Lincoln Why?!?!

"Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch" (bman76) 11/18/2015 at 01:06 • Filed to: None

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You ruined the best looking car in your lineup. Now it’s a swollen anonymous looking Audi A4 knock-off.

Goodnight Oppo, I’m going to cry myself to sleep over this hack job.

DerW220 > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 11/18/2015 at 01:08

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Bullllshiit! It looks great! They are really trying to use quality components and stepping up the design elegance.

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > DerW220 11/18/2015 at 01:11

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It looks like they grafted an Audi nose on to the existing car. The power-trains I can get behind though.

Sneaky Pete > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 11/18/2015 at 01:12

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Chrysler 200 front end with crossfire hood.

TheHondaBro > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 11/18/2015 at 01:23

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It looks more like the GTA V version of an Audi A4.

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > Sneaky Pete 11/18/2015 at 01:25

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Jag grille on an Audi. Pretty sure those a literally Audi headlights.

DerW220 > TheHondaBro 11/18/2015 at 01:27

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Those video games must’ve fried your eyes off because I couldn’t see any Audi A4 in this if a gun was held to my head.

Blondude > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 11/18/2015 at 01:31

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This. Why isn’t this piece of trim a continuous thickness?

pip bip - choose Corrour > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 11/18/2015 at 01:32

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looks a shitload better than what they currently look like.

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > Blondude 11/18/2015 at 01:35

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Design for design’s sake. Never a good decision.

TheHondaBro > DerW220 11/18/2015 at 01:36

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Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > pip bip - choose Corrour 11/18/2015 at 01:42

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Now it’s completely anonymous looking though. Why not forge an identity? In that respect it reminds me of the first-gen Hyundai Genesis, stolen design cues everywhere. The recent Continental concept was accused of the same thing. Lincoln needs its own design language.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 11/18/2015 at 01:46

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yes they do.

but not if it looks completely ugly though.

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > pip bip - choose Corrour 11/18/2015 at 01:51

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I never called it ugly, I just think they “Frankensteined” a bunch of design elements they liked together.

More of a collage than a cohesive design.

Milky > Sneaky Pete 11/18/2015 at 01:56

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Get out.

That might be the farthest “it looks like ...” I’ve read yet on here.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 11/18/2015 at 02:08

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i reckon the current range look ugly.

this above is a MUCH better look.

Jag style grille , Audi headlamps , bonnet reminds me of a Sebring , yes it’s a collage , but when it works , it WORKS.

i hope they sell a shitload of these.

phenotyp > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 11/18/2015 at 02:12

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Aw, goddamn. That’s a disappointment on four wheels.

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > pip bip - choose Corrour 11/18/2015 at 02:13

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I want Lincoln to succeed, and design is subjective. I also know my professor would fail me for a “Frankensteined” design like this.

Either way, good spar, no hurt feelings. I’m gonna sleep now.

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > phenotyp 11/18/2015 at 02:14

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You’re a designer too, correct?

pip bip - choose Corrour > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 11/18/2015 at 02:16

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g’night.

phenotyp > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 11/18/2015 at 02:16

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I do design, yeah.

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > phenotyp 11/18/2015 at 02:20

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I’m an Architecture grad student. This is a bit outside my wheelhouse, but the basics of design are the same.

phenotyp > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 11/18/2015 at 02:22

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If you can design [one thing, well], then you can design [anything].

Amoore100 > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 11/18/2015 at 02:32

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Yes, but if a distinctive Lincoln means whale baleen, then I don’t think Lincoln should exist any longer. Lincoln’s lineage has long been vertical, once piece grilles and if that’s the one thing that carries forward, I’ll be happy. It’s bad when you realize this was the best looking thing in their fleet previously:

TR3 > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 11/18/2015 at 06:35

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Couldn’t disagree more.

TR3 > pip bip - choose Corrour 11/18/2015 at 06:37

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Yes so I can pick up a lower priced one 3 years in the future. Hey, have to economize some times.

TR3 > Amoore100 11/18/2015 at 06:40

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Yes, whale baleen is all I could ever see. I thought it was some save the whales/save the earth cross promotion with Greenpeace.

pip bip - choose Corrour > TR3 11/18/2015 at 06:46

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i like your thinking!

spanfucker retire bitch > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 11/18/2015 at 07:50

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Your opinion a shit.

RoboRed "The road to hell is paved with overturned Vanduras" > DerW220 11/18/2015 at 09:43

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I will agree that there is a bit of older-gen Audi in the headlights. Difference is that the Lincoln has it as a continuous line instead of a set of individual LEDs. Almost like a transitional period between the current gen and previous gen. It bugs me a little bit because I can’t NOT think of Audi when I look it. Apart from that, though, I don’t have a problem with this design, and I’d like to see what they’ve done with the back.

Also, seriously, anyone else who’s complaining about this design, I’d like to see their own suggestions. It’s been nothing but whining and complaining every time a new Lincoln comes out, and Lincoln’s really making an effort here to have a new design for their cars.

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 11/18/2015 at 10:31

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This looked fantastic. I still for the life of me can’t understand why people hated it.

The new one on the other hand looks terrible. The split wing was one of Lincoln’s best design. I think it also looks great on the MKX and the Navigator and the MKC.

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 11/18/2015 at 10:34

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That’s exactly what I see too. Maybe we need our eyes checked? I mean everyone else can’t be wrong can they?

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 11/18/2015 at 10:35

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I didn’t even think about that. Lincoln, please don’t ruin the MKC.

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 11/18/2015 at 10:42

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Never in history has a large group of people been wrong...

(insert distasteful photo of your choice here)

PanchoVilleneuve ST > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 11/19/2015 at 05:24

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It’s frustrating how much Ford is floundering with Lincoln, especially when you consider how easy it is to do Lincoln right. It’s embarassing. I mean, the perfect Lincoln exists, only it’s not a Lincoln, it’s a Chrysler.

Seriously, the 300 is everything a new Continental should be. Big, comfy, and most of all, intimidating and imposing as all fuck.

Seriously, either embiggen the current Mustang platform or refine the now-dead Australian Falcon one, tune the Coyote for smoothness and drop it in there, give it a too-big chrome grille and there you go. New Continental.

Lincoln has been for a long time a brand without a philosophy, and now is the perfect time to define that. Cadillac has positioned itself as “like a German car, but American”, Chrysler is trying its darnedest to do what they did in either the 60s (300) or 80s (200). What Lincoln needs to do is offer what the other luxury brands, not just in the US, but the rest of the world, won’t. They need to build boats. Big, comfy boats. They need the balls to say to the world “you know what you actually want in a luxury car? Comfort. Who cares about speed and sporty handling? Here’s a car that will get you from point A to point B and you’ll step out of the car feeling more relaxed than when you got in.”

They’ll never do this, of course.