Ford and Sirius today announced that Lincoln will provide its customers standard factory-installed satellite radio on the Lincoln MKZ, Lincoln MKX, Lincoln Navigator, Lincoln Navigator L and Lincoln Mark LT beginning with the 2008 model year.
Sirius Satellite Radio today is offered on 22 Ford, Lincoln and Mercury vehicles as a factory-installed option. It will be available on the 2008 Ford Focus later this year, bringing the total to 23. The Lincoln lineup will be the first to include the equipment as standard.
Nearly 600,000 Ford, Lincoln and Mercury vehicles have already been shipped with factory installed Sirius satellite radios. Those numbers are expected to more than double in 2007.
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04/03, 10:19 AM
posted by:
Ricardo Head
Well … since I’m personally sick of paying for junk I dont want because it’s “built in” I won’t be buying a Lincoln … and that is from a guy who generally likes Fords.
04/03, 10:41 AM
posted by:
gbb
Got a ‘06 Chrysler 300 SRT8 that came with Sirius free for a year. I had NO problem sending the re-up $$ once the free year ran out. Didnt know if I would like pay radio, well, I love it. I rarely fool with CD’s any more. I like it so much, I bought an add on for my ‘99 SuperDuty. Good stuff.
04/03, 11:10 AM
posted by:
pezones
do all lincons still come standard w/ 8 tracks ?
04/03, 11:50 AM
posted by:
CTS DRIVER
thats a good lookin lincoln in the picture, i guess pay radio is the in thing rite now, dont care much for it but generally wouldnt buy a lincoln neither (except the one pictured above)
04/03, 12:08 PM
posted by:
lotusfire
CTS DRIVER, I’m seeing those Lincolns (the one pictured) all over the place in LA. They are pretty nice.
04/03, 1:09 PM
posted by:
CTS DRIVER
i was behind one the other nite in anaheim and i kind of like all of the led’d on the rear end, it definately has style, i hope this saves lincoln.
04/03, 1:11 PM
posted by:
CTS DRIVER
lotusfire, i love LA, talk about a good place to go to see it all.
04/03, 1:39 PM
posted by:
jonstew
I like everything about the MKX except the weight and the absolutely horrible gauges that come in them, wow they look cheap.
04/03, 5:54 PM
posted by:
RLX02
haha right? Instead of improving on their vehicles they think that throwing in free sat. radio will help sell.
04/03, 6:05 PM
posted by:
autonutt
How about throwing in some unique sheetmetal or powerplants instead? I like the overall design (the Aviator concept was better though), but they should have left it to Lincoln alone instead of merely cloning it and throwing it in with Ford division’s 10 other wagoncrossoverSUVs.
04/04, 12:38 AM
posted by:
europerspective
Will it still be hidden behind a brittle piece of cheap sliding plastic, like the last Navigator I rode in – worse plastics I’ve seen since I rented a Toyota Echo four years ago.
04/04, 1:28 PM
posted by:
whoopee
this isn’t FREE sirius, its a built-in player that gets you three months free service to “hook” you, then they will want to start charging you
it will end up being a waste of dash space that no one uses, very few lincoln drivers will want to end up paying $30 a month to listen to the radio