FAR WEST Idaho (0-0) at No. 14 Washington (0-0) If Marques Tuiasosopo's passing holds up, Washington will survive despite a questionable defense.
What is clear is that Nissan is not about to back down from the Quest, which is good news for consumers if the marque continues to struggle with sales.
1954 CADILLAC ELDORADO -- If ever a car marque needed a halo, it is the Cadillac, which has been trying to rediscover its identity for decades.
Vigas' film was an unexpected winner, even if it carried the marque of influential Mexican scriptwriter Guillermo Arriaga (Amores Perros, Babel) among its credits.
The grille, a conventional if oversize variant on the marque's traditional egg crate, swings up in a smile.
Or, what if an infamous Russian car marque wanted to inject some drama and chic into its brand by going into business with a leading British theatre school and a top Italian fashion house (but also wanted a name that coolly suggested they didn't care what the new company was called)?
Although Mercury was once as capable of producing muscle cars–such as the original 1963 Marauder with the best of them, to most buyers today the marque is known, if it is known for anything, for turning out uninspiring knockoffs of its big brother Ford Motor.
In the first five months of the year, European nameplates (marques, if you want to get fancy) accounted for 443,876 U.S. sales (cars and sport utility vehicles), up 20% from 370,481 a year ago.
In Sunday's Automobiles section, Christopher Jensen reviews the Range Rover Evoque, a relatively lithe sport utility vehicle from a marque traditionally associated with chunky, if plush, utility machines.
Letters of marque, of course, can only work if they are viewed as extension of governmental, not corporate authority.
