This is another spin-off of my 2014-15 Mustang Project. With Mustang sales down, and costs needing to be spread across more than one nameplate, it makes sense for another car like this.
-Shares everything with Mustang except roof (windshield is common) and greenhouse. Re-uses an updated 5th Gen Mustang Platform (DC2), codename S197:http://mustangs.about.com/od/history/a/generation-5.htm
-Some unique interior bits.
-An upscale GT coupe (formal roof, no fastback) for 28-30K base list.
-Lincoln MKGT if Mercury is put out to pasture, so styling to have some Lincoln elements ('the Lincoln of Mercurys').
-Some retro elements maybe like the razor split grill and taillites, but attempts to be all new.
-XR7 upscale model comparable to Mustang GT; If a Lincoln, just one well equipped model.
-'Lincoln Nemesis', a hyper perf. MKGT/MKr version, using Shelby engine and suspension (ala Mustang) and also built up at Shelby's Las Vegas Operations. Marketed as a Lincoln, yet with a 'Shelby Power' badging.
UPDATE November 2009- Lincoln MKr to now be a "4 door coupe" (see Benz CLS); Concepts had shown coupes with some 4 door versions, and the 4 door is seen as not only a niche to be filled for Lincoln, but to set it apart from competitors. 4 doors may also increase sales.
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