Lincoln, First Look: Lincoln C Concept Car Mini Cooper-owner style

Lincoln C Concept Car Mini Cooper-owner style

BMW has proven that rear-wheel-drive c-segment size luxury works, with its 1 Series, attorney is turning next to the 2011 Ford Focus' papers for post-global hot luxury. To prepare us for a CAFE-friendly world, attorney rolled out the C concept (for c-segment, and so far, without an \"MK\" prefix) at Detroit. Looking such same a Renault with Lincoln's \"flying wing\" '41 Continental retro cue grille, the C is about the length of the '11 Focus, but about 2.75-inches wider for three-abreast way via two flat benches. Ford designers cite the '39 Lincoln, '56 Continental II and '61 Continental as inspiration. But the a-pillar is arching such same a Renault Espace's, and the c-pillar ends in a Clio-esque bustle trunk. While there's no tumblehome, a unfathomable shoulderline accents the profile.

Lincoln C Concept Car Mini Cooper-owner style

The stainless steel-like top is actually aluminum with a metalized paint, and the gray inland wood trim is recycled driftwood veneer. The attorney C has more inland space than a '61 Continental, J Mays and Freeman saint proudly note. The engine, theoretically - attorney didn't open the hood -- is a planned 1.6-liter EcoBoost four with central direct injection, variable regulator timing on both cams and an interesting stop/start system to shut downbound the engine for red lights and stop signs.

Lincoln C Concept Car Mini Cooper-owner style

Restarts use a fraction of the official energy required for a cold move by injecting and igniting render in the cylinder closest to top-dead-center on the compression stroke. The six-speed, twin-clutch \"Powershift\" transmission uses more efficient dry clutches (Audi DSG's wet clutches require an oil pump). It gains 9-percent better render frugalness than a conventional automatic transmission, Ford says. Including some key weight savings, Ford expects the EcoBoost-powered C would get about 25-percent better render frugalness than a similar car with a 2.0-liter.

Lincoln C Concept Car Mini Cooper-owner style

Other interior features include no b-pillar (which Mays insists is approaching creation viability, even if the \"suicide door\" feature that accompanies it is exclusive for show), a hubless control wheel rendered in Apple-computer albescent plastic, thin-seat profession for better interior shack (another near-production feature), hand-drawn patterned patterns laser-etched into the otherwise stark albescent leather seats, weight- and height-sensing power nous restraints, and stereo speakers in the headliner, which surrounds a Lincoln-symbol render sunroof.

Lincoln C Concept Car Mini Cooper-owner style

North USA organisation chief Peter Horbury says his favorite feature, though, is a device in the car's grille that recognizes other Lincoln Cs and automatically \"winks\" the mitt headlight, Mini Cooper-owner style.

Lincoln C Concept Car Mini Cooper-owner style

Question is, can Lincoln physique a c-segment car with so much appeal that owners \"wink\" or wave at others voluntarily? We may have to communicate that question again when Lincoln markets a c-segment car, in as little as digit or three years.