68Cougar Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 Lincoln Motor Company hints at Ford Mustang-based rear-drive coupe I don't know if there is any truth to this, but interesting. http://www.torquenews.com/1081/lincoln-motor-company-hints-ford-mustang-based-rear-drive-coupe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stankin Lancoln Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 Would be nice. But I don't think it's a good idea for a manufacturer that's in trouble since the target market might be kinda small. Improve current line-up and then worry about new models. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ice-capades Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 I drove Mercury Cougar XR-7's for years when I was in the entertainment business before going to work for my current dealership where I've managed the new vehicle inventory for nearly 27 years now. I drove Thunderbird's for many years until switching to Mustangs more than 10 years ago as my company vehicle. I'd have no problem with the Lincoln Motor Company producing a new rear wheel drive sports coupe based on the Mustang chassis. I just hope that id Lincoln does so that they make it unique design-wise to LIncoln and use the "Mark" name convention instead of using a variation of the current, idiotic naming convention that Lincoln's been using. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twintornados Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 How about the next chassis for Mustang first show up under the new Lincoln coupe...then everyone will say the new Mustang is just a "dressed down" Lincoln?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stankin Lancoln Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 How about the next chassis for Mustang first show up under the new Lincoln coupe...then everyone will say the new Mustang is just a "dressed down" Lincoln?? LOL. That is pretty much inevitable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stankin Lancoln Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 http://www.autoblog.com/2013/01/07/would-a-mustang-based-lincoln-look-like-this/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Not feeling it. Looks like a SL500 with flared nostrils. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stankin Lancoln Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Agreed. Or a batmobile. Article says no coupe is being planned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncan36 Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 It worked great for Cadillac with the ATS right? No, what Lincoln really needs is an inhouse designed flagship engineered from the ground up by Lincoln. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Ford engineered the Ford GT from the ground up. How could Lincoln do any better than that? I know what you're implying. You want a platform designed exclusively for Lincoln with no compromises for lower cost vehicles. I'm sure Lincoln would LOVE to be able to do that and maybe one day they can, but it would be catastrophically stupid for Lincoln to dump all of their budget into such a vehicle platform when they have 6 or 7 other viable vehicles that need updating and offer higher volume and more profit and an entire dealer network to overhaul. I owned the last Lincoln platform that was engineered specifically for and by Lincoln (in conjunction with Jaguar). It was a great platform but it was super expensive and ultimately it was killed because it couldn't turn a profit. So Ford has been there, done that, got the t-shirt and they don't need to repeat that mistake right now. It's really easy to say that a company should spend a billion dollars or more on something you want but it's a lot tougher when your job and the jobs of hundreds of people are on the line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickF1011 Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 It worked great for Cadillac with the ATS right? No, what Lincoln really needs is an inhouse designed flagship engineered from the ground up by Lincoln. Which side of this are you on? The ATS uses a Cadillac-specific platform (at least currently). You said in the other thread that Lincoln needs more of this. Or do they just need it on flagships? Where do you draw the line? Is it okay to share platforms on cheaper vehicle or no? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Which side of this are you on? The ATS uses a Cadillac-specific platform (at least currently). You said in the other thread that Lincoln needs more of this. Or do they just need it on flagships? Where do you draw the line? Is it okay to share platforms on cheaper vehicle or no? So he was wrong about Lexus platforms, Audi platforms and Cadillac platforms? Three strikes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theoldwizard Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 IF there was to be a Lincoln coupe, it would logically be built on the Mustang platform Logical, yes. Profitable, very questionable ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 IF there was to be a Lincoln coupe, it would logically be built on the Mustang platform Logical, yes. Profitable, very questionable ! I think it would have to be exported or at least sold globally to get enough volume. New Falcon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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