
Lincoln announced the MKT, a new luxury utility concept, at the 2008 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. “The MKT demonstrates how else we could grow the Lincoln lineup,” explains Mark Fields, Executive Vice President, Ford Motor Company; President, the Americas. It takes the dramatic design language of the MKR concept vehicle and recently-announced MKS sedan and translates it into a more spacious vehicle.
The design of this concept features the dramatic double-wing chrome grill and full-width LED tail lamps that Lincoln-watchers now find familiar. Winged doors and a single-piece, transparent windshield/roof provide the bolder cues expected of a concept vehicle. Going inside the luxury tourer, Lincoln’s theme of responsible luxury is brought to life with the hand-knotted banana silk rug and chromium-free leather captain’s chairs.
Taking this theme one step further, the concept is powered by a 3.5-liter engine utilizing Ford’s new EcoBoost engine technology. The technology is a combination of direct injection and turbocharging that offers sustainability on a mass-market scale. In the MKT, this translates into the concept’s V6 engine delivering 415 horsepower and 400 lb-ft of torque that would otherwise require a 6.0-liter V8.