of the Week: Mercury El Gato (1970)

Of all the brands that marked American automobile history, Mercury had never been the most popular or the most loved, which ultimately led to its demise in 2011 when Ford chose to terminate the brand. To be fair only a handful of Mercury models are worth remembering: the 1950 Mercury Eight iconic base for custom cars, the 1955 Montclair, the Mustang-based Cougar, the Marauder X-100, the evil Cyclone Spoiler. However one of their coolest creations is fairly unknown mostly due its short concept car life: El Gato, in Spanish translating as "The Cat".

Jaguar F-Type Coupe pictures were actually the CX-16

In fact, the photos we published turn out to be images Jaguar submitted to the European Patent office when the CX-16 Concept – the first view we had of the new F-Type – was being readied for its debut in 2011. Oh, well. But despite the images we ran turning out to be a bit of a red herring, there’s no doubt Jaguar will reveal an F-Type Coupe before too long, but not necessarily as soon as the ‘production’ patent images led us to think.

Aston Martin confirms limited production of the V12 Zagato

Aston Martin on Thursday confirmed that it will put the gorgeous V12 Zagato into production. The handmade exotic will have a limited run of 150 examples, with prices from about $527,000, converted from British pounds. Earlier this year, the Aston Martin V12 Zagato won an award for design in the Concepts and Prototypes class at the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este on the shores of Italy's Lake Como, then it completed the N