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Old Jun 4, 2014 | 09:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Hoovey2411
Nice pictures.

People would have to be crazy to think they couldn't find a CUV in today's market. So many nice offerings
Very nice indeed. From the rear, except for the taillights, it looks similar to the Q5 even down to the "clamshell" tailgate and one piece taillights..,
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Old Jun 4, 2014 | 09:51 AM
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Exterior is nice, but the interior looks like a mild update to something from the late 90s. I really don't care for it at all. 285hp Ecoboost option is sweet
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Old Jun 4, 2014 | 09:53 AM
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really good looking cuv. wish it didn't have myford-umlincoln-touch.
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Old Jun 4, 2014 | 10:44 AM
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Originally Posted by MPLexus301
Exterior is nice, but the interior looks like a mild update to something from the late 90s. I really don't care for it at all. 285hp Ecoboost option is sweet
Agreed. The interior is bland at best, dated at worst.
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Old Jun 4, 2014 | 01:00 PM
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Agreed. The interior is bland at best, dated at worst.
really? i love how there's no shifter to make the center console area clean and uncluttered. there's also nice wood.

i know the rx is due for replacement, but this mkc interior is hands down better imo.
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Old Jun 4, 2014 | 01:46 PM
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I feel this way about the Fusion and MKZ dashes too, so maybe I'm just not jelling with Ford's interior designers.
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Old Jun 4, 2014 | 02:30 PM
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
really? i love how there's no shifter to make the center console area clean and uncluttered. there's also nice wood.

i know the rx is due for replacement, but this mkc interior is hands down better imo.
this looks pretty bad... otherwise, exterior is pretty nice.. it is also one size smaller than RX - actually NX competitor.

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Old Jun 4, 2014 | 02:30 PM
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
really? i love how there's no shifter to make the center console area clean and uncluttered. there's also nice wood.

i know the rx is due for replacement, but this mkc interior is hands down better imo.
The RX is now 5 years old, and while I don't care much for the interior design, I'd take it over the MKC any day. The RX has flat, shapeless door panels and that awkward teardrop-shaped dash, neither of which I like at all. With that said, the RX interior has more character and looks a lot more updated than Lincoln's two-decade-old waterfall dash with a funeral home color palette. That steering wheel is also horribly ugly and the expanse of black/graphite plastic across the dash looks bad. Always hard to tell from photos, but the materials in the RX also look a lot nicer.



Not to mention that I think the NX is the MKC's true competition, and even then, the NX looks much nicer.

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Old Jun 4, 2014 | 02:43 PM
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The specs on the 2.3L EcoBoost engine also continue the "turbo 4 vs. V6" debate. 285hp and 18/26/21 is relatively even with most 3.5L V6s, but the EcoBoost engine has more torque. Unfortunately, there really isn't any MPG advantage.
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Old Jun 4, 2014 | 02:46 PM
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Center stack while not the prettiest is very logically layed out. All the buttons you need readily available
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Old Jun 4, 2014 | 02:57 PM
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I prefer the exterior styling of this MKC over the new NX. No doubt each.will appeal to a different demographic.
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Old Jun 4, 2014 | 02:59 PM
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I like it in white.Interior is ok and not a fan of the rear styling but not a biggie.
I also like the push button shifting.
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Old Jun 4, 2014 | 03:06 PM
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
really? i love how there's no shifter to make the center console area clean and uncluttered. there's also nice wood.

i know the rx is due for replacement, but this mkc interior is hands down better imo.
The RX is 5 years old and still doesn't seem that much worse than this. Then again you don't really like the Lexus RX much
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Old Jun 4, 2014 | 03:30 PM
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I put my deposit on the NX.

I still can't get past the Lincoln badge, and VW Tiguan-like grill and headlights and overall rounded and totally flush front-end styling. Same goes with the MKZ, MKX, and MKS.

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Old Jun 4, 2014 | 03:37 PM
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Originally Posted by corradoMR2
I put my deposit on the NX.

I still can't get past the Lincoln badge, and VW Tiguan-like grill and headlights and overall rounded and totally flush front-end styling. Same goes with the MKZ, MKX, and MKS.
I wouldn't buy the MKC but do prefer the styling from the pics. Need to see both the NX and MKC in person.

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