Refreshing or Revolting: 2011 Lincoln MKX

With the auto and midsized premium crossover segments completely saturated, we think Lincoln's decision to boldly restyle of the MKX was a good one.

We're not necessarily saying we like the newborn design, but it's sure eye-catching. It starts, predictably, with Lincoln's two-part grille. Most of the automaker's lineup sports unclear and identical-sounding \"MK\" names -- well, now the front styling will appear similar too.

Overall, the 2011 MKX has more proximity than the 2010 Lincoln, which had a larger grille stretched from digit headlight to the other. Headlights on the 2011 help are pulled back, as on the MKZ, MKT, and MKS. A character line starts at the headlight, ringing the line of the rotate well bulge, making the MKX materialize bigger.

If you've seen the 2010 MKX at night, you undergo how attractive the long and horizontal taillights appear. That design is replaced on the 2011 help with smaller, chrome-lined units. There are two flushed reflector bars on the rear bumper to add a bit of visual interest while the rear windshield tangency is discover in the open unlike the hidden units on the Lexus RX 350.

The segment-leading Lexus doesn't have much over the Lincoln in the interior department. The 2011 MKX interior is a bounteous transformation over the outgoing car, and perhaps is one reason the 2010 MKX has $4000 on its hood this month. The guidance concealment on the center dash is much larger than before, and the rest of the audio and climate controls countenance inferior author parts bin than before.

The vegetation cut on the 2011 MKX's control wheel is inferior conspicuous than on the 2010 model, and the buttons have touched higher, making them more usable. The helper cluster is also completely newborn and, it appears, borrowing a page from the author Fusion Hybrid's display.

Overall, we'd have to say the 2011 MKX is a step above the 2010 Lincoln. Do you agree? Have your say in the comments section below.

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Photo order from crowning to bottom: 2011 attorney MKX face view, 2010 attorney MKX face view, 2011 attorney MKX side view, 2010 attorney MKX side view, 2011 attorney MKX interior, 2010 attorney MKX interior.