twinbopilot
Well-Known LVC Member
The Lincoln MKT is an epic fail. So sad to see the once great Lincoln reduced to being largely irrelevant.
Time does not change facts...
And I for one would love to see nothing more than a relevant and strong Lincoln. Unfortunately it does not currently exist.
I LOVE Lincoln. I want it to be strong. I just don't agree with the direction it has taken over the last several years.
The Lincoln MKT is an epic fail. So sad to see the once great Lincoln reduced to being largely irrelevant.
View attachment 828459113View attachment 828459114View attachment 828459115View attachment 828459116For us it is not an "Epic Fail".
We are a family of five, one newborn, two children, my wife and me. We needed a vehicle to seat three in the middle with two in back for extra passengers, normally more kids. It needed to cruise quietly and needed to have high quality leather seating since previous experience taught me leather holds up better than cloth with kids, and it needed to have a modern design with a flowing dash rather than any boxy components and it had to have style since I grew up during a time when style was important. Style. This meant no boxy Flex station wagon. This meant no "me too" Japanese or Euro or GM (front wheel drive Yukon) standard styled crossover with the pointed nose and tall backend and plastic looking dash and interior with sport transmission shifter, like I would want something like that in luxury vehicle, and it had to have luxury this time around.
We looked at the GM truck based big SUVs, what hogs. We looked briefly at the Japanese luxury SUV's and even a Mercedes 'S' class sedan looking for what what we needed. The GM dealer showed us a front wheel drive Yukon with leather seats and a nice plastic dash and less luggage space that the MKT for 53 grand. On our way to looking at Nissan Armadas we stopped at the local Ford-Lincoln dealer and he had the only new MKT in Tennessee this side of Memphis. It had style. It had soft leather everything. It had a flowing dash with leather and beautiful high tech dash displays that seemed to integrate right into the upscale design without a hiccup. The doors closed so soundly. The three across seating is beautiful and works for two siblings and a newborn in the middle. The back seats are good for small people or children and that was very OK with me because that is what they would carry and it allowed her to have a very un-boxy roof line and the gorgeous back end hatch that takes the design back to the 30's in a retro-modern package meant to be functional and beautiful and unique and very un-me-too!
She has a soft but great handling ride. She is quiet, so much so that we were amazed that we all could talk to each other, front and back, without talking over road, tire, engine, outside noise; One must keep coffee beside you or you will be lulled to an afternoon nap while driving her in those oh so comfortable seats. The steering wheel feels so right and she turns like a champ while training her steering following headlights in the direction of travel (shades of Studebaker's center light!). Her systems work just oh so perfectly and she does draw looks because she is so rare.
Beautiful. Capable. Styled. Unique. Rare.
Epic Success for Lincoln and us!
p.s. I am aware my Lincoln MKT, with 300 hp V6, six speed transmission, has paddle shifters neatly camouflaged behind the steering.
I will not send it back just for that.
View attachment 828459113View attachment 828459114View attachment 828459115View attachment 828459116For us it is not an "Epic Fail".
We are a family of five, one newborn, two children, my wife and me. We needed a vehicle to seat three in the middle with two in back for extra passengers, normally more kids. It needed to cruise quietly and needed to have high quality leather seating since previous experience taught me leather holds up better than cloth with kids, and it needed to have a modern design with a flowing dash rather than any boxy components and it had to have style since I grew up during a time when style was important. Style. This meant no boxy Flex station wagon. This meant no "me too" Japanese or Euro or GM (front wheel drive Yukon) standard styled crossover with the pointed nose and tall backend and plastic looking dash and interior with sport transmission shifter, like I would want something like that in luxury vehicle, and it had to have luxury this time around.
We looked at the GM truck based big SUVs, what hogs. We looked briefly at the Japanese luxury SUV's and even a Mercedes 'S' class sedan looking for what what we needed. The GM dealer showed us a front wheel drive Yukon with leather seats and a nice plastic dash and less luggage space that the MKT for 53 grand. On our way to looking at Nissan Armadas we stopped at the local Ford-Lincoln dealer and he had the only new MKT in Tennessee this side of Memphis. It had style. It had soft leather everything. It had a flowing dash with leather and beautiful high tech dash displays that seemed to integrate right into the upscale design without a hiccup. The doors closed so soundly. The three across seating is beautiful and works for two siblings and a newborn in the middle. The back seats are good for small people or children and that was very OK with me because that is what they would carry and it allowed her to have a very un-boxy roof line and the gorgeous back end hatch that takes the design back to the 30's in a retro-modern package meant to be functional and beautiful and unique and very un-me-too!
She has a soft but great handling ride. She is quiet, so much so that we were amazed that we all could talk to each other, front and back, without talking over road, tire, engine, outside noise; One must keep coffee beside you or you will be lulled to an afternoon nap while driving her in those oh so comfortable seats. The steering wheel feels so right and she turns like a champ while training her steering following headlights in the direction of travel (shades of Studebaker's center light!). Her systems work just oh so perfectly and she does draw looks because she is so rare.
Beautiful. Capable. Styled. Unique. Rare.
Epic Success for Lincoln and us!
p.s. I am aware my Lincoln MKT, with 300 hp V6, six speed transmission, has paddle shifters neatly camouflaged behind the steering.
I will not send it back just for that.