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The Lincoln MKT is a luxury
Luxury vehicles

Luxury vehicle is a marketing for a vehicle that provides luxury—that which is beyond strict necessity—in exchange for increased cost to the buyer....
 crossover utility vehicle, first unveiled as a concept vehicle at the 2008 North American International Auto Show
North American International Auto Show

The North American International Auto Show is an annual auto show held in Detroit, Michigan. It is among the largest auto shows in North America....
. The concept car represented a new Lincoln
Lincoln (automobile)

Lincoln is a brand of Ford Motor Company. Founded in 1917 by Henry M. Leland and acquired by Ford in 1922, Lincoln has manufactured vehicles since the 1920s....
 utility vehicle planned for the 2010 model year, with production expected to start in mid-2009. Design cues on the concept MKT showed visual similarity with the Lincoln MKR
Lincoln MKR

The Lincoln MKR concept car is a premium four-door coupe design, introduced during the 2007 North American International Auto Show. It is based on the Ford Mustang's Ford D2C platform....
 concept car from the 2007 NAIAS, and the production version of the 2009 Lincoln MKS
Lincoln MKS

The Lincoln MKS is a full-size luxury sedan from the Lincoln division of the Ford Motor Company. The MKS first appeared in Concept vehicle at the North American International Auto Show in January 2006 with the production version, a 2009 Model year, appearing later at the Greater Los Angeles Auto Show in November 2007....
 sedan which began sales in mid-2008.

The concept MKT vehicle was announced with a 415 hp 3.5L V6 version of Ford's new EcoBoost engine family - a turbocharged
Turbocharger

A turbocharger, or turbo, is a gas compressor used for forced induction of an internal combustion engine. Like a supercharger, the purpose of a turbocharger is to increase the mass of air entering the engine to create more power....
 gasoline direct injection
Gasoline direct injection

Gasoline direct injection is a latest variant of fuel injection employed in modern two-stroke cycle and Four-stroke cycle stroke petrol engines....
  system, which features the horsepower capability of a larger displacement engine, with the fuel economy of a smaller engine.






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The Lincoln MKT is a luxury
Luxury vehicles

Luxury vehicle is a marketing for a vehicle that provides luxury—that which is beyond strict necessity—in exchange for increased cost to the buyer....
 crossover utility vehicle, first unveiled as a concept vehicle at the 2008 North American International Auto Show
North American International Auto Show

The North American International Auto Show is an annual auto show held in Detroit, Michigan. It is among the largest auto shows in North America....
. The concept car represented a new Lincoln
Lincoln (automobile)

Lincoln is a brand of Ford Motor Company. Founded in 1917 by Henry M. Leland and acquired by Ford in 1922, Lincoln has manufactured vehicles since the 1920s....
 utility vehicle planned for the 2010 model year, with production expected to start in mid-2009. Design cues on the concept MKT showed visual similarity with the Lincoln MKR
Lincoln MKR

The Lincoln MKR concept car is a premium four-door coupe design, introduced during the 2007 North American International Auto Show. It is based on the Ford Mustang's Ford D2C platform....
 concept car from the 2007 NAIAS, and the production version of the 2009 Lincoln MKS
Lincoln MKS

The Lincoln MKS is a full-size luxury sedan from the Lincoln division of the Ford Motor Company. The MKS first appeared in Concept vehicle at the North American International Auto Show in January 2006 with the production version, a 2009 Model year, appearing later at the Greater Los Angeles Auto Show in November 2007....
 sedan which began sales in mid-2008.

The concept MKT vehicle was announced with a 415 hp 3.5L V6 version of Ford's new EcoBoost engine family - a turbocharged
Turbocharger

A turbocharger, or turbo, is a gas compressor used for forced induction of an internal combustion engine. Like a supercharger, the purpose of a turbocharger is to increase the mass of air entering the engine to create more power....
 gasoline direct injection
Gasoline direct injection

Gasoline direct injection is a latest variant of fuel injection employed in modern two-stroke cycle and Four-stroke cycle stroke petrol engines....
  system, which features the horsepower capability of a larger displacement engine, with the fuel economy of a smaller engine. The production version is to be launched with a normally aspirated 275 hp 3.7L Duratec 37
Ford Duratec engine

The Duratec is a range of Straight-4, V6 and V12-cylinder gasoline engines used in Ford Motor Company cars.Originally there was a 2.5 L V6 introduced with the Ford Contour....
 V6 as used in the MKS sedan, and a twin turbocharged
Twin-turbo

Twin-turbo refers to a turbocharger internal combustion engine on which two turbochargers compress the intake charge. There are two commonly used twin turbo configurations; parallel twin-turbo, and sequential twin-turbo....
 3.5L Ecoboost engine rated to around 340 hp (also slated for the MKS sedan in 2009). Both engines are to be mated to a Ford 6F
GM-Ford 6-speed automatic transmission

General Motors Corporation and Ford Motor Company teamed up in 2002 to create a new automatic transmission transaxle, designed for transverse engine applications in cars and light trucks....
 6-speed automatic transmission
Automatic transmission

An automatic transmission is an automobile gearbox that can change gear ratios automatically as the vehicle moves, freeing the driver from having to shift gears manual transmission....
.

Lincoln is scheduled to begin production of the MKT crossover, built on the D4 platform
Ford D3 platform

The Ford D3 platform is a Ford Motor Company global full-size car automobile platform. It was designed by Volvo Cars before the Ford purchase and debuted with the Volvo S80 sedan in early 1999....
, in 2009 for the 2010 model year. The all wheel drive vehicle features electric power steering
Electric Power Steering

Electric power steering is designed to use an electric motor to reduce effort by providing assist to the Driving of a vehicle. Most EPS systems have variable assist, which allows for more assistance as the speed of a vehicle decreases and less assistance from the system during high-speed situations....
, replacing the traditional hydraulic power steering
Power steering

Power steering is a system for reducing the steering effort on vehicles by using an external power source to assist in turning the wheel.The earliest known patent related to power steering was filed on August 30, 1932, by Francis W....
. The electric steering system is combined with ultrasonic sensor
Ultrasonic sensor

Ultrasonic sensors work on a principle similar to radar or sonar which evaluate attributes of a target by interpreting the echoes from radio or sound waves respectively....
s to form a hands-off "Active Park Assist" system that steers the vehicle into parallel parking
Parallel parking

Parallel parking is a method of parking a vehicle in line with other parked cars. Cars parked in parallel are in one line, parallel to the Curb , with the front Bumper of each car facing the back bumper of the adjacent one....
 slots.

According to Lincoln, the "T" in MKT, stands for Touring. The MKT will be the second Lincoln crossover in the lineup, slotted above the midsize MKX
Lincoln MKX

The Lincoln MKX is a mid-size luxury Crossover from Ford Motor Company Lincoln division and a de facto successor to the Lincoln Aviator luxury Sport utility vehicle....
 crossover.

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