I like the sounds of this. For the past few years all Lincoln has done was to take an existing Ford product, make a few tweaks here and there, add some leather and a nav system (or whatever that MyFordTouchSync thing is), jack up the price by $5-10K, and call it a Lincoln MK[insert cool-sounding letter here]. The…

@Kikzilla: I dunno...the 2.2 Ecotec in my Saturn Vue has been rock solid through many a road trip. A coworker of mine has an '03 Cavalier (IIRC, the first year the Cav came with the Ecotec) with 230k+ on it that has shown no signs of stopping either.

@LTDScott: Yet, for what it's worth, I saw a new Regal being driven yesterday by—who else—a blue-haired retiree. Go figure.

Bruce Almighty and a nice little spliff at the drive-in...good times.

@Lotucris: While they're at it, lose the slushbox too.

@RyGuy: I would have to agree with you. I had a 1997 SL1 and also hooned the shit out of it...didn't burn more than a half pint of oil per 3k miles, and still returned 30 mpg or better every time.

@LuckyChuck: Either way, they tended to eat head gaskets for breakfast.

Any four-banger Vue. Bonus points if it's got a slushbox.

@Brumski07: That's not me tailgating...that's me trying to catch a contact buzz.

And GM still didn't learn...