Lincoln Zephyr

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Lincoln MKZ. (Discuss)

Please expand this article.
Further information might be found in a section of the talk page or at Requests for expansion.

There have been two automobile lines from Ford Motor Company's Lincoln automobile division named Zephyr. Both were entry-level luxury cars. See Lincoln-Zephyr for the car of the 1930s.

Lincoln Zephyr (2006)<tr><td colspan=2></tr>
Manufacturer:	Ford Motor Company<tr><th>Production:<td>2006</tr><tr><th>Assembly:<td>Hermosillo, Mexico<tr><th>Predecessor:<td>Lincoln LS6</tr><tr><th>Successor:<td>Lincoln MKZ</tr><tr><th>Class:<td>Entry luxury car</tr><tr><th>Related:<td>Ford Edge Ford Fusion Lincoln MKX Lincoln MKZ Mazda6 Mazda CX-9 Mercury Milan</tr>

For the 2006 model year, Lincoln introduced a new Zephyr as its entry-level luxury car to fill the void left by the discontinued V6 version of the Lincoln LS. The Zephyr, along with the Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan which share the same Ford CD3 platform, are built in Hermosillo, Mexico, making the Zephyr the first Lincoln car assembled outside of the United States for sale in the US market.

With dealership sales beginning in the autumn, Lincoln dealers sold just under 5,000 Zephyrs through December 2005, and an additional 24,000 Zephyrs in the 2006 calendar year through September. [1]

For the 2007 model year, the Zephyr was redesignated the MKZ, following Lincoln's new naming convention using alphanumeric abbreviations beginning with MK, instead of traditional names (eg: the 2007 Lincoln MKX crossover utility vehicle was originally to be designated the 2007 Aviator). Along with the new name, the MKZ will receive a new, more powerful engine compared to the Zephyr, and minor cosmetic changes.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

"Jewels at the Javits: Sparkling Luxury Cars Jostled Brawny SUVs to Capture the Limelight at the Most Popular U.S. Auto Show", an article on page twenty in the "News" section of the June, 2004 issue of Automobile magazine