2009 Lincoln MKS: Lincoln's latest chapter

摘要

WASHINGTON, D.C.: A lot has been said, including in these pages, about the styling of Lincoln's new MKS sedan. Naturally, much of the commentary has focused on which particular aesthetic features the MKS did - a big, double-wing grille centered by the Lincoln badge -and did not - a windshield that sweeps, headerless, up over the front seats - inherit from Lincoln's gorgeous 2007 MKR four-door concept car. But what definitely didn't make the transition from the auto-show floor to the showroom floor is something you cannot see: the MKR's rear-wheel-drive chassis. Instead, the MKS is built on the front-wheel-drive foundation of the Ford Taurus (nee Five Hundred), which itself is derived from the Volvo S80.