Article Comments - 2009 Lincoln MKS First Drive / Full Test

154 messages, Last post on Nov 17, 2008 at 2:21 PM

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First Drive: 2009 Lincoln MKS - First Impressions: The world's most completely equipped Taurus/Taurus X/Sable/Volvo/Flex, which turns out to be not such a bad thing. (more)

Full Test: 2009 Lincoln MKS AWD - Bottom Line: A luxury sedan for the Ford faithful, but all others would be advised to look elsewhere as there are far better luxury sedans for the price. (more)

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#17 of 154 Great Opportunity by carboy3 Jun 07, 2008 (3:51 am)
I think the Lincoln division has a great opportunity with this model. The introduction timing is excellent. Higher fuel prices are causing each of us to re-think what we really need in a vehicle without compromising our wants too much. The MKS is poised to appeal to a very broad buying demographic age range. I believe it will be of genuine interest to 35 - 75 year olds AND I'm very confident that this is the first Lincoln that traditional Town Car buyers will give a serious look: Large interior space, ease of entry and exit, decent fuel economy, sensible exterior dimensions, all wheel drive availability for "north country" buyers, and what looks like very nice exterior styling. I hope that Lincoln has the advertising budget to break through the clutter and let the public really know about this machine. This is the best new Lincoln in some time.
#18 of 154 Re: Door locks [surfwagon56] by displacedtexan Jun 07, 2008 (3:55 pm)
Replying to: surfwagon56 (Jun 05, 2008 11:33 am) I second those comments re the combi door locks. My LS is the first Ford/Lincoln product I've owned, and I've come to love the key pad. I can leave my key in the car when going to the gym, or when getting a cup of morning joe, and not have to carry them around. It's a simple but great feature.
#19 of 154 Re: Door locks [surfwagon56] by datagen Jun 08, 2008 (4:04 am)
Replying to: surfwagon56 (Jun 05, 2008 11:33 am) I do see a security issue with the new ignition system. With the current system if you did not want to be bothered with your keys, you could hide them in the car and then just use the combination lock to lock the vehicle. If someone does break-in, they would have to hunt for and find the keys to drive it away. The MKS push button system could be dangerous. If you leave the key bob in the car, hidden or not the thief does not need to worry about that, Just break the glass, jump in and press the button to start up and go. They would not need to find the bob nor would they care where it was at the time as long as it is somewhere in the vehicle, the car will start. So that area of convenience (which I know a lot of my Ford associates do) may be compromised with the MKS. You will be forced to take the bob with you. Since it seems to be a smaller device (than the key and remote combination), this may not be such a sacrifice. But we can be some lazy people at times and it is at those times when someone can strike. I can see thieves just taking a chance of breaking in the car and pressing the button in the hopes that the bob is in the car, If not, then they just jump out and walk away. In the meantime, you are stuck with a damaged $50,000 car. Even if the alarm goes off because the bob is not in the vehicle, that will be the indicator right there and the car napper will just walk away even faster. So one of the questions is can you lock the MKS with the bob still in the car? Next, can you secure the car with the bob inside? In other words, can you use the keypad to secure the key bob as well? So when you come back to it, not only unlocking the vehicle code works, but 1 or 2 more digits punched in brings down a security barrier where the key bob can now be used to start it up? I think that may work. Does anyone else see this as an issue? Replies to this message: jeyhoe (Jun 09, 2008 2:12 pm) cowbell (Jun 10, 2008 4:23 am)
#20 of 154 Way off base by bfarrell Jun 09, 2008 (5:48 am)
Your "first drive" aritcle about the Lincoln MKS brings to mind the quote from then Vice President Spirro Agnew as Edmunds have become the "nattering nabobs of negativity" regarding anything Ford produces. Your complaints about the vehicle are unfounded period. Vehicle is good looking without being some outrageous ego driven exercise in "look at me" , safe to the max, carries an impressive list of standard features, drives well, is extremely quiet, offers an abundance of interior space, and is price pointed well. Yes, we all wish the "eco-boost" engine was available now but at 273hp in todays energy world this vehicle is powered well. Did it ever occur to you that the buying public may not all want a boy racer in the garage? I think the individual who wrote this poor excuse for automotive journalis should be put out to pasture as he is obviously a broken down old nag.. Replies to this message: darvv1n (Jun 09, 2008 11:28 am)
#21 of 154 It would be interesting. by speculator Jun 09, 2008 (9:46 am)
It would be interesting to compare this vehicle against the Cadillac DTS or Buick Lucerne .
#22 of 154 Re: Way off base [bfarrell] by darvv1n Jun 09, 2008 (11:28 am)
Replying to: bfarrell (Jun 09, 2008 5:48 am) THANK YOU!!! I was feeling like a solo act here. Thanks for coming on stage!!! Why is edmunds not responding to these posts? Their mainstream marketing pleasing attitude is for the sheep!! Hopefully as this vehicle becomes more readily available for the masses and those who can afford it, they will come on here and discredit everything, this poor excuse for a journalist, has knocked Lincoln for. In the meantime, all of you hyundai lovers out there. Have you tried to buy a used one lately and have a bank other than hyundai finance it or even a kia for that fact. The list of who will finance them is pretty short!! Now why is this?
#23 of 154 Ford doesn't get it.. by audisport Jun 09, 2008 (12:53 pm)
I will agree that the interior looks nicer than anything Ford has ever produced, however, the exterior is completely generic . The real question is.... WHO IS GOING TO BUY THIS CAR??? These will not sell. The only demographic I can picture this car appealing to is the 60+ year old crowd and they already have a favorite overweight American branded "luxury" car and that's the Cadillac DTS. And to address the comment about platform sharing, not everyone does it, and those companies that do share, do it better than FoMoCo. The Lincoln's, MKX and MKZ look way too similar to their Ford siblings. Oh yeah, and I'm sick of hearing about Lincoln "reinventing" itself every year. There is nothing noteworthy or original in any Lincoln model currently offered. Can anyone say, Mark LT? Hahaha, what a joke!
#24 of 154 Easy-fill by jeyhoe Jun 09, 2008 (2:12 pm)
Replying to: datagen (Jun 08, 2008 4:04 am) Does anyone know how this 'easy-fill' fuel capless thingy works? My concern is that, unless there's some kind of opening-prevention method (maybe linked to the key fob?) that, at today's gas prices, this could turn into an 'easy-siphon' target of gas thieves. Replies to this message: cowbell (Jun 10, 2008 4:23 am)
#25 of 154 Re: Easy-fill [jeyhoe] by cowbell Jun 10, 2008 (4:23 am)
Replying to: jeyhoe (Jun 09, 2008 2:12 pm) There's still a painted metal cover of the fuel input, but once you flip that open, there is no cap to screw off. It would be as secure as a standard twist gas cap is if the flipping cover can only be opened from inside the car or when the fob is near the car. I'm not sure if the second half of that sentence describes the setup of the MKS or not. I think the cap-less system is on the current Explorer. Maybe you could ask in an explorer forum.
#26 of 154 It's one thing by speculator Jun 10, 2008 (7:00 am)
It's one thing for Lincoln to share platforms with its entry level to mid price vehicles,but it's an abomination to do so on its flagship. Replies to this message: cowbell (Jun 10, 2008 7:42 am) speculator (Jun 10, 2008 12:06 pm) bfarrell (Jun 10, 2008 12:35 pm) and 4 more...