It may seem unlikely given Lincoln ’s current
lineup, but there was a time when the company used to offer rear-wheel-drive,
luxury coupes too. The last model to sport a two-door configuration was the
Mark VIII. Introduced in 1992 and built on the same FN platform underpinning
the tenth-generation Ford Thunderbird and the seventh-gen Mercury Cougar, the
Lincoln Mark VIII got axed in June 1998. Granted, the disappearance of the Mark
VIII left a big gap in the Lincoln range.
That’s likely to change in near future. But for that
to happen, a couple of conditions must be met. First, Lincoln has to green
light the use of the 2015 Mustang platform for a future product. Second, the
production car to sit on that rear-wheel-drive architecture must come in a
coupe configuration and not in the shape of a redesigned MKS sedan . It’s
tricky and a bit far-fetched, but one can only hope that the MK Coupe Concept
depicted above, courtesy of our friends at BoldRide, becomes more than just an
intriguing idea.
