Spy Shot: Lincoln MKS, Town Car Successor, Caught on the Road:

i really kind like it

I'm guessing you meant "kind of," so you really KIND OF like it? What does that mean?

Dear Lincoln (Ford),

Love the MKZ and MKX. Make and MKS and compete with the Lexus GS, the 5-series, and the E-class (amongst others).

Also, ditch the retro gauges. A honda accord or a Camry have a much nicer IP. Other than that, great job.

sounds like a bad idea to chase away the customers you have, im sure the town car is still lincolns best selling car, and they are ditching it for a v6 fwd car, that looks pretty much like anything else, bright idea lincoln...increase sales, by running off the customers that are keeping the brand together

A V6 and FWD will be the most prestigious Lincoln?
Big flop in my opinion. RWD and a V8 is what it should be.

Is it me, or do American brand FWD cars "obviously" look FWD? When I look at Volvo's or Mazda's, there is a very subtle tilt forward, if any tilt at all. But on the American brand FWD cars, it looks like someone put jack at the back of the car and cranked it all the way up.

Xdrive, body on frame with rubber mounts to isolate road noise is still my favorite construction method for cars. The industry adopted unibody construction for safety and cost considerations. If I could have a one-off car built with an unlimited budget, I would opt for a heavy stainless steel frame topped by a titanium or aluminum unibody attached to the frame with rubber mounts. The heavy frame would keep the center of gravity low for good handling and add sufficient weight to the sprung weight to keep the ride comfortable in spite of a light-alloy rust-free body. Unibody vehicles have good crumple zones to protect occupants in crashes but their crash damage is very costly to repair. The reason I want a unibody on top of a traditional frame is that unibodies are generally rattle-free. I do not like the cheap subframes they put on unibody cars as I've seen what happens when they rust out and fail at highway speeds.

S4 i mean that i mean that i kind of like it. I'm not sure though i can't tell much of it in the camo.

What happend to the MKR? I thought this would be the new flagship model...

009, you're incorrect. The MKS is replacing the now discontinued LS as Lincoln's "sporty" sedan, if it deserves that moniker. The Town Car is too much of a volume model for them to dump right now.