2007 Lincoln Aviator MKX
Wednesday, April 12th, 2006
Lincoln’s first Aviator, a fancified Ford Explorer, never got off the ground, so the 2007 Lincoln Aviator, or MKX (whatever their calling it now) model takes a different tack: unibody architecture (from the Mazda 6), front- or all-wheel drive, and a 3.5-liter V-6. New styling junks the baby Navigator look. Takeoff is next fall.
Lincoln is hoping that, together with the new Zephyr sedan, the MKX will entice younger and hipper buyers into its showrooms, which have been lacking anything youthful or stylish for quite some time. Based on Mazda 6 architecture, the MKX uses the same 3.5 V-6 and front- or all-wheel drive components as the similar Ford Edge, but offers swiveling headlights and other luxuries not available on the Ford.
When it goes on sale in the fall of 2006 as a 2007 model, this handsome crossover will be the first production model to follow Lincoln’s new naming convention, which ditches familiar names like Aviator and Continental in favor of generic letter combinations. Hey, didn’t every other luxury brand start doing that last decade?
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