Lincoln splitting with split-wing grille - Automotive News
Executives have said the brand will gain two more nameplates by 2020. MKZ: Lincoln's best-selling nameplate gets a refresh in 2016, with the most noticeable change being the loss of its split-wing grille. Spy photos show Lincoln is moving quickly to adopt the more rectangular face of the Continental on other vehicles. Continental: The Continental will be built in Flat Rock, Mich. , on a stretched version of the Ford Fusion's CD4 platform. It will be offered in front-wheel drive and all-wheel drive in its first generation. The production car is said to be extremely close to the concept version, unveiled in the spring at the New York auto show, without so much interior chrome or the tablet computer built into the rear console. Production is set to begin around April 1. MKS: The 2016 model year will be the MKS' swan song, to hardly anyone's dismay. Sales have fallen each year since 2012, and its departure will mean Ford can instead build about 10,000 more Explorers at the Chicago plant that makes both models. Source: www.autonews.com
