Should There Be a Lincoln Version of the Land Rover LRX?
admin February 3rd, 2008
There is an interesting post over at the Motor Trend forums that sparked a good conversation - should Lincoln produce their own CUV based on the new Land Rover LRX?
There’s definitely a precedent for taking technology from Ford’s Premier Automotive Group and spreading it across the company in small amounts. However, with Land Rover up for sale, this would likely be a one-time partnership that would enable Lincoln to fill a gap in its current lineup (it has no Mercury Mariner or Ford Explorer sized SUV) while embedding some of the more expensive technology from Land Rover in a package that could be priced to justify much of the cost.
Lincoln would also get a vehicle that was more than just a re-badged version of another Ford product - something that has limited many of the vehicles in its lineup as of late.
What do you think? Comments welcome.
