Lincoln MKS

Lincoln has released images of its new full-size MKS luxury sedan, expected to be launched at the Los Angeles Auto Show in November. Based on Ford's D3 platform - which also underpins the Volvo S80 and XC 90, Mercury Montego and Ford Taurus - the MKS will replace the LS in Lincoln's lineup.

The design was clearly devised before Peter Horbury redefined the Lincoln brand's styling cues, exemplified by the MKR concept shown in Detroit in January this year. The MKS does without the twin-port bow-wave grille or the thin horizontal taillight strip, while the A-pillars are too massive to give any impression of a cantilever roof. Because of its transverse engine and FWD/AWD architecture the MKS doesn't have the dramatic proportions that Lincoln is aiming for with its future products.

Inside, the MKS employs light hues and a form language that draws on modernistic American furniture form the Fifties and Sixties, as seen on other Lincolns. The new car is expected to reach dealerships next February as a 2009 model.

Source: cardesignnews