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It almost seems like there's a bit of Jaguar design in the MKS, especially from a side view.]]>Nov 14th 2007 12:12AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/14/la-2007-2009-lincoln-mks-brings-new-look-to-american-luxury/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/14/la-2007-2009-lincoln-mks-brings-new-look-to-american-luxury/
BUT, and it is a big "but", it is so derivative--nothing unique beyond the grill.

I think many of us were hoping for something like what we saw Lincoln had at the auto shows earlier this decade. I know that has been covered and debated many times, but I think it was a big mistake not to do a new Lincoln Continental, in spirit if not name. ]]>Nov 14th 2007 10:24AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/14/la-2007-2009-lincoln-mks-brings-new-look-to-american-luxury/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/14/la-2007-2009-lincoln-mks-brings-new-look-to-american-luxury/Nov 14th 2007 12:13AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/14/la-2007-2009-lincoln-mks-brings-new-look-to-american-luxury/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/14/la-2007-2009-lincoln-mks-brings-new-look-to-american-luxury/Nov 14th 2007 12:47AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/14/la-2007-2009-lincoln-mks-brings-new-look-to-american-luxury/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/14/la-2007-2009-lincoln-mks-brings-new-look-to-american-luxury/Nov 14th 2007 5:38AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/14/la-2007-2009-lincoln-mks-brings-new-look-to-american-luxury/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/14/la-2007-2009-lincoln-mks-brings-new-look-to-american-luxury/Nov 14th 2007 12:14AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/14/la-2007-2009-lincoln-mks-brings-new-look-to-american-luxury/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/14/la-2007-2009-lincoln-mks-brings-new-look-to-american-luxury/Nov 14th 2007 12:23AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/14/la-2007-2009-lincoln-mks-brings-new-look-to-american-luxury/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/14/la-2007-2009-lincoln-mks-brings-new-look-to-american-luxury/Nov 14th 2007 8:19AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/14/la-2007-2009-lincoln-mks-brings-new-look-to-american-luxury/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/14/la-2007-2009-lincoln-mks-brings-new-look-to-american-luxury/
About the car, it looks way better in this red than in the black IMO. I like the overall design, even though I would never even consider it when putting it up against a CTS. I wonder why Lincoln chose to make the taillights verticle instead of horizontal like all new lincolns are. Anyway, good luck Lincoln, and brind that Twin Force ASAP.]]>Nov 14th 2007 12:15AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/14/la-2007-2009-lincoln-mks-brings-new-look-to-american-luxury/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/14/la-2007-2009-lincoln-mks-brings-new-look-to-american-luxury/
Fors some reason, the design looks a lot cleaner in red than in black. and they should have made the tail lights horizontal...but not like the current navigator and the mks...those are ugly]]>Nov 14th 2007 8:09AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/14/la-2007-2009-lincoln-mks-brings-new-look-to-american-luxury/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/14/la-2007-2009-lincoln-mks-brings-new-look-to-american-luxury/Nov 14th 2007 7:36PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/14/la-2007-2009-lincoln-mks-brings-new-look-to-american-luxury/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/14/la-2007-2009-lincoln-mks-brings-new-look-to-american-luxury/Nov 14th 2007 12:16AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/14/la-2007-2009-lincoln-mks-brings-new-look-to-american-luxury/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/14/la-2007-2009-lincoln-mks-brings-new-look-to-american-luxury/Nov 14th 2007 12:17AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/14/la-2007-2009-lincoln-mks-brings-new-look-to-american-luxury/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/14/la-2007-2009-lincoln-mks-brings-new-look-to-american-luxury/Nov 14th 2007 12:27AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/14/la-2007-2009-lincoln-mks-brings-new-look-to-american-luxury/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/14/la-2007-2009-lincoln-mks-brings-new-look-to-american-luxury/Nov 14th 2007 12:35AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/14/la-2007-2009-lincoln-mks-brings-new-look-to-american-luxury/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/14/la-2007-2009-lincoln-mks-brings-new-look-to-american-luxury/
The Caddy CTS makes 306HP from its 3.6 OHC engine on regular gas.]]>Nov 14th 2007 3:40AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/14/la-2007-2009-lincoln-mks-brings-new-look-to-american-luxury/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/14/la-2007-2009-lincoln-mks-brings-new-look-to-american-luxury/http://media.ford.com/products/presskit_display.cfm?vehicle_id=1678&press_section_id=398&make_id=93

How is the Cx-9 273hp & 270ft-lbs, when all the say is regular? Maybe it is a psychological marketing tactic, 'my car take premium, so I am special'
The Camry make 272hp with 95 RON, as evidenced by the Lexus ES350.
GM's direct injection 3.6 V6 is made for premium fuel (probably 95 RON for Europe), though it does make that 306hp on regular.
There is an asterisk that says, maximum accleration achieved with premium fuel, that is what edmunds tested with.
The G37 will not lose 60hp on regular fuel, worst case would be 15hp, if there was really bad gas, say 85AKI, but who fills up the entire tank now a days, so 10hp seems reasonable if you always use 87, and even if you use 95RON mid-grade, it would only be about 5hp off the 330hp.]]>Nov 14th 2007 12:06PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/14/la-2007-2009-lincoln-mks-brings-new-look-to-american-luxury/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/14/la-2007-2009-lincoln-mks-brings-new-look-to-american-luxury/
"Peter Horbury set about...examining past Lincolns to determine what set them apart."

I'll give you a hint, Peter. It's not FWD, V6.
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I hope it does well for Lincoln.

As for the comments about the alphabet soup names, why is that centered at the domestic makers? They didn't start that stupid trend. MB and BMW were always like that. Of course, theirs made sense until recently, as it identified the series/class of car and the engine it carried. Now they sometimes just throw whimsical numbers in the name, not tied to the actual engine displacement... Then Lexus jumped on board (after all, copying while improving on MB is the whole basis of the existance of Lexus), then Acura switched from good names like Legend, Integra, etc. to more stupid letters.

I'd much rather Caddy and Lincoln still had names, but they are responding to a trend that began with several others. Why single them out? ]]>Nov 14th 2007 9:41AM