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  1. The Handler
    Yes.
  2. The Handler
    Gerry McGovern considered using the split-wing for the MK9 Concept, but they feared it would look radical. There's a sketch of it somewhere on the internet. The egg-crate is classic Lincoln, in my opinion. Polished or chrome egg-crate might look good with the current grille design.
  3. The Handler
    Rolls-Royce has not named Giles Taylor's successor yet.....
  4. The Handler
    Good luck to him. I hope the next design head builds on the current design language rather than ditching it. Lincoln has a long history of design instability.
  5. The Handler
    If you can't beat 'em, ban 'em!
  6. The Handler
    Cheap money is the auto industry's drug. Take it away and things start to not look so pretty.
  7. The Handler
    The face is a bit strange, but the rest looks very nice and premium.
  8. The Handler
    You might be right. He certainly was not a terrible executive, especially if you study his tenure at Mazda.
  9. The Handler
    Agreed. My '09 Explorer still looks and drives like new. The 2002-2010 Explorers have aged very well from an aesthetic point of view. There are very few new designs out there that can stand the test of time. Almost everything looks angry, bloated, and chaotic. I keep my vehicles for a long time so I try my best to pick vehicles that will look good for years to come.
  10. The Handler
    Interestingly, most of those old Cadillac names originated from the pre-war era of coachbuilding. Brougham, Coupe de Ville, and Town Car were types of bodies. The Fleetwood name was taken from Fleetwood Body.
  11. The Handler
    Hilarious. The DLR from the $30k Honda they copied doesn't have a fake window.
  12. The Handler
    It must be nice getting paid a lot of money to come up with incredibly stupid ideas with no accountability. Only at GM.
  13. The Handler
    https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/ford/2019/03/11/ford-ceo-hackett-tells-employees-2019-turning-point/3129344002/
  14. The Handler
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdSziIIs6t8
  15. The Handler
    In those days, you did not have to spend over $40k to get a nice-looking truck.
  16. The Handler
    The Continental Mark II is still the most exquisite post-war American luxury car ever produced.
  17. The Handler
    It's not easy designing a utility vehicle to be graceful and elegant, but it could be done. The Maybach concept is an example of why the three-box layout is difficult to use on a tall-bodied vehicle. It would take an even shorter decklid to eliminate the stubbiness, which would end up being a bustle-back. That's basically what Rolls-Royce did with the Cullinan. They even call it a "three-box SUV".
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    They could transform the Continental into a '40s tall sedan-type ultra-luxury crossover. That's basically what the MKT Concept was. Too bad it had FWD proportions and an overly laid-back a-pillar.
  19. The Handler
    https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1121044_2019-lincoln-continental-coach-door-edition-is-sold-out
  20. The Handler
    It's just another one of Borg's pity ploys. Nothing new.
  21. The Handler
    There's also FX4 Max.
  22. The Handler
    https://www.autonews.com/world-congress/toyotas-lentz-sees-car-sales-stabilizing-evs-languishing
  23. The Handler
    Insiders seem 100% certain Lincoln's two CD6 sedans were cancelled. I remember seeing leaked Zephyr sketches on here a few months ago, though. Perhaps they're counting the next-gen MKX/Nautilus, a subcompact, a BEV, and a "whitespace" utility?
  24. The Handler
    That's what happens when you put a lot of careful thought into your product strategy.
  25. The Handler
    https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/2019/01/11/ford-kumar-galhotra-lincoln/2519565002/
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