NEW YORK, Feb. 22, 2008
/PRNewswire/ -- Lincoln, known for design-conscious luxury
vehicles such as the award-winning Lincoln MKZ sedan, Lincoln
MKX crossover and Navigator, will showcase its 2009 Lincoln
MKS sedan and the Lincoln MKT utility concept at the
Architectural Digest Home Design Show on New York's Pier 94
off of 55th Street. The precision-crafted interiors of these
vehicles are inspired by the latest home design trends.
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Star Designers of the Lincoln Design Studio
Featured at the event are Lincoln Chief Designer Gordon Platto
and three gifted up-and-coming female designers who led the
development of the popular Lincoln MKT Concept. They will join
the artists and interior designers who inspired their work
while at the Lincoln Design Studio pushing the value of "auto
chick power." The design team of Joann Jung (31), Amy Kim (26)
and Jennifer Hewlett (27) are helping define a new breed of
Lincoln vehicles.
"We are making great progress in the development of a
consistent new Lincoln design language, one that draws