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Jul 7, 2015
8:20:24am
Does Lincoln even have a RWD car in it's lineup? It's essentially rebadged
Tauruses and Fusions with leather and electronics slapped on.

Lincoln has nothing to compare with the ATS and CTS which Cadillac uses to directly compete with the Germans and Lexus. The next Cadillac flagship will replace the XTS and it will also be RWD/AWD and used to compete with the Mercedes S and BMW 7.

Even Hyundai has the Genesis and Eqqus to compete in the luxury market. Lincoln is still using the 1980s Cadillac formula which Caddy has spent the better part of two decades trying to dig itself out.

Everyone here knows I'm a RWD fanatic, so my opinion is biased; however, most of the luxury market is dominated by RWD (for many reasons), even Toyota went RWD with Lexus.

The only rear non-RWD luxury makers out there are Audi (which has some FWD-biased RWD entry level cars) and Acura which survives on FWD platforms thanks to Honda's excellent engineering. But even Acura struggles in head-to-head competitions/comparisons with the luxury leaders due to platform limitations.

As far as SUVs go, the Navigator and Escalade are a wash. The Navigator gives you comfort with IFS/IRS, while the Escalade retains it's truck roots and capabilities. Both are rebadged and skinned versions of their cheaper counterparts (excursion/Suburban/Tahoe), and as such actually offer more capability than say a BMW X5, but they aren't going to handle as good either.
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