Lincoln Based On New Ford Mustang GT Visualized!
 

http://autoomobile.com/news/pics-lin...lized/1003037/

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Pipe dream . . .

And they basically took the mustang and put the Lincoln front end on it. Looks horrific.

I think it looks terrific. Give it more differentiation in the roofline and quarter window, slap an MKIX badge on it and watch them fly off the lots. BMW 335i killer.

And buck toothed arzes!

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i think it looks better as a lincoln than it does as a mustang. the current lincolns are FUGLY.

BTW,

ode to Eli Wallach (i see in your avatar). dead at 98! what a good run!

:agree: I like that rendering

i agree, the lincoln grills need to DIE! refresh the design please!

Indeed! :nice:

That's a good looking car, albeit still a bit too obviously S550 from the doors back.

Lincoln never really made an impact over here (UK) and most people would probably think of Dallas and dead presidents when you mention the name.

The current naming convention confuses the heck out of me, so give this a proper name and ensure it shares no visible (body/interior) parts with S550 and it's the sort of car that could get Lincoln back on the map. Perhaps add a small saloon (and wagon?) and you'll have a car to compete with the Caddy CTS.

I fear it might be too little too late for Lincoln though, by time this ever gets a green light.

Compete . . . in terms of performance or sales? Because the MKZ is leading in sales . .

What kind of rebates are they pushing to get that number? Plus that's comparing the single MKZ to both the CTS and ATS. What're the numbers for the MKS?

Looks like 0% on lincoln.com from a quick search. And not sure on MKS . . .

If the Caddy's were so vaunted, one would think at least one would be able to outsell the MKZ.

Well what I was getting at was if the MKS is selling, say, 5000 YTD. Then I would say Cadillac as a brand is doing better in this category. As total sales would be higher.

Perhaps people are going for the MKZ due to the refreshed styling (the numbers are inflated because no one wants the old looking MKS) but if both the MKZ and MKS were updated completely they might be selling less than the CTS and ATS in total.

I just can't logically see why anyone would pick the Lincoln's over the Cadillacs at this point in time.

For sure! Caddy sells many more total vehicles than Lincoln. I was just pointing out that the MKZ is doing relatively well compares to the CTS and ATS individually.

Looks like they stuck the front end of the MKc on the mustang.

The front end is definitely current Lincoln. But there's no way the use the same doors-back shape. They needed to work on this a little more.

Not a terrible front-end swap, but if Lincoln builds something off the S550 its guaranteed to have 4 doors.

this might be my next car in a year or so. Lincoln has nothing to answer to this baby…

http://www.centralfloridacadillac.co...llac-elr-1.jpg

We can only hope.

Nor should they. That's just hideous. :puke: Looks like a deranged Easter Infinity.

I'm pretty sure that if Lincoln needed a coupe, they'd have one by now. I'm guessin' it's not a market like it used to be, or when Ford was making the 'new' TBird, it wouldn't have been a TBird, it'd have been the Mark IX.

Besides, the S550 is too small for a Lincoln coupe. They'd need to stretch it a bit, make it more '97 Tbird/cougar/Mark VIII in size.

IMO. Whatever, I'm not buyin' one anyway. :p

Style is subjective, but more to the point Caddy is selling about 3 of those a month. Lincoln needs an expensive-to-make, very-slow-selling vehicle like a submarine needs a screen door.

i do agree. my opinion is that rendering is hideous. The entire lincoln line looks ugly to me. Out here i see way more caddys, CTS's especially, than new lincolns.

I'm personally interested in the ELR (pictured above) as an electric hybrid alternative to a Tesla. Ford/Lincoln don't have a hybrid in the sport/luxury class that i'm aware of.

Don't get an ELR. It's literally an $80k Volt with a pretty exterior. You get worse performance and worse mpg than the Volt too. Don't get a Tesla either. Trust me. Wait for the second or third generation of these cars to make a decision. It's not worth it to be the early adopter here.

i do agree with you there too Patrick. The ELR is only on my radar. doing lots of research. i'm not looking till next year anyway.

back to the thread topic though. Didn't mean to derail it. sorry.

Thank Goodness they don't IMHO!

IMO I love the design of the elr (haven't read anything about the performance yet). But for Lincoln, they need to build up a YOUNGER customer base before they go into the coupe/sports car range. The MKc and MKz are a good start, the designs are nice and they should get more people to take a look at Lincoln.