Lincoln Previews MkC with NAIAS Bound Concept

[Logans Run]

Ok, so, you want another enterely different car!...

Not quite...I like the rear, the front bumper/foglamps, and the interior.

[falcon lover]

car and driver magazine`s european staff named the Lincoln MK C the worst concept vehicle from detroit autoshow. No surprise here... Car and driver just hate Lincoln.... fuc* you, car and driver!

[T'Cal]

I attended the Detroit NAIAS this past weekend and the MKC impressed me. Its front end is more successful than the similar application on the MKZ, and the body looks somewhat like the handsome Q5. It'll do well and I look forward to a comparison to the SRX.

[Sal Collaziano]

car and driver magazine`s european staff named the Lincoln MK C the worst concept vehicle from detroit autoshow. No surprise here... Car and driver just hate Lincoln.... fuc* you, car and driver!

I think they go into the experience with negativity so they come out of it with negativity...

I attended the Detroit NAIAS this past weekend and the MKC impressed me. Its front end is more successful than the similar application on the MKZ, and the body looks somewhat like the handsome Q5. It'll do well and I look forward to a comparison to the SRX.

I entirely agree that the MKC has the nicest looking presentation of this new front-end design scheme. I don't like it on the MKS at all. Otherwise, I may be out of the loop but I thought the MKX compared to the SRX. The MKC seems much smaller.

[Andrew L]

I think they go into the experience with negativity so they come out of it with negativity...



I entirely agree that the MKC has the nicest looking presentation of this new front-end design scheme. I don't like it on the MKS at all. Otherwise, I may be out of the loop but I thought the MKX compared to the SRX. The MKC seems much smaller.

You are correct the MKX competes with the SRX. The MKC is smaller

[Sal Collaziano]

You are correct the MKX competes with the SRX. The MKC is smaller

Thank you. Cadillac IS planning a smaller crossover to slot beneath the SRX so I guess the MKC will have something to fight with in America...

[2b2]

car and driver magazine`s european staff named the Lincoln MK C the worst concept vehicle from detroit autoshow. No surprise here... Car and driver just hate Lincoln.... fuc* you, car and driver!

not trying to justify the C&D-Yurps but
imho
the NAIAS-MKC is neither production NOR true concept

...I entirely agree that the MKC has the nicest looking presentation of this new front-end design scheme. I don't like it on the MKS at all. Otherwise, I may be out of the loop but I thought the MKX compared to the SRX. The MKC seems much smaller.

umm
the MKS doesn't have Max's horizontal (ribcage) grille
did you mean MKZ?
&
I'm only going from pix of course but
kinda think the MKC's grille looks too rectangular for the (mostly) curvy sheetmetal
at least in some shots

[2b2]

- quibble: did you notice how small the actual opening is?

transplanting from elsewhere

Nah, the body sides and rear lift-gate won't be as wide. They'll probably be wider than the Escape's, but not as dramatic as the concept indicates. But I'll leave that for the final unveil to reveal. I actually think they are too wide now which makes the rear clamshell a bit comical IMO with the small window and flared out shoulders, so I don't think this is a bad thing at all.

let's say I have the same 'feeling' - the MKC's shoulders looking unrealistically wide was my very first impression.
...hedging:
*IF* the concept was mainly-just a cosmetic tophat on an Escape "armature", maybe the production version will include structural changes (not available for NAIAS) to come closer-than-I'm-thinking.
Just hope a unique wheelbase stays part of the package!!

btw
has any show attendee tried to find out what engine is IN the concept?
even tho it doesn't guarantee anything

[SP1966]

let's say I have the same 'feeling' - the MKC's shoulders looking unrealistically wide was my very first impression.
...hedging:
*IF* the concept was mainly-just a cosmetic tophat on an Escape "armature", maybe the production version will include structural changes (not available for NAIAS) to come closer-than-I'm-thinking.
Just hope a unique wheelbase stays part of the package!!

btw
has any show attendee tried to find out what engine is IN the concept?
even tho it doesn't guarantee anything

I think they were very clear when they said to not think of the MKC concept as a concept. That is the car that will launch in the same way the MKZ concept translated 99% to production.

[2b2]

^yeah-well, I think this is (could well be) different** and that's what I tried to say,
the NAIAS-MKC strikes me like

thinking the production's "skin" will fit better
or, it will make better use of the skin's volume


** thought Mr. Farley's comment just meant the production version would LOOK like the concept
&
frankly think the Z-Concept was shorter than the production Z


edit/oops
almost forgot again...links to BIG pix by spotdog14@BON
front quarter
head-on