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Article: Quicker & Quieter; . . . And almost cool.(NEWS)(Ford Motor Co.'s Lincoln introduced)
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- AutoWeek
- Article date:
- August 10, 2009
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Byline: MARK VAUGHN
Lincoln got its version of the freshened Ford Fusion/Mercury Milan when the 2010 MKZ recently rolled into showrooms. It is priced starting at $34,965, including destination.
That's new Lincoln sheetmetal you see from the A-pillar forward, showing "the face of Lincoln at the front. Inside is another new face, less blocky than that of the previous MKZ, which was introduced just more than three years ago.
Thanks to improvements to the air intake, which in turn allow a little more spark advance, along with quicker shifts and lower gear ratios at the bottom end, the new model now goes from 0 to 60 mph in just 7.1 seconds, 0.6 ...