Lincoln said today that a significant amount of its customers are increasingly purchasing the brand’s vehicles with all-wheel-drive. Lincoln, which offers all-wheel-drive on all of its models, said that customers of Lincoln’s crossover and SUV models are more likely to choose this technology. “One of the greatest benefits of luxury is choice,” said C.J. O’Donnell, Group [...]
Way back in the old days Henry Ford would tell Model T buyers, ‘you can have any color you like, so long as it’s black.’ However, today as Japanese suppliers struggle to come back from the disastrous earthquake and tsunami, FoMoCo is asking its dealers to order pickups and USVs in any color but black. [...]
Now that Mercury is gone, FoMoCo plans on allocating more of its resources to expanding the luxury Lincoln brand. Product planners are looking to add a compact, front-wheel-drive sedan or crossover and are also thinking of a vehicle based on the next-generation Ford Mondeo. Here is a little something you can expect from Lincoln between [...]
According to J.D. Power and Associates 2009 Navigation Usage and Satisfaction Study, Ford’s Lincoln MKS owners report “Highest Satisfaction” with their Clarion-equipped Voice-Activated Navigation System with SIRIUS Travel Link. FoMoCo’s Ford and Lincoln models earned five of the top 10 positions on the survey, with Ford Flex coming in at No. 2. Over 15 FoMoCo [...]
Joining the Ford lineup at next month’s 2009 SEMA show, will be the brand’s luxury siblings as Lincoln will be presenting their new luxury project vehicles; the MKS, MKT, and MKZ. The vehicles will be on display in the Ford booth from Nov. 3-6 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. “Lincoln as a brand is [...]
In attempt to prove to us that fuel-efficient cars can be fun, the folks over at Edmunds decided to take the new 2010 Lincoln MKS EcoBoost to a drag strip in Milan, Michigan. After a couple of runs, the MKS EcoBoost kept returning a quarter-mile run in 14 seconds at 104 mph. To put those [...]
Ford says that by 2013, more than 90 percent of Ford’s North American nameplates will be available with its new EcoBoost technology. However, today, the new 3.5L EcoBoost V6 engine has made its market debut in the 2010 Lincoln MKS. The first V6 direct-injection twin-turbocharged engine produced in North America delivers a very impressive 355-hp with [...]
Following the 2010 EcoBoost Ford Flex announcement earlier this morning, FoMoCo announced today that the 2010 Lincoln MKS will now also be available with an all-new EcoBoost that delivers V8 power while maintaining V6 fuel-economy. The 3.5L EcoBoost V6 produces an impressive 355-hp with peak torque of 350 lb-ft. Fuel-economy is boost by 20 percent with [...]
As reported yesterday, two new Lincoln’s in mid-2009 will get a new feature called Active Park Assist. The new feature will allow the 2010 Lincoln MKS sedan and the new 7-seater Lincoln MKT Crossover to parallel park themselves with a simple push of a button. Ford has just released a video of the new feature in [...]
Ford has announced that it will take on Lexus with a new feature called Active Park Assist for its Lincoln brand. The new feature will be available in mid-2009 on the 2010 Lincoln MKS sedan and the new 7-seater Lincoln MKT Crossover that will make its debut at the 2009 Detroit Auto Show next month. The [...]
