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Future Vehicles Will the Lincoln Mark X concept car ever be produced?
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Hello all! Glad to be here. Just wanted to ask a simple question that no one seems to know the answer to... when is the Mark X coming out if it is? Check it out! http://www.autointell-news.com/News-2004/January-2004/Jan-2004-3/- - Jan-14-04-p2.htm Go here for picture of this baaad machine! http://www.engine-power.com/lincoln/lincoln_mark_x_concept.html or here: (this one looks like the older(first)concept model) http://www.automobilemag.com/auto_shows/04det_lincmarkx/ My dealer and I had worked it out that when the Mark IX came out it would be on order. But then Ford changed up and discontinued the idea and came out with the Mark X instead, which was neater and sleeker and had the fold up hard convertible top. I thought that design super, but it had no back seat to put stuff. Plus they took away the wheel hump which everybody knows, "a Mark isn't Mark without the hump." And now there isn't anything else on whether they are going to build it or not. Just more of those family vans and SUV's and junk like that for married guys who's wives want them to settle down and be nice guys now. Where are the luxury power cars for real guys?! The Mark was superb! Itt was sleek, it was manly and it was FAST! Like a rocket with cat feet! So waas up with the production of a Lincoln for the young or young at heart male. A man's car that looks like a man's car, and not these wimpy family wagons they keep putting out? Bobby Shoot the reason I have my Mark now is that the original owner's wife had a kid and MADE him get one - a SUV, literally a Van! That's all they are... family vehicles. And his beautiful automobile got sold to me on the internet - and it runs as well as it did two years ago when I bought it! Aside from minor maintainence - heater, lights (yeah, that ballast thing combination was a trip) and the door locks sticking sometime. But other than that I will never get rid of this car... until they come out with another coupe like it. And I wish they'd do something about the Mark X cause that did look sharp. If they could just put a "seat" (you know where you could at least set stuff) and replace the "hump" they'd have it going on! Bobby Playwright/Screenwright/Director "Write long... and write well." (Note: I really apologize for any vulgarity or displeasure with the original post. This issue just sticks in my craw that more coupes aren't being built and all these vans and truck like vehicle keep comeing out.)
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| All I can say is it isn't ruled out yet. | |
| The Mark IX or X, either one, is a beautiful concept, and I love them both. But even from here, it looks like they're built on the DEW98 platform, which has a really short contract with Lincoln and is going home to Jaguar exclusively, I've heard. So, that being the case, something else would have to be done, and I just hope, they don't try to schlepp out something built on the Mazda 6 platform like the Zephyr is going to be, with FWD, and try to sell it as a performance coupe. It won't work. | |
| The Mark IX and X are beautiful vehicles and i would love to see either of them built. The DEW 98 platform is an excellent choice for this vehicle. Ford has already done mods on the platform and has already tuned the chassis for a convertible, ie. the Thunderbird. All it would take is a little sheet metal to build it. I personally wouldn't mind seeing the Mark VIII put back into production, the `98 still looks very attractive even 6 years after Ford put it to rest. Are you listening FMC Execs? Fire up the old production line and get us another Mark!!!!!! | |
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The answer is a big ol NO! The Thunderbird is dead again. Ford has learned yet another lesson... Retro is a no go!
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Replying to: dialm4speed (Mar 11, 2005 8:22 pm) True, if you're the T-bird perhaps, although that car was never expected to sell much more than it did I'm told, nor for more years than it did. The Chevy SSR is another questionable application. Retro seems to be a go for the PT Cruiser though, with no end in sight! Just Convertibles, and turbos, and soon stretched ones, and who knows what else. I think the secret to retro is, make it cheap, make it low tech, make it practical, universal, and make it affordable.
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Replying to: nvbanker (Mar 12, 2005 8:21 am)
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Replying to: dialm4speed (Mar 12, 2005 8:27 pm) |
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I think the biggest mistake was the 10K jump in price, with the dealer gouging on top of that. If FoMoCo had only knocked the price of entry up to...say 28-30K for starters. Well, they may have sold as many as they could make. So many folks were used to the much lower price of entry, all the previous years. I really liked the reborn version, but not at those prices. Lincoln really needs to get some performance back into their image. Not in the way that Caddilac is going, but ya know what I mean. Take that new 3 valve 289, er ah, 4.6, with its' 300 ponies, and replace the 239 hp 2 valver. That will be a great starting point. And offer the 5.4 as the upgrade, with 350hp, or so.
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Replying to: andyman73 (Mar 13, 2005 10:03 pm) |
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