Could it be a Cougar? Mark IX?
http://www.torquenews.com/1081/lincoln-motor-company-hints-ford-mustang-based-rear-drive-coupe
Also did you guys see Kevin Morgan's verison of the Cougar?
http://www.amcarguide.com/concept/mercury-cougar-concept-by-kevin-morgan/
(http://www.amcarguide.com/wp-content/gallery/km-cougar/mercury-cougar-concept-kevin-morgan-01.jpg)
I've always thought it should have a touch of the 80's so here's my version with the rear side window tweaked.
(http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/740905_10151236391569790_706152026_o.jpg)
Interesting
Wasn't the Lincoln LS based on a modified SN-95 chassis?
this comment hit home for me, and it is high time that different starts looking and feeling just that.............
4. Understand that there is NO market for an "upmarket" Mustang re-badged as a Lincoln. Different demographic groups, expectations of the car, and buyers who buy based on performance and price. This is not Lincoln's target demographic. (It would also compete unnecessarily with the Mustang, raise costs per vehicle, and NOT increase sales throughout the Ford/Lincoln corporation)
There is absolutly no other car on the road that looks even close to the fox birds or cougs, even during thier ear of the 80's they stood out unlike anything else.
today,, its really hard to separate the lines on the cars running the roads to "at a glance know" what car that was.
We need an "at a glance" car today and the mustang has always measured up even if soem of us didnt really agree with the final product. The charger did well also for the glance test.
linc needs a glance test car that clearly says what it is,,, hell even the prius passes the glance test.............
VW is doing a decent job of manipulating the glance test......
My wifes ghia on the other hand certainly passes the glance test but 99% of people who look at it smile because its so different,, nothing like it.
Its my belief that the auto makers lost thier way thinking revenue too often and while the dollar drove the P&L. The first impression is a lasting one and to this , the glance test and appeal needs satisfied for linc to survive on its own.
and yet............
Exhibit A: imho, an epic Phale,, the "porshe cayenne" , SUV, looks like a hyundai
The responder "John" was off base on a few of his points, including that #4 point.
I'm all for it...but I'm somewhat sure those pics were new 2-3 years ago...?
FoMoCo has already dispelled the rumour that a RWD Lincoln is coming. Much as I'd like to see a 3-series sized RWD 4-door Lincoln based on the next Mustang, it ain't gonna happen...
Lincoln needs a successful version of the Lincoln ls v8.
I personally hate the fact that Ford has nothing to compete with this!
(http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee367/T-BirdX3/photobucket-84355-1357084672539_zpsd546c343.jpg)
Really, they let it out on December 26th and dispell the rumor within a week? Multiple sites are reporting it.
they've been turning down the rwd 4dr rumor for awhile now.
and the lincoln ls was its own piece of . mark 8's were on sn-95's.
If they bring anything back it should be a 'Hot-Rod Lincoln" and a Mark 9 would the right thing, throw that out to compete with the cts and throw on a Continental badge and make that the 4dr edition, Although the new Mkz looks great imo, it's a rebadged Taurus.
Actually Mark VIII's were based off the MN12 chassis...I think they called the mark's chassis version FN10, although I may be wrong. There's nothing in common at all with any SN95 Mustang, save for the engine displacement at 4.6l....
Yeah the MN12 was the Cougar/Tbird of the 90's and the FN10 was extremely similar and the Mark VIII platform.
And Lincolns will always share platforms with Fords.
Yes. This:
http://wot.motortrend.com/retro-modern-ads-lincoln-launches-lincoln-motor-company-campaign-299813.html
Hmmm...I don't remember hearing that, not sure.
The S197 (current-gen Mustang) is based off the LS's DEW98 platform though.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_D2C_platform
And yes, the FN10 is the Lincoln version of the MN12 chassis. The extensive use of aluminum in suspension components is what differentiated the platforms enough for a name change, apparently.
FWIW, I think with the MK_ naming structure that Lincoln has employed for the last few years, it's awful logical to have a 2-door coupe named the MK9, don't you think?
(And yes, 9, not IX. If Lincoln wants to modernize, start with dropping the Roman numerals.)
They should have done the Continental concept from a few years ago, though. THAT would have been the perfect comeback car.
(http://www.fordmuscleforums.com/attachments/garage/5411d1221872770-copycats-why-lincoln-continental-concept-02.jpg)
Thanks, Eric. I knew they were related somehow, just didn't recall how they were.
As far as the FN/MN deal...
FN-10 =
Full-Size
North America Project 10
MN-12 =
Mid-Size
North America Project 12
If they can't open their eyes an see that people WANT a RWD lux/sport sedan, then they're doomed. Apparently Cadillac has figured it out as they are now beating BMW and Mercedes at their own game (check out the latest issue of Motor Trend).
I'm not sure why the writer of Ford Insider News writes so confidently of it then, and why many auto sites are spreading the news. Car spokesmen always deny rumors until they make the announcement.
http://www.fordinsidenews.com/forums/showthread.php?9487-Lincoln-Tenatively-Planning-Rear-Drive-Coupe (http://"www.fordinsidenews.com")
Also see a reply by the author farther down the thread.
i must have still had a hangover when i wrote that last night. yes mn12's.
and if people wanted it they would make it. Car guys want it. vast majority of people could care less.
Well apparently only "car guys" buy those new Cadillacs then! Cadillac is moving towards RWD big time and have dumped a ton of R&D into their suspension, interior, etc to compete directly with BMW, Mercedes, etc. I don't see why Ford can't do the same thing w/Lincoln.
I, for one, would be highly interested in a classy looking four door on the current stang platform! And when I say classy looking I do not mean these stupid looking bow wave cars they are producing now! :D