By Leftlane Staff
Monday, Mar 20th, 2006 @ 5:20 pm

Car and Driver got a chance to test the 2006 Lincoln Zephyr (“MKZ,” as it is now known), and reviewer Tony Swan echoed many of the concerns expressed by columnist Robert Farago. Swan questions whether the Zephyr is really suited to younger buyers. “Younger than whom? Alan Greenspan? George Burns? Wait a minute, George has gone to his reward. How about Phyllis Diller?” Mr. Swan also criticizes Ford ’s badge-engineering used to create the Fusion, Milan, and Zephyr. “The people responsible for the resuscitation of Ford’s luxury division have created a car that could just as easily have been conceived by Chrysler product planners of the K-car era.” Like Farago, Swan was also put off by the interior styling. “The interior appointments, for example, incorporate quality materials (including real maple trim) and tasteful colors, but the high cowl, squarish dashboard shapes, and loose-fit bucket seats would be more at home in a 10-year-old Buick .”

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