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I can't tell you how sick I am of seeing vehicles with overcooked grills. Hate that fad.

That being said, the vehicle looks a hell of a lot better than previous attempts by Lincoln.

From WCF...


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Nice effort, Lincoln is getting serious about his stay in ground ...!

A few live shots from the L.A. Autoshow floor:










Ford's mullet-man, Mark Fields, strode onto the stage to introduce the 2009 Lincoln MKS... and promptly called it "MKX." Oooops.

The MKS, which is what's shown here, is intended to be Lincoln's flagship, competing with the Lexus GS, Cadillac STS, and Acura RL.

Design chief Peter Horbury took the stage to point out some of the Lincoln cues they stole from previous Lincolns. The front end is distinctly Lincoln, and the overall look is clean and understated, with perhaps too many hints of Lexus GS in the profile.

You've seen the number keypad that Ford uses on many of its cars, right? The MKS does this idea one better--there's an invisible keypad in the B-pillar that lights up when you wave your hand over it. Pretty slick.

In introducing this feature, Horbury gave a not-subtle-at-all jab to OnStar: "There's no need to put a satellite into space and have operators standing by just to unlock your doors." Cheeky.

Interesting historical tidbit: the leather for the MKS' seats is said to be from the same Scottish supplier that made the leather for the Model T.

It looks like the MKS will be very-well equipped and competitively priced. It starts at $37,985 and tops out at $48,120 for the fully loaded AWD version.

--Jason Kavanagh, Engineering Editor


Straightline - 2007 LA Auto Show: 2009 Lincoln MKS


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The rear-end vaguely reminds me of the Rover 75:

They just never seem to get it right. The panel gaps between the glove box and the side of the dashboard is not really aligned, same with the dashboard panel below the steering wheel. You can see there is a noticable gap between the panel and the center console.

only that the rear-end of the rover looks better.

That I do agree.

You're right, Bruce, there is definitely some resemblance. In my previous post I said the rear lights remind me of Lancia but actually make that Maserati Quattroporte instead :