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I feel sorry for the the yanks! In Australia we have excellent Ford vehicles such as The new FG Falcon(check out the GT) and Territory. We also get cars from Europe like the fantastic Fiesta, Focus and Mondeo. The Australians rejected the Mustang, Turaus, F-truck, Explorer and soon the Escape. Thats why Americans now do!

If I were Bill Ford, fire Alan Mullaly and Peter Horbury and enlist up and coming hungry designers to bring f-l-m back from the dead.I design cars myself and as a young black man I can make Ford look like a start up company. I am alot smarter than Mullaly and those dreaded designers they have.If Ford was smart stop concepts and put out cars people want. they have too much over head thats why there is no profit the board of directors is holding that company back

MKS is a great looking car, but is available with rear wheel drive?

You are missing the point. I don't care how my HP it has as long as it performs. Taking 8 seconds to get to 60 MPH and only achieving 16/23 MPG for the AWD is poor performance -- plain and simple (the MKS has to be the slowest car with 270 HP on the market today). The S80 v8 has 40 more HP (and 50 more lb.ft or torque) , is much quicker and gets the same MPG. If the MKS had significanlty better fuel efficiency then I could live with the poor performance -- but it does not. FMC know they have a performance problem -- why else would they be coming out with the 3.5L Eco.

is everyone living in the same century as me. The car gets 24 mpg on the highway and 273 horses. Oh never mind i need a rwd v8 so i can spend 450 bucks a month at the gas station to get 20 - 30 more horses so i can out run the cops, get real!!!!. this car should and will be a success.

Fred....that is the problem with FMC -- there is always something coming.... in this case it is the engine that the car should have had from the beginning. 8.6K pre-orders is not going to save Lincoln -- niether is 36K per year. The thing that I don't understand is how they always seem to extract less from more.... The fuel efficiency of the 3.7L is only equal to the 4.4L V8 in the S80 but its much, much slower. In the MT review they estimate the 0-60 times at 7.9 seconds (other initial reviews peg it as being in the 7s) -- on the otherhand the 4.4L S80 sprints to 60 in the mid 5 second range. I have seen estimates on the 3.5L EB (with its 340 HP) which only provide 0-60 times in the mid 6 second range (again -- slower than its current competition). This is Lincoln dropping the ball, again -- they needed to beat the competition out of the shoot -- not promise improved performance down the road...and what's with the late availability of the 20 inch rims -- doesn't say much for lincoln if it takes them close to a year (from the time the car was announced in 11/07 to the time you will be able to get them (9/08). to bring them to market. My wife I both own Lincolns (LS and MKX) -- and the MKS was to be my next purchase (was) --but I'm sick of all these false starts.

This looks great, EcoBoost is comming ina few more months (Jan. 2009) and it offers an AWD so what if it is not a RWD. AWD is better than RWD.
Lincoln has 8.6k preorders now, this car means the comeback of Lincoln.

Not to put down FoMoCo although I love them, the taillights look like they came off the brand new impreza sedans. Also put the EcoBoost V6 in a Ranger with a 6speed manual, then it will be a really fun truck.

For the guy that said that this car could be like a lexus or acura, body this is way ahead that. it is beautiful thats the way lincoln.

Wow -- seams that interest in the MKS has dried up already. No posts since 3/25.
FMC -- here is a hint 1) Don't launch a car 9 Plus months before it will be available, 2) Don't launch it with an underpoweredengine and finally 3) Don't launch tell people about the Eco-Boost engine (the one that the car should have been launched with) 18 months before you can own one.
By the way the much touted 20" wheels won't be available for production until October -- almost a year after they started making a big deal about them. Doesn't say much for FMC when it takes them a year to procure wheels.. They have even taken them off the MKS sight as an orderable optin. Well done....

Looked at and sat in an MKS at a local dealership. It was a pre-production model, but the workmanship was very good with tight gaps and tolerances. Very impressed with the quality of the interior materials. Style of the car is very classy, unlike the critical write-up in Automobile magazine a couple of months back (what was he smoking?). Hardly a hint of hard plastic in sight or feel. Nicely sized trunk, though access is through a very small trunk opening. Engine compartment looks nice and tidy. The car, White Suede with Camel leather, is a very nice color combo. Think of the MKS as the Continental replacement. Still awaiting the Town Car replacement. Thinking of dumping my '07 DTS for an MKS when the lease is up in March of '09, though the seats aren't quite as cushioned and comfy in the MKS (I love the seats in my DTS, even though they offer little in lateral support, but are far superior to those in the Lucerne). According to the specs, the MKS 3.7L V-6 will have substantially more power than the forthcoming 3.9L V-6 with the old 4 speed auto. that's slated for the '09 Lucerne. Have to drive the MKS first. If it's extremely refined, quiet, and smooth, I'll be sold.

If Lincoln wants to make their vehicles even more "green," consider using nicely stained and finished renewable bamboo veneer inside the cabin instead of traditional hardwoods. Look at the current offerings in bamboo flooring to get inspiration. Bamboo is very durable and the traditional hardwoods could still be offered as an extra cost option.

Lincoln has finally woken up. This car looks like it could be a Lexus or Acura. Great sleek design which is unusual for recent Lincolns. Hopefully, it has the quality of a Lexus and Acura too.

I read the article in the March issue of "Automobile" and find it much too harsh. The same columnist critiques the Cadillac CTS Coupe in April's issue and he loves that car.

Still, I think the center console on the MKS could use some dressing up in wood as the current design looks too much like plastic. Also the optional wood door accents should be made standard to dress up the door panels.

I hope the seats in the MKS sit high like those in the current Taurus and Sable. I hate competing for views with SUVs and trucks.

I also hope the six-cylinder engine doesn't sound like a six. If it doesn't have an expensive growl like a Jaguar, it shouldn't be heard at all.

I couldn't agree more with the last comments. The concept of the MKS was better, esp. the rear. Ford and Lincoln Esp. need to learn people like a name, not a number on an American car. Numbers are for BMW's, Benz's and the like. American car buyers want a nice hearty word to say when declaring their vehicle, not just a wimpy C230 . I was just about to buy a Zephyr when the changed it. Look at the Five Hundred. Even spelling out the numbers wasn't enough to sell it. Now, the Taurus is everywhere again. It's concepts, especially Lincoln's should be built as shown. Exactly. The bold, aggressive modernity is what people are crying for. Originality with style and convenience in an American package.

The MKS is nice and I'm sure it will get looks from people who usually buy European or Japanese Luxury, but it's no replacement for the Town Car. The Town Car, at least for me, is the definition of traditional American luxury. You can see clear routes to the Lincolns and Cadillacs of the 60s and 70s with it's straight lines and leather and chrome, even an available vinyl roof. Lincoln took criticism for making the Town Car too round back in 1998 and straightened it out for 2003, I think that they'll get the same criticism if they drop the Town Car and replace it with this.

Ford should, if they must, replace the Town Car with something based off the Intercepter concept and the Continental concept of a few years ago. Also make a Mark IX based off the concept from a few years ago and use the GT500 chassis and power plant to compete with Cadillac's XLR. Toss in a new Cougar based off the Mustang while you're at it, too.

P.S. Why the name MKS? What happened to actual names? I know the purpose is to get people to recognize it as a "Lincoln" and not a "Town Car" or a "Continental", for example. But it makes the car feel cold and, well, like just a car.

I own an '04 Ls. I will only buy another Lincoln if it has rear wheel drive.