Lincoln Jaguar

"Roadkilled" (roadkilled) 10/21/2020 at 20:01 • Filed to: None

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I assume that the owner of this Jaguar either got a good deal on used Lincoln wheels or they kept the wheels when they sold their Lincoln. I’m hoping that they didn’t make the esthetic choice to intentionally put Lincoln wheels on a Jaguar. Based on the model and condition of the car, I assume one of the former options.

Boxer_4 > Roadkilled 10/21/2020 at 20:11

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The original wheels were sold to this Taurus owner.

https://oppositelock.kinja.com/i-dont-see-anything-wrong-here-1695396516

ranwhenparked > Roadkilled 10/21/2020 at 20:18

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Nodded off on fentanyl while driving, hopped a couple of curbs and trashed the original rims, and those were the closest the local pick and pull had?

SiennaMan > Roadkilled 10/21/2020 at 20:56

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The Taurus clearly shows that basically all of the Ford wheels of this era were the sam e size.

GoodIdeaAtTheTime > Roadkilled 10/21/2020 at 21:01

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I had Focus ST wheels on a Volvo S60R. Whatever works I guess.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > Roadkilled 10/21/2020 at 21:35

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You do know that this Jaguar came as a Lincoln, right? Same platform, wheels are the same size, the dash is basically identical, the engine is all-but identical, etc.

Roadkilled > Eric @ opposite-lock.com 10/21/2020 at 23:24

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I recognize that this is from the era when Ford had turned decided that Jaguar needed more badge engineering and parts bin specials. I think Ford looked at the Cadillac Cimarron and thought “That’s a great idea! We can do something similar and call it the X-Type!”.  Lincoln looked at it and wanted in on the deal too, because who wouldn’t want a supposed luxury car based on a middling compact.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > Roadkilled 10/22/2020 at 19:03

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This wasn’t badge engineering of a Ford product (that was the X-type, this is an S-type) . The platform was even slated for the Mustang before Ford realized that a substantial subset of Mustang buyers expect to drag race them and prefer archaic live axles.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_DEW_platform

I owned an LS and thought it was the best platform they made in the era by a substantial margin. It was genuinely better than contemporary mid-size luxury sedans .