The 2016 Lincoln MKX Is Not a Luxury Vehicle, No Matter How Hard It Tries
#61
She lost me with this :
You may love the fact that to engage drive, park, neutral, or reverse, you push a big fat button on the dashboard. (I did not – it felt condescending.)
That, to me, says more about her than the car. Pushing a button is condescending? Really? I suppose she really must not like elevators either.
You may love the fact that to engage drive, park, neutral, or reverse, you push a big fat button on the dashboard. (I did not – it felt condescending.)
That, to me, says more about her than the car. Pushing a button is condescending? Really? I suppose she really must not like elevators either.
#62
Lexus Fanatic
I agree the "push button" transmission is dumb. I too prefer a shifter.
But, I think she's being overly harsh. I think the MKX is a pretty nice vehicle.
But, I think she's being overly harsh. I think the MKX is a pretty nice vehicle.
#63
Lexus Fanatic
According to Lincoln, their market-research showed that many of their potential new customers wanted freed-up space on the console, without either parking-brake levers or shift-levers taking up that space (or stubby column-levers like on some BMW and Mercedes vehicles). This is now Lincoln's third all-new vehicle in a row with the transmission push-buttons...MKZ, MKC, and MKX.
I learned to drive an automatic myself, almost half a century ago, with Chrysler's 1960's-vintage push-buttons, though they were electro-mechanical and needed a firm push and click/snap to engage, rather than just the very light tap from one's fingertip on the new Lincoln buttons. That's one thing I DON"T like about the new Lincoln buttons.....they take too little effort and are too easy to brush accidentally, perhaps engaging the wrong gear at the wrong time.
I learned to drive an automatic myself, almost half a century ago, with Chrysler's 1960's-vintage push-buttons, though they were electro-mechanical and needed a firm push and click/snap to engage, rather than just the very light tap from one's fingertip on the new Lincoln buttons. That's one thing I DON"T like about the new Lincoln buttons.....they take too little effort and are too easy to brush accidentally, perhaps engaging the wrong gear at the wrong time.
#65
Lexus Fanatic
The Edsel Citation's steering wheel push-buttons for the transmission were not what doomed that car. It was simply the wrong car at the wrong time......large and relatively expensive during a recession, not really that much different from corporate sister Mercury despite the quirky styling and features, and during a period when some American car buyers, for the first time, were starting to turn to smaller cars.
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