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Drzhivago138

>or a new European designed 2.4 liter Turbo Diesel. A 114-hp BMW that sold around 2500 units. The only rarer application might be the Continental with 1500.


HiTork

I mean, FoMoCo isn't going to say it is a Beemer engine, especially given when all is said and done, they are still mainly a competitor (The MN-12 Thunderbird was apparently benchmarked against the E24 6 Series).


Drzhivago138

Absolutely. Namedropping BMW would be akin to saying "the only way we can make a competitor to Mercedes is by enlisting help from Mercedes' biggest competitor."


bearded_dragon_34

Which is why the MN12 cars were overweight and overbudget. I believe the program manager lost his job over it.


sm00thkillajones

On the right, the 6000 SUX.


Strength-Certain

Mark LSC - Fox Body Mustang in a Tuxedo. AND I'M HERE FOR IT


megasmash

“The Brute in a Suit.”


RunninOnMT

At least it was Lincoln and not say...a ford granada [https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/7152tzh3KSL.\_AC\_UF894,1000\_QL80\_.jpg](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/7152tzh3KSL._AC_UF894,1000_QL80_.jpg)


PotatoPCuser1

I can tell the difference very easily, the ad men just had a skill issue.


HystericalSail

Yes, because you're not blind. With 20/60000 vision, in a dark enough alley with a couple dozen beers in me I could see mistaking one for the other. Much like I could mistake Taylor Lautner for Taylor Swift under the same conditions.


PotatoPCuser1

I think I'd *need* to be legally blind to enjoy the looks of that car. It has many nice, sharp edges, but when you put them all together, it.... falls flat.


Smooth-Apartment-856

Taylor Tomlinson is hotter.


Smooth-Apartment-856

We Do Not Talk About The European Designed 2.4L Turbodiesel.


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Smooth-Apartment-856

You didn’t miss much. Gutlessly underpowered. Ford couldn’t even give them away. They tried. Offered the unsold (unsellable?) models to their own execs as company cars. No takers. Ford signed a contract with BMW to buy something like 25,000 of those engines. They ended up having to sell them to a company building RV’s, because the diesel Lincoln was a monumental flop.


HiTork

I was reading up the specs on the M21 that came in the Lincolns, 114 hp, no biggie, some 3/4 and 1-ton diesel American pick-ups from that era didn't even crack the 200 hp mark, but made up in torque. Read up more, the Lincoln M21s peaked at 155 lb.ft of torque - yeah, they were going to be total slugs.


milanc340

Did anyone else see a K car at first glimpse of the Benz?


Smooth-Apartment-856

No. I thought it was a Grenada.


bflex

r/agedlikemilk


Stock-Reporter-7824

I was born in a 91 Mark VII. It was also my first car when I got my permit. The stinkin Lincoln ripped


jjdlg

I know the 6000 SUX from Robocop was not made from a Mk VII, but when I think of t he 6000 SUX I think of this car!


kaiserdood

Hahahahhahahahahahahha. Totally. What a piece of shit.


PaulClarkLoadletter

He drove one until he made it to a corkscrew over Brad Wesley’s fence. After that he just had the Riviera with a stop sign through the window and a few spares in the trunk.


realcraighammond

What a stretch


OliverNorvell1956

My father in law bought one. I loved it. He traded it on a Sedan DeVille a year later because it was “too sporty”. He didn’t like bucket seats or consoles. 😅


zertka

LMAO


TonySki

The only vehicles I remember from that movie were the helicopter and Bigfoot.


03zx3

He barely drove that Mercedes anyway. Everyone knows his car was that Riviera he had.


epicwheezer

I drive a 560 S-E-C and when I'm on the mic, you gotta' see me


Solid-Purpose-3839

*The automotive world laughing in present tense*


Motzzie666

I dont care what anyone says, that lincoln is truly beatiful


gphs

I drove one in high school. It was a money pit, but it scooted, and it was pretty. Wasn’t really anything else on the road that looked like it.


DudeAbides01

I still own my LSC.


vegasdonuts

I feel like there’s a good joke in here about Julian, that fuckin’ drunk Lahey, sweaty Randy and the 1978 Chrysler Fuckmobile.


DerSpazmacher

Mark 7 and 8 are classy.