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It should be a performance/luxury car, and it should be a Lincoln.

GODDAMMIT CADILLAC

This is a way better solution than modifying the body panels for “pedestrian safety,” resulting in the bloated, ungainly appearance so many modern cars suffer from.

But it is! Holy shit!

The Avg Luxary car driver who knows his shit , Executives , buisness owners wants a unique flagship car made with a different formula then other models in the brand. It is the rule of thumb that a flagship luxuary car be AWD or RWD no ifs or buts about it ! It is well known within auto manufacturing circles .

And around the same time (when Lincoln was actually doing rather well) Ford chose to rest on their laurels and not make the necessary long term investments in Lincoln, instead foolishly buying up as many luxury brands as they could. They then tried to cut costs by sharing platforms and components with mass market Ford…

IS, GS, LS... all RWD.

I really, really like it. I think this is the best looking thing to come out of Lincoln in 20 years. I am glad the split wing grille is gone; it wasn’t working on the cars and hadn’t for a long time. The exterior styling is sharp and stately, the interior, from what I’ve seen of it, looks great. This car marks a major…

That dash-to-axle ratio...

In my opinion, those early SN-95s are looking pretty dated, while the New Edge has aged rather well and still looks great to me. I’m biased, though, since I have one in my driveway (not pictured, but I sure love that color.)

Can it tell them to put the fucking smartphones down and look both ways before crossing the street?

Yes, the D6 platform! It can’t come soon enough for Lincoln. I was hoping the new Continental would be on it, but then came word that it won’t be ready until 2019. I think it will be a game changer for the brand.

Generally speaking, I like it. The new front end alleviates the bulbous baleen whale look that so many Lincolns suffered from, so it’s an improvement in my book. I do wish they would ditch that stupid Kia-ish buck tooth piece below where the Lincoln emblem sits in the grille. That’s really the only thing I don’t like…

trying to build luxury cars on FWD economy car platforms

The tone and content of this article is, essentially, trolling white people who are conscientious about racism.

Low mileage, Japanese reliability, 280 hp, 0-60 under 6 seconds and with the bonus of RWD and available manual. Under $10k.

I knew from the first time I saw it. The dash-to-axle ratio says it all. And we got word that the new D6 platform (that can be configured for RWD) won’t be ready until 2019. I was really hoping for a rear-biased AWD system like most Audis, which I think could really make this car competitive in its segment. But I fear…