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Lincoln MKS 2009 Test Drive
Future Auto Center of Concord, California, USA, July 2010

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Lincoln MKS 2009

Test Drive

Future Auto Center of Concord

Concord, California, July 2010

Lincoln MKS 2009, Red on Black


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The California Lincoln Mercury Dealers invited AllCarCentral to do a test drive of one of their new cars and we were ready to jump at the chance. On a nice quiet afternoon we arrived at the Future Auto Center of Concord to see what Lincoln had to offer. As AllCarCentral's invitations to drive new cars send us to working dealerships we are respectful of the floor-peoples primary purpose, which is to sell cars and not smoozing around, therefore we try to keep our on-site impact minimal. That said we were directed to choose a vehicle to take for a drive around the dealers pre chosen course by a helpful lot greeter. We choose the wonderfully presented "Sangria Red over Black" MKS. The window sticker noted that this car was equipped with a 3.7 L V6 with 24 valves and a automatic transmission. The body gave us 4 doors and the full package was moved about by its front wheels. The interior in my opinion provided the cars best features.

The list included, Am/FM and satellite radio, Microsoft voice sync, 12 way seat controls, heated and cooled front seats, rear sear heating, dual-zone interior climate controls. The functional features gave the driver 4 wheel disc brakes w/ABS, keypad entry, tire pressure monitoring, and traction control. This writer having been on the road for several decades remembers when the most exotic up-grade option was between 'standard hub caps' or "Beauty Rings".

This MKS was all about moving its passengers around in a style that Lincoln has always been about, smooth luxury with the designers/engineers eye(s) on the top-end features that make a car operate. The performance was crisp but smooth with no hard edges and with mostly predictable performance. I could tell that, like the "Proper Lady" she was, the MKS did not like to be pushed or hurried. In trying to assert too much of my own free spirit the MKS let me know, politely, that that was not the way to behave.

On those hot blistering days or the freezing winter morning drives the HVAC equipped front seats would be reason enough to own a car like this striking MKS. Of note, the test car we happen to choose was a remaining 2009 demo car, (did not see the window sticker until after some jockeying about the car was in the drive), but the 2010s could only be more interesting, right. Maybe we will get a chance, soon, to repeat in a 2010 version.

After the returning to the lot we were joined by the ever so gracious Karen Thompson of the Future Auto Center of Concord dealership. In discussing the MKS, I expressed that I had missed out on an offer to do a test drive of a Ford Mustang earlier in the year. Sooo .. we now have a second chance to see what this Mustang car is all about, thanks to Karen. Watch for it. We will not miss this one.


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Lincoln MKS  2009

Lincoln MKS 2009
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Future Auto Center of Concord, California

Lincoln MKS  2009

Lincoln MKS 2009
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Future Auto Center of Concord, California

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Lincoln MKS  2009

Lincoln MKS 2009
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Future Auto Center of Concord, California

Lincoln MKS  2009

Lincoln MKS 2009
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Future Auto Center of Concord, California

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