Category: Lincoln

OK, on this one VehicleVoice is just the messenger. The Truth About Cars website has taken it on itself to identify the ten worst cars and trucks sold in the USA in 2006. Not really sure what their credentials are, but here is their press release... When we feel like commenting, see our notes following the press release writeup.

Lincoln flipflops on pronounciation of new names - again.

Mercury Milan wins AutoPacific Award as Ideal Mid-Size Car. Adds to its win of the AutoPacific 2006 Vehicle Satisfaction Award for Mid-Size Cars.

Lincoln Navigator wins AutoPacific's Vehicle Satisfaction Award as top rated vehicle - car or truck. Top rated car is Hyundai Azera. VehicleVoice reviews Navigator and Azera in video podcasts. What were they thinking when they designed the interior of the Ford Fusion? In heavy sunlight, glare in the Fusion is very distracting.

Lincoln Navigator wins AutoPacific's Vehicle Satisfaction Award as top rated vehicle - car or truck. Top rated car is Hyundai Azera. VehicleVoice reviews Navigator and Azera in video podcasts. What were they thinking when they designed the interior of the Ford Fusion? In heavy sunlight, glare in the Fusion is very distracting.

Owners of Japanese brand vehicles rate their cars or trucks at the top of their category in ten of nineteen AutoPacifc categories. Owners of European brand vehicles rated their vehicle tops in two categories - Volkwagen Passat in the Premium Mid-Size Car Category and the MINI Cooper in the Image Compact Car class. The American Big Three had five wins... Lincoln Navigator won it all with the highest rating of any vehicle - car or truck; Cadillac CTS, Mercury Milan, Chevrolet Corvette, Chevrolet Silverado Heavy Duty. OK, that leaves two winners unaccounted for... those are from Hyundai.

Volvo's SUV gets a minor rework and a new engine for 2007 model year.

Back in November 2005, a VehicleVoice Blog commented on the existence of a periodic jihad on sport utility vehicles in the USA and worldwide. The introduction General Motors' GMT900 SUVs - the Chevrolet Tahoe and Suburban, the GMC Yukon and Yukon XL, plus the Cadillac Escalade and Escalade ESV have set the earth-is-flat crowd wailing again.

Lincoln's Zephyr, launched for 2006 model year, gets a makeover for 2007. No, it's not a mistake and not even a reaction to poor sales. They just changed their minds.

Lincoln drinks the alphanumeric kool aide to the detriment of the brand.