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Nice. Dosen't look very sporting, but it's handsome. If it's the same size as the Futura it should scoot with the 3.5! The interior is too squarish and boring though. Personally I'd rather wait for a Futura ST/SVT. That should be the true sucessor to our cars. Or a Mazdaspeed 6 
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A smooth & clean exterior, but a little bland and "generically" Lincoln--the taillights are interesting. IIRC, the Zephyr was a styling leader and this car isn't. Can't say I like the interior much at all. I also think they shouldn't bother with the 3.0---upscale power for an upscale car.
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The exterior looks fine, although it would look better without the giant chrome grill. But I'm not too taken with the interior. It's too square for my tastes. And unless it came with a manual transmission, I wouldn't even consider it.
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the interior looks similar to that of the new 150  
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Hmmm a luxury sedan with the same interior as a pickup truck. Umm yeah. 
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Originally posted by beyondloadedSE:
that rear end is sexy!
nice G35 taillights
the square instrument cluster looks like it's from an F100 not an F150
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Originally posted by bigMoneyRacing:
the square instrument cluster looks like it's from an F100 not an F150
What years are you talking about. I've seen square gaged F-150s, at least I think I have.
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Overall, I like it, but the dash and interior seem to be taking the square motif a little too far. It would be nice, if at the very least, the gauges weren't square. Hopefully those won't make it to production. Even though I wouldn't be putting my money down on it, its definitely a nice car. What is it supposed to compete with? It seems now all the mid-luxury cars are sporty. Is this supposed to be sporty, or just have sporting pretensions (3.5 Duratec)?
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...blah... It looks like an old folks mobile. That interior is horrible. Definitely aimed at the 50+ crowd, IMHO.
Also, I've never liked the Maxima-like HUGE heavy wheels.
Sorry Bill.
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