*sigh* Speaking of McCain, the good Senator has a ranch near Sedona, AZ just down the road from my maternal grandma (who just turned 100 last month). I didn't vote for him, but Grandma did...
Anyway, it is probably easy to get a Lincoln owner into an optioned-up Mercury, but to get a wannabee Euro-snob into a Lincoln would be nigh unto impossible. Q.E.D., if the two were to be combined, Mercury should stay.
Now why, in an unveiling, would they not fit the cars with some skookum wheel-tire combos to at least try and show them off? The Mercury looks like it's on 16" snow tires with plastic hubcaps.
We KNOW they won't be available like that, but put some bold, stylish wheels on them. You don't see BMW rolling out their 3-series wih the stock 16s on them. Chrysler even showcases their cars on, what, 22s? If you're following the trend of huge wheel-wells, fill them.
Really, Lincoln have completely lost their way. They have nothing to offer that isn't bettered by Cadillac and Mercury. This Lincoln smacks of nothing so much as the Cimarron.
@Miscellanea: Stupid pictures won't load. I want to see, as I rather didn't mind the current MKZ interior. I'll admit, I was paying more attention to the rather amazing cleavage of my passenger than the quality of the plastics in the dash, however.
I actually don't think it looks bad, which may be even more evidence that I'm on crack. Regardless, it's too bad that only John McCain's high school classmates will drive this thing.
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The Milan looks like a Buick concept from a few years back.
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Anyway, it is probably easy to get a Lincoln owner into an optioned-up Mercury, but to get a wannabee Euro-snob into a Lincoln would be nigh unto impossible. Q.E.D., if the two were to be combined, Mercury should stay.
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Mercury needs to go!!
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We KNOW they won't be available like that, but put some bold, stylish wheels on them. You don't see BMW rolling out their 3-series wih the stock 16s on them. Chrysler even showcases their cars on, what, 22s? If you're following the trend of huge wheel-wells, fill them.
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Keep some of those headlights around, though. They'd be a cool retrofit somewhere down the road.
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The Milan is nice though...
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The plastic though... That can go. Far away.
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