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  1. I work on on a feature for CD6 and put my heart and soul into this beast. Aviator is my favorite vehicle lincoln has ever launched and I'm hoping others love it as well
    12 points
  2. Optional on Reserve, standard on Black Label...
    3 points
  3. Nope. Politicians have short memories. They'll be right back to groveling at the feet of some large corporation promising jobs at the first chance they get.
    3 points
  4. When specs are revealed you won't be let down and if you are well then there's no help for you
    2 points
  5. yeah, I watched it. Did you guys know the Grand Touring model has 450 pounds horsepower? So powerful, it needed a new measurement haha.
    2 points
  6. FCA meeting with Motor Trend editors about their OTY nominations....
    2 points
  7. It is so perfect, that I would be afraid of parking lots. I'd hate to come back and see a door ding on such a great design!
    2 points
  8. The silhouette and interior on this thing are world-class. Something still looks off / weird about the front-end grille area, but I can't put my finger on it (especially the Grand Touring hybrid pictured in silver above). I'll chalk it up to weird camera angles / color combos. If this doesn't sell, Lincoln might as well close down, because it isn't going to get any better than this. Bravo.
    2 points
  9. https://www.blueovalforums.com/forums/index.php?/topic/66095-2020-lincoln-aviator-debuts/ I beat ya. ?
    2 points
  10. Automotive Analysts know better than Automotive Journalists. Bloomberg is journalism and they clearly haven't done their research here. They never do. Ford is better positioned for the future, GM is better positioned today because of their superior cost structure. GM is very vulnerable moving forward compared to Ford, but GM has a less complicated task than Ford.
    2 points
  11. I really don't see any way the government can incentivize GM to keep any of these plants open. They've had way too much capacty for years. This was inevitable.
    2 points
  12. Imagine this mated to a V8 Mustang....*whistles innocently*
    1 point
  13. Trucks dropped a lot in the recession when overall sales went from 17M to 11M.
    1 point
  14. ...with a certain large displacement V8 made in Windsor perhaps???
    1 point
  15. Considering what Caddy has spent over the 10-20 years on new products and what Ford has done with Lincoln in the past 5 years....
    1 point
  16. I know multiple people in the Detroit area, service really isn't an issue for them. They have an issue, a truck shows up in a few hours; they load the car onto it and away to the service center it goes and they drop a loaner. They are in the process of opening a service center here which would fix that issue. I'm sure it is super expensive for Tesla but for the owners its no different than a regular car.
    1 point
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  18. The Lincoln Fanpage has already opened a broadcast directly to the premiere.
    1 point
  19. Jeep producing another phenomenon. Only problem I see here is that by using the Wrangler as it is, they lengthened the wheelbase too much for that rock-crawling gimmick.
    1 point
  20. In one of the videos above one of the people mentioned price range similar to the BMW X5. The BMW X5 starts at $60,700 for a 2019 model.
    1 point
  21. Very impressive vehicle in every way, shape and form. Outta my league... We'll see how the Audi, BMW, Land Rover and Infinity crowd react to an American luxury brand that spanks their stuff square in the butt!
    1 point
  22. The problem with Continental is that it lacks those exotic proportions and the core design details were mundane. I think people would feel better about Continental if it was successful, like most things. Continental only stands out if you spend on the best model, then the wheels, colors, finishes work better with the minimal design. That might be the case with Aviator, but you can't take that striking silhouette away from it. I also think the grille looks a little small in many angles, the front end has a puckered look to it. I would probably prefer a grille that was a bit wider and thinner, or just scaled up maybe 10%. I know I've talked about this for awhile now so I take it for granted, but that in-transmission Hybrid Design debuting here is Ford's electrification strategy, it's a REALLY big deal. You're going to see this mated to every RWD Ford product.
    1 point
  23. Fair enough. I think we'll see cannibalism of XT5 sales from XT4, but I do think they'll both sell well. But yes, I agree, neither are as attention grabbing as Aviator is. Let's hope the buying public notices Aviator.
    1 point
  24. I'm waiting for somebody, anybody, to take a deep-dive into the new CD6 platform. As good as the Aviator is, the new platform interests me more.
    1 point
  25. It's different, which I guess is a requirement for Mazda to get noticed nowadays, but I'm not a fan of the catfish front end on any of the newer mazdas.
