Lincoln MKS
| Lincoln MKS | |
|---|---|
2009 Lincoln MKS | |
| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | The Lincoln Motor Company (Ford Motor Company) |
| Production | May 2008–2016 |
| Model years | 2009–2016 |
| Assembly | United States: Ford Chicago Assembly, Chicago, Illinois |
| Designer | Peter Horbury (design chief) Robert Gelardi (exterior: 2005) Max Wolff (2013 facelift) |
| Body and chassis | |
| Class | Full-size luxury car |
| Body style | 4-door sedan |
| Layout | Front engine, front-wheel drive / all wheel drive |
| Platform | Ford D3 platform |
| Related | Ford Five Hundred, Mercury Montego, Mercury Sable Ford Taurus Ford Taurus X Ford Flex Lincoln MKT Volvo S80 Volvo S60 Volvo V70 Volvo XC70 Volvo XC90 |
| Powertrain | |
| Engine |
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| Transmission | 6-speed 6F50 automatic 6-speed 6F55 automatic |
| Dimensions | |
| Wheelbase | 112.9 in (2,868 mm) |
| Length | 2009–2012: 204.2 in (5,187 mm) 2013–2016 : 204.8 in (5,202 mm) |
| Width | 75.9 in (1,928 mm) |
| Height | 61.6 in (1,565 mm) |
| Curb weight | 4,127 lb (1,872 kg) (Front-wheel drive) 4,276 lb (1,940 kg) (All-wheel drive) |
| Chronology | |
| Predecessor | Lincoln Continental |
| Successor | Lincoln Continental (2017) |
The Lincoln MKS is a full-size luxury car which was manufactured by Ford and marketed by its Lincoln division for the 2009-through-2016 model years (MY), having entered production in May 2008. Primarily sold in the North American market, it is a notchback four-door sedan with seating for five occupants and received a facelift for MY 2013.
Following the Lincoln MKR concept vehicle, Lincoln presented the MKS at the LA Auto Show in November 2007, with sales beginning in June 2008. It is based on the Ford D3 platform (a revised variant of the Volvo P2 platform) with a front-mounted engine and either front-wheel drive or all-wheel drive. The MKS shares this platform with the other so-called Chicago D3's, the Ford Flex, Lincoln MKT, and the fifth-generation Ford Taurus, which were manufactured at Ford's Chicago Assembly plant in Chicago, Illinois.
The MKS uses V6 engines, with the launch model using a 3.7-liter Ford Cyclone engine, while a twin-turbocharged 3.5-liter EcoBoost engine (shared with the Taurus SHO) was added for MY 2010. The base Cyclone engine was revised to a Ti-VCT specification for MY 2013.
The MKS was discontinued after 2016, with domestic MKS production having reached 100,248 for MY 2009–2016. It was replaced by the tenth generation Lincoln Continental.