الاثنين، 17 مارس 2014

2014 Lincoln MKZ 2.0T AWD


2014 Lincoln MKZ 2.0T AWD

Mainstream ingredients and some luxury spice, but slightly undercooked.

It’s hard not to root for Lincoln in its struggle to become a bona fide luxury brand, but it’s also hard to find compelling reasons to do so. The MKZ, poster car for the Lincoln Motor Company’s renaissance program, is a case in point. In test after test, the MKZ has come across as a fancified Ford Fusion but not upgraded enough to justify the price premium, in this case some five grand more than a Fusion 2.0T AWD in Titanium trim.
Whatever one might think about the MKZ’s styling and interior furnishings, the extra investment doesn’t pay any dividends in performance. Equipped with all-wheel drive, our test car tipped the scales at 3906 pounds, not an unusual number in this class but nevertheless a load for a 2.0-liter turbo. Generating 240 horsepower, the four-cylinder transmits power to the pavement via a six-speed automatic and works hard to haul the MKZ to 60 mph in 7.4 seconds. The quarter-mile comes up in 15.8 seconds at 88 mph, and the engine makes no secret of its toils, with a rather raucous exhaust note at full throttle.
If you want haste, you need the 300-hp, 3.7-liter V-6, which propels the MKZ to 60 mph from rest in 6.3 seconds. Of course, the 2.0-liter is pitched as balancing fuel economy against modest performance, but here the jury is out. With the EcoBoost 2.0 four-cylinder and all-wheel drive, the MKZ is projected to achieve an EPA-estimated 22 mpg city and 31 highway. The test mileage for this car was accumulated during our annual weeklong 10Best Cars evaluation, when we run cars even harder than usual, and with the throttle open more than not, the MKZ achieved 20 mpg. We’re sure real-world driving would produce better results. 

 

 

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