12/06/2010

Lincoln MKR Concept Auto Shows 2011

This, we said that Lincoln would look into the future. The concept of Nagorno Karabakh is a statement, promising that Lincoln will build a beautiful, sexy cars again. Those with medium term memory loss might wonder if Lincoln ever built beautiful cars in the first place, but the elegance of the NKR should raise the pulse of even the most cynical observers. This four door sedan, four seats to take the sport of Lincoln Mercedes-Benz CLS. Or on a modern version of Mark VII. We heard the, new design direction, chip times more than the Lincoln designers used the term. DNA, to describe the relationship between the NKR and future products of Lincoln. The set of concept cars to show design direction for the brand and some even said that the design makes its way into production cars but the raw appeal of the show car is usually lost in translation. MKR is different, and not just because Peter Horbury, executive director of Ford's design in North America, tells us so. Modeling elements MKR are so strong that they will remain relevant even in a filtered form of production. What is more, in translating the concept into production reality is that the NKR is based on a stretched Mustang platform with independent rear suspension. Twin turbocharged, V-6, based on the 3.5-liter Duratec Ford, currently in production in various foods, including Ford MKZ sedan and small luxury crossover MKX. If part of a small step from reality, it's easy to believe that style can do it, too. NKR has some design cues from Lincoln's past, but Horbury quick to point out this is not Retromobile. "We did look into the past for inspiration, he says. "We will not repeat the past, but we use it as a reminder we do not just take one year or one model, We chose the full range of Lincoln, who remembered in the minds of men. Take the grid, for example. This is reminiscent of 1941 continental, but NKR take the matter any further, bisecting each half with a strip of the body at the center. There are also some 1,961 Continental in the simple outlines of the lateral profile of NKR and rear lights, which covers the width of the trunk. There are echoes of the Mark VIII in the form of the rear rack.

In person, MKR carries less resemblance to the plate by his predecessors than photos suggest all curved lines to give the perception of perpetual motion machine. Blister on the front wing extends as a production line folds and wraps all the way around in the shape of lips on the trunklid. There's a time in the center of the hood, which continues to back into the barrel, serving to ensure the NKR with symmetrical divide and allocate the giant stars of Lincoln on the front and rear. Icon Lincoln is also manifested in the form of a halo structure in the glass roof, Treads Tyre, even in the hexagonal latch cutouts seat belts, as if to say: "I Lincoln, and I'm proud of it. And there is something to brag about under the hood. Twin-Turbo, direct injection V-6 is dressed and oriented in the obsessively symmetrical fashion in this kind of show car. Running on ethanol E85, it produces 415 horsepower and 400 lb-ft of torque from 3.5 liters of a simple directed to the rear wheels through a six-speed automatic transmission. Yes, the rear wheels. MCS is built on the chassis Mustang, stretched 5.8 inches. Rack front suspension is straight from the Stang, and a multilink independent rear suspiciously close to what pony car was rumored to have been endowed to reduce the cost required solid rear axle.

Interior accessed by pressing the button to open any of the four doors, all of which are turning up in a little corner on the conventional front hinged. Rear doors suicide another famous Lincoln design element of the '61 Continental were considered but were dismissed for side impact protection.

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