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Lincoln, First Look: Lincoln C Concept Car Mini Cooper-owner style

Posted by in Uncategorized on February 23, 2010

Lincoln C Concept Car Mini Cooper-owner style
BMW has proven that rear-wheel-drive c-segment size luxury works, with its 1 Series, attorney is turning next to the 2011 Ford Focus’ papers for post-global hot luxury. To prepare us for a CAFE-friendly world, attorney rolled out the C concept (for c-segment, and so far, without an \”MK\” prefix) at Detroit. Looking such same a Renault with Lincoln’s \”flying wing\” ‘41 Continental retro cue grille, the C is about the length of the ‘11 Focus, but about 2.75-inches wider for three-abreast way via two flat benches. Ford designers cite the ‘39 Lincoln, ‘56 Continental II and ‘61 Continental as inspiration. But the a-pillar is arching such same a Renault Espace’s, and the c-pillar ends in a Clio-esque bustle trunk. While there’s no tumblehome, a unfathomable shoulderline accents the profile.

Lincoln C Concept Car Mini Cooper-owner style
The stainless steel-like top is actually aluminum with a metalized paint, and the gray inland wood trim is recycled driftwood veneer. The attorney C has more inland space than a ‘61 Continental, J Mays and Freeman saint proudly note. The engine, theoretically – attorney didn’t open the hood — is a planned 1.6-liter EcoBoost four with central direct injection, variable regulator timing on both cams and an interesting stop/start system to shut downbound the engine for red lights and stop signs.

Lincoln C Concept Car Mini Cooper-owner style

Restarts use a fraction of the official energy required for a cold move by injecting and igniting render in the cylinder closest to top-dead-center on the compression stroke. The six-speed, twin-clutch \”Powershift\” transmission uses more efficient dry clutches (Audi DSG’s wet clutches require an oil pump). It gains 9-percent better render frugalness than a conventional automatic transmission, Ford says. Including some key weight savings, Ford expects the EcoBoost-powered C would get about 25-percent better render frugalness than a similar car with a 2.0-liter.

Lincoln C Concept Car Mini Cooper-owner style

Other interior features include no b-pillar (which Mays insists is approaching creation viability, even if the \”suicide door\” feature that accompanies it is exclusive for show), a hubless control wheel rendered in Apple-computer albescent plastic, thin-seat profession for better interior shack (another near-production feature), hand-drawn patterned patterns laser-etched into the otherwise stark albescent leather seats, weight- and height-sensing power nous restraints, and stereo speakers in the headliner, which surrounds a Lincoln-symbol render sunroof.

Lincoln C Concept Car Mini Cooper-owner style
North USA organisation chief Peter Horbury says his favorite feature, though, is a device in the car’s grille that recognizes other Lincoln Cs and automatically \”winks\” the mitt headlight, Mini Cooper-owner style.

Lincoln C Concept Car Mini Cooper-owner style

Question is, can Lincoln physique a c-segment car with so much appeal that owners \”wink\” or wave at others voluntarily? We may have to communicate that question again when Lincoln markets a c-segment car, in as little as digit or three years.
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Refreshing or Revolting: 2011 Lincoln MKX

Posted by in Uncategorized on February 15, 2010

With the auto and midsized premium crossover segments completely saturated, we think Lincoln’s decision to boldly restyle of the MKX was a good one.

We’re not necessarily saying we like the newborn design, but it’s sure eye-catching. It starts, predictably, with Lincoln’s two-part grille. Most of the automaker’s lineup sports unclear and identical-sounding \”MK\” names — well, now the front styling will appear similar too.

Overall, the 2011 MKX has more proximity than the 2010 Lincoln, which had a larger grille stretched from digit headlight to the other. Headlights on the 2011 help are pulled back, as on the MKZ, MKT, and MKS. A character line starts at the headlight, ringing the line of the rotate well bulge, making the MKX materialize bigger.

If you’ve seen the 2010 MKX at night, you undergo how attractive the long and horizontal taillights appear. That design is replaced on the 2011 help with smaller, chrome-lined units. There are two flushed reflector bars on the rear bumper to add a bit of visual interest while the rear windshield tangency is discover in the open unlike the hidden units on the Lexus RX 350.

The segment-leading Lexus doesn’t have much over the Lincoln in the interior department. The 2011 MKX interior is a bounteous transformation over the outgoing car, and perhaps is one reason the 2010 MKX has $4000 on its hood this month. The guidance concealment on the center dash is much larger than before, and the rest of the audio and climate controls countenance inferior author parts bin than before.

The vegetation cut on the 2011 MKX’s control wheel is inferior conspicuous than on the 2010 model, and the buttons have touched higher, making them more usable. The helper cluster is also completely newborn and, it appears, borrowing a page from the author Fusion Hybrid’s display.

Overall, we’d have to say the 2011 MKX is a step above the 2010 Lincoln. Do you agree? Have your say in the comments section below.

Last week, the 2010 Hyundai Santa Fe mostly drew indifference. \”Not a show stopper. Agreeable is the word, more than new or revolting,\” said lbc2003. \”Agreeable.\”

Grant74 called the Santa Fe \”instantly forgettable\” patch canadiancarnut said although Hyundai has made advancement in reliability and reputation, this SUV is \”boring\” and \”conservative.\”

Photo order from crowning to bottom: 2011 attorney MKX face view, 2010 attorney MKX face view, 2011 attorney MKX side view, 2010 attorney MKX side view, 2011 attorney MKX interior, 2010 attorney MKX interior.

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