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10/07/2014 at 21:30 • Filed to: None
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"disadvantage" (Disadvantage)
10/07/2014 at 21:30 • Filed to: None | 0
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As with any time I read an !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , I generally do a quick Google search to remember which car is which. This method has usually served me well, until I realized that Google had no clue what an "MKS" was. No problem! I'll just add 2014 as the model year, because a three letter abbreviation could be anything. Nope. Google thought it would do me a solid and present me with the MKZ I was clearly searching for.
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Now obviously, this is not the first sign of Lincoln's impending doom. Besides, hating on Lincoln in an automotive forum has become about as old hat as making hateful comments about Nickelback on Youtube. Heck, you can also go a step further and ask "who searches '[model name] [model year]', anyways? For the record, "2014 MKS" does provide images (but suggests I take a look at the MKZ's interior).
But it's hard to deny that Lincoln could do themselves a favor by presenting a premium large sedan that doesn't live in the shadows of its lesser model, even if that begins with a little better SEO on image searches.
carcrasher88
> disadvantage
10/07/2014 at 21:47 |
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At least Google knows the MKT exists...
bobkustofawitshz
> disadvantage
10/07/2014 at 22:22 |
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"Did you mean MKZ? Because you couldn't have been searching for this."
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> carcrasher88
10/08/2014 at 01:41 |
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I'm not sure if that's a blessing or a curse. In fact, maybe Lincoln should go ahead and hide that one from Google.
offroadkarter
> bobkustofawitshz
10/08/2014 at 02:17 |
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the pre redesign MKS ecoboost was a mean looking car. The redesign fucked the entire car up
ptak appreciates old racecars
> disadvantage
10/08/2014 at 10:58 |
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MKZ = smaller Fusion-based sedan that's saving the brand
MKC = smaller Escape-based crossover that's theoretically also going to save the brand
MKS = full-size Taurus-based sedan
MKX = larger Edge-based crossover
MKT = Flex-based crossover hearse SUV wagon thing
Navigator = full-size SUV
I can't be the only one who knows this >-<
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> ptak appreciates old racecars
10/08/2014 at 12:04 |
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The problem with their names is that you have to commit them to memory, which frankly, I don't care to do. Granted, you can theoretically state that the letters stand for an attribute of the car (MK-Crossover, MK-Sedan, MK-Turd, etc.), but again, you would need to be familiar with the cars first before that would even be helpful - also it's kind of a stretch (MK-X(cross)over? MK-Zephyr?).
I actually think they could benefit from a Cadillac/Infiniti-esque MK_, where the number or letter designates the pecking order of the car.
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ptak appreciates old racecars
> disadvantage
10/08/2014 at 12:19 |
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Yeah, MKX and MKZ stand for crossover and Zephyr (if you were asking). Somehow though, everyone remembers ATS, CTS, DTS, STS :P
Disagree on the Cadillac/Infiniti suggestion. It's tacky and doesn't say "luxury" at all, unless it's German.