    1 point
  26. I was very surprised Delta Township wasn't on the list
    1 point
  27. I got the same impression from my dad when he was working on it. I love it. This could be the first thing to ever make me consider buying a luxury vehicle....
    1 point
  28. I love that blue/green color. I like the wheels on the white one a lot better than the turbine wheels. I bet Motor Trend, Car and Driver and the other publications are racking their brains to find something bad to say about it. Two things they can’t say is that it’s underpowered or that it’s on a cheap Ford platform. I don’t think it’s lacking any features vs. the competition either. My buddy at Ford said the were “all in” on Aviator and it sounds like they nailed it.
    1 point
  29. Very nice design for a small car. Makes the new Corolla look like a Yugo
    1 point
  30. I'm with ya there, the contracts aren't written for the C crew scenario.
    1 point
  31. So there are actually 3 grilles: The regular model, with the standard star punchout mesh seen on other Lincoln models: Black Label, which gets an evenly spaced chromed star pattern: And Grand Touring (hybrid), which gets the chromed star pattern similar to the concept, which fades outward and has a blue-hued illuminated Lincoln star:
    1 point
  32. This changes everything! https://www.autoblog.com/2018/11/28/2020-lincoln-aviator-crossover-400-horsepower-la-auto-show/#slide-7475265
    1 point
  33. https://www.autoblog.com/2018/11/28/2020-lincoln-aviator-crossover-400-horsepower-la-auto-show/
    1 point
  34. Still waiting on them to issue a retraction on the Chip hacking story (it made no sense from a technology standpoint). They are fast becoming a total trash publication.
    1 point
  35. First....WOW! But 2nd...that hatch rear quarter panel is a little much. Either way, doesn't make you miss the Focus anymore.
    1 point
  36. They’re probably thinking Ford should have closed the Mexico plants but they’re completely ignoring the new utilities that Ford has coming that will use that capacity (including Bronco in the US) and the plans to offer hybrid utilities, F150 and Mustang.
    1 point
  37. The politicians know where their biggest paychecks originate.
    1 point
  38. Well, damn... The truck and SUV look great except for maybe the grille/headlights which look like cartoon eyeglasses. But mostly I really like them!
    1 point
  39. Ahead in some ways, behind in others. Ford ahead of GM examples. Just to survive, Ford did more dramatic adjustments to its operations than GM prior to the last recession in 2008-2009. Including bringing in Alan Mulally as CEO, one of the most important milestones in the history of the U.S. automotive industry. More recently Ford announced the elimination of unprofitable cars in the U.S. market prior to GM Ford behind GM examples. Ford's ongoing restructuring plan to get "fit" is longer and more drawn out than GM's, with fewer concrete details on actions taken and to be taken Ford has made fewer cutbacks/adjustments in money losing regions outside North America compared to GM Mary Barra became CEO of GM before Jim Hackett became CEO of Ford. The last point is key. Thanks to Barra's leadership, GM has a head start compared to Ford when it comes to "trying to lower the point at which [company] breaks even while the economy is still in reasonable shape" as the Bloomberg article mentioned. Ford was hurt badly by the "lost years" between the time that Alan Mulally left and when Jim Hackett became CEO.
    1 point
  40. The board knew this was coming for a while I've been roomers from Jan/Feb this year. You take some one time charges, lower executive compensation, offer more lucrative buyout/job training offers (what was offered to salary was a joke, it was basically nothing) and most of all do it in early Oct so you don't get the play of tossing people on the street during the holiday season. My Coworker had a new Silverado on order and been a GM lifetime buyer, he said today he's getting a RAM, "You don't do that to people during the holidays, F*** them"
    1 point
  41. Size and price wise it will be similar to GLE, Q7, X5, RX, Cayenne, RRS, XC90, and MDX. Of these, GLE and Cayenne are the only one not available with 3rd row seat. GX is so old and archaic, no one takes it seriously unless you have a fetish for Toyota Prado with fake wood trim.
    1 point
  42. Cause that’s more important than whether it’s called a MUSTANG GT350 sitting on a MUSTANG chassis with MUSTANG sheet metal and MUSTANG interior built in the MUSTANG factory with MUSTANG parts.
    1 point
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