Standing for “Luxury Sport”, the Lincoln LS has been freshened for the year 2006. It includes 4 doors. It has the capacity to take in a maximum of five passengers in its spacious and very comfortable cabin. It’s a luxury sports sedan. For this year, 2006, the Lincoln LS has been provided in just 1 trim level which is the V8 Sport.
Upon its introduction, the Lincoln LS comes equipped with a standard 3.9 liter V8 engine that has the capacity and capacity to provide some 280 units of hp. It can achieve 18 mph for town driving and some twenty-five miles per hour on the highway. Also made standard so as to aid the engine in its performance is a five speed automatic transmission with overdrive. This midsize, rear wheel drive entry level high end automobile from Lincoln shares its Ford DEW 98 platform with its relative, the Jaguar S Type and the Ford Thunderbird. Its first competition includes the BMW 3 series, the Lexus ES, the Mercedes Benz C Class, the Acura TL, and the Cadillac CTS.
Originally, the Lincoln LS was meant to be named the LS6 and the LS8. This would be depending on the engine choice. However, these were then replaced with “LS V6″ for the LS6 and the “LS V8″ for the LS8. This was changed so in order to duck any kind of confusion with the Lexus trademarks.
For this year, it is expounded the Lincoln LS has received a minor facelift. The V6 model was removed from the line up as shortly s the Lincoln Zephyr was introduced. Lincoln sure is proud of this car for it has received extremely high marks during an occupant protection crash test. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety gave this automobile a rank of “Best Pick”. Together with that was a perfect score for the frontal offset crash test. Together with that, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration also gave the Lincoln LS nearly perfect scores in the test for side impact and rollovers. To make Lincoln prouder was when CNBC announced the Lincoln LS was one of the 5 safest vehicles in history.
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