Wet clutch had more torque capacity.  The dry clutch was fine with lower power engines.  The 2.0L exceeded the design limit and the engineers knew it and  raised the issue but mgt told them to STFU and do it anyway.

Or heck, the 5.0 hybrid and just tune the exhaust to be a bit less muscle car, and more Aston Martin or Lexus LC 500.    I agree Ford should be focusing on investing more in flat rock. They can do a lot worse than a highly profitable halo coupe.

I thought the wet clutch version of the powershift was actually good and the US got the dry clutch version which was garbage? 

We have a few of these in Florida, their burgers are very good! 

Fair enough, I kinda view prototype as a vague term that can refer to finalized protos, or mules. Kinda as an all encompassing term. 

As the title states I got married last Saturday and me and my wife both wanted a classic car for our photo shoot.  Flash back a few months ago when I did the Lincoln Kennedy Blvd Cruise and I met a great guy there who had a white on white 67 convertible and he really came through for us.  We don't have all the photos yet just a 'preview' but the ones we got so far look great.  The car got a lot of attention everyone loved it especially my wife.  The photographer asked if the car could be moved back into the sun for some of the other shots and the owner told me to go for it so I got to back it up and drive it forward a little, my first time driving a 60s Continental which was fun too.  The first black and white shot my wife likes so much we have talked about getting it blown up and printed on a large canvas and hanging up somewhere in the house.      

But wouldn't they be using production bodywork this close to launch?

I still think a Mustang based Lincoln could work by giving it powertrains that would NEVER go into a Mustang like the 3.0TT or the 3.5TT as a halo type vehicle, hell even pair them with an electric motor and bring back the Grand Touring trim.  This would obviously sell in very low numbers but would give Flat Rock another vehicle and generate traffic for Lincoln.  It should focus on smooth effortless power be an anti Mustang so to speak.  Revive the Mark Series?  Maybe maybe not could be it's own thing.  It probably won't happen but it's a shame to me that we will never see either of those engines in a Mustang from the factory since that would be considered "sacrilegious"    I think a Bronco based Lincoln could work too it would have to have a fixed roof and worked on sound deadening to give it a quiet ride.   I also think they should try to do something with CD6 give the Aviator a coupe like counterpart.   ANYTHING

The door is ajar already: Buick Envision, and  Lincoln Nautilus.  Envision and Nautilus production are coming back here, but that's a few years out yet. The Polstar 2 was imported from China AFIK, but the successor Polstar 3 is made in South Carolina.

If 1APs are out, all they will see is another Maverick….. very clever Ford.