In News Brake: Lincoln offers the 2011 MKZ hybrid for the same price as the regular model, the Senate ponders electric-car incentives, and Citroën shows off its WRC heritage in stunning photography . . . But Wait, There’s More!
The automotive world largely yawned when Ford announced the 2011 Lincoln MKZ hybrid. After all, Ford already offered the Fusion and Mercury Milan in hybrid flavor, and the standard MKZ is hardly setting the world on fire with only 11,214 models sold in the first half of 2010. In search of a bigger publicity bump [...]
The 2011 Lincoln MKZ hybrid will cost exactly the same as its conventional counterpart when it goes on sale this fall.
If you’re looking to add a Lincoln concept model to your collection, here’s your chance as a total of five design studies from the past decade will be offered for sale by Ford Motor Company at the RM’s Sports & Classics of Monterey auction on August 12th. The proceeds raised through the sale will benefit the Juvenile Diabetes Research…
General Motors and Ford have dropped their fur-lined gloves and are engaging in one-upmanship to distinguish their luxury brands in a competitive segment of the market.
While Ford had previously announced a power increase for for the extensively updated 2011 Lincoln MKX luxury SUV, they had previously only been claiming improved fuel economy with no numbers. The EPA test results are now in. The new MKX will have an EPA rating of 19/26 city/highway–up one mpg across the board from the previous EPA numbers. Other changes include a 15 percent increase in horsepower to 305 and 12 percent increase in torque to 280 lb.-ft.
The bump in fuel economy is due to a change i…
2011 Lincoln MKX
FoMoCo has announced the EPA fuel-economy rating for the 2011 Lincoln MKX, which gives the premium crossover the best-in-class horsepower, torque and the best fuel economy of any luxury crossover vehicle on the market.
The 2011 Lincoln MKX, which is powered by a 305-hp 3.7L V6, averages 19/26 mpg (city/highway) with a combined fuel-economy of 21 mpg. That figure helps it top all its competitors including the Lexus RX350, Cadillac SRX and the BMW X5.
“The new 2011 MKX is the latest …
My pappy said "Son, you're gonna drive me to drinkin'If you don't stop drivin' that hot rod Lincoln."
Probably like many (most?), the first time I'd heard this song was in 1972 as performed by Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen. Of course, not having ever lived in the 1950s, I didn't even know it was a cover of an existing song. On top of that, by the 1970s Lincolns were pretty much viewed as luxo-barges for our parents so my buddies and I had some trouble imagin…
The month of June isn’t looking quite as sunny as originally forecasted for new-vehicle sales, but Ford still has some reasons to smile. The Ford and soon-to-expire Mercury brands delivered healthy performances last month to help stave off a Lincoln loss for a 15.4-percent overall improvement over June 2009.Sales of Blue Oval-badged cars, sport-utilities, and trucks all crept upward, with the Taurus leading the pack in percentage with a 191.3-percent increase at 6607 vehicles sold. The highly hyped Fiest…
“May the best product win” may be a catchy mantra, but customers aren’t necessarily sold on vehicles alone. Automakers frequently craft incentives or special offers to help sweeten the deal, so we’re not too surprised to see archrivals Lincoln and Cadillac battle each other with free scheduled maintenance deals.Late last week, Lincoln announced that all customers buying or leasing a 2010 or 2011 vehicle will receive free scheduled maintenance for three years or 45,000 miles — so long as they pur…