Zephyr bypasses younger drivers!

[pro-five-oh]

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051229/BUSINESS02/512290529/1015/BUSINESS


All good points by Mr. Swan, a respected auto journalist, but WTF is up with quoting ancient horsepower numbers? It has 221hp like the Fusion.

http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/reviews/healey/2005-12-23-zephyr_x.htm

USA Today had some good points about the Zephyr, noting that the Avalon and Passat are in the same price range, and that's tough place to be.

[Nick]

Lincoln engineers should raid the MazdaSpeed parts bin and turbo that Duratec. Noble M12s can be had with a turbo Duratec. Why can't this turd? And by God, why does every Lincoln, except the LS, today have seats that would be fit for a park? If you have to offer two seat options like on the VII, that means one of the seats actually works for sporty drivers. :rolleyes:

[blackbeauty]

Interesting that they didn't mention that all Zephyrs are being made in Mexico. Before the Zephyr was re-reintroduced, all Linc's came out of Wixom - now it looks like Wixom will shut down. I checked out one of these at the dealer last week when I picked up my TC, and personally, I find it too small and boxy to call a luxury car OR a Lincoln. They should have stayed with the LS or brought back the Conti, IMHO.

[pro-five-oh]

And by God, why does every Lincoln, except the LS, today have seats that would be fit for a park? If you have to offer two seat options like on the VII, that means one of the seats actually works for sporty drivers. :rolleyes:

I hate to admit it, but the Zephyr's seats are far better than the LSs. More padding but still have good support. The last LS sport I drove was a little light on lower seat cushion padding, I was pretty disappointed. Not a problem at all in the Zephyr.

:eek:

[Sysanalyst]

I've seen a few of these new Zephyr vehicles lately. The are so weird and Ooooglyyyyy looking. One would wonder why the heck they are so under powered, under sporty, and over priced. I can think of 5 vehicles in the same price range that run circles around that thing. Leave it to those Ford Attorneys and Accounts to, well, produce the Zephyr.

[pro-five-oh]

I've seen a few of these new Zephyr vehicles lately. The are so weird and Ooooglyyyyy looking. One would wonder why the heck they are so under powered, under sporty, and over priced. I can think of 5 vehicles in the same price range that run circles around that thing. Leave it to those Ford Attorneys and Accounts to, well, produce the Zephyr.

If it had a Mercury badge and the same number of unique parts from the Fusion...give it a shorter warranty and cut the price down a couple grand too...I think we'd all love it. :)

Well, we can dream about cool Zephyrs... :)

http://www.cars-on-line.com/16200/78merc16252-A.jpg

[TheSweetRossLg]

i say get ride of it man

[Desert Stallion]

http://www.cars-on-line.com/16200/78merc16252-A.jpg


I think I just had an accident... :eek: I'll never know why but I have had and always will have a kink for Fairmont's/Zephyr's...

There's a bright canary yellow 'Mont Futura coupe that lives around here that has all the goodies including 5-lug SN95 brakes, Bullitts, fuelie 5.0L, etc.

Man I miss my old wagon... :(

[pro-five-oh]

I think I just had an accident... :eek: I'll never know why but I have had and always will have a kink for Fairmont's/Zephyr's...

I'm sure a few years from now there'll be someone like you who values the "CD3" like you do the Fox. Hopefully they'll find this messageboard soon. ;)