Lincoln vs. Cadillac

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Lincoln's MKS may be "interesting", but as almost everyone know it's a Five Hundred in drag, will anyone bite?

Well, almost everyone knows that the Fivehundered was derived from a Volvo S80 luxury car.... besides, you can't get a 315hp V8 in a Ford Fivehundred.

Remember when Ford tried to create volume with Jaguar by using the Mondeo platform to create the X-Type? They had a hard time convincing anyone that FWD or Front-biased AWD platforms were "luxury"

Btw, the Jaguar X-Type's AWD system is RWD biased (40/60).
Lincolns aren't as traditional and sporty as Jaguars(RWD), thats why they had no problem selling the FWD Lincoln Continental(1988 to 2002). Jaguar on the other hand is like BMW, all their cars have always been RWD, so having a FWD base Jaguar X-type is like having a FWD BMW 3-series, not that good for their performance image.
FWD Lincoln Continental V8 (1996 model shown)


More and more luxury brands are going AWD, and Lincoln is one of them.