Just got a 22 nav. I was wrong, the nav does show a rearview camera feed through the screen. I a tally prefer it over it being in the mirror, but I dont like that theres a "full display not available" in the middle of the screen.
Before 22, transmission, cam phasers and thermostat. After 22, tire balancing and vibrations. If your able, get a my22 or newer, they have been mostly solid from that point to current.
Only time will tell, but look at the decline in Manufacturing jobs, even with Trade barriers. The unpleasant Truth is that automation, not jobs, will be the winner in this trade environment.
I'm suprised we haven't heard really much about them-as in how much money they may or may not be doing with them. I see a mix of them along side the Transit ones they use in my area.
Speaking of the Transit-why does the fuel door always seem to be broken off on them? I noticed that the past couple weeks.
Sounds like those folks have more loyalty to sedans than to the Lincoln brand. Lincoln Corsair owners however are the most loyal at the model level, go figure.
Ford decontenting goes back a long way. I still remember how upset I was when I found out my 99 Sable was missing a ton of stuff from a 96 Sable only 3 years earlier.
96 had a PRND21 indicator on the dash as well as the floor shifter, gone by 99
96 had an OD off button on the shifter, gone by 99
96 had courtesy lights on the doors and under the dash, gone by 99
96 had carpeting around the center console AND a rear ash tray under the rear vents, gone by 99 was just exposed plastic with no ash tray
96 had rear map pockets on the back of the front seats, gone by 99
96 had dual sun visors, gone by 99
96 had a locking glove box that was lighted, gone by 99
96 had rear disc brakes, gone by 99 switched to drum
96 had the ability to open the rear seats from the trunk in case you were trapped, gone by 99 though in 2000 they added the glow in the dark tag to release the trunk lid but in 99 you were screwed.
96 had tweeters in the front doors by the mirrors on the base sound system, gone by 99 only a 4 speaker for the base sound system
96 had power lumbar for the passenger seat if it was manual or power, gone by 99 even if you upgraded to a power seat there was no longer a power lumbar option
96 had a blue tint on the top of the windshield, gone by 99
96 had a low coolant warning light, gone by 99 ... ridiculous
Granted this is from almost 30 years ago but just an example of Ford decontenting. When I had my Sable I tried to add as much of this back as I could. I got all the lighting back, the dual visors, the locking glove box, the rear disc brakes, I also added the JBL premium sound system which was only available on the 96 model it got replaced by the MACH sound system from 97-07. I wanted the JBL because it came with a small subwoofer on the rear deck and the Taurus had the cut out from that all the way till 07. Easy addin.
Slate has something on their hands with that small pickup. I have seen it advertised a lot on social media and so far seems like people are loving the idea. I am curious how well it will sell.
As mentioned above a lot of dealerships have been asking for a sedan for Lincoln for some time now, I have seen that in the "Everything Lincoln" group on Facebook which has a few dealership folks in it. But also, and I know this is anecdotal, a lot of folks in the MKZ and Continental groups I am in are upset about there not being another gen of MKZ and Continental and almost all of them have switched to Genesis and are not looking back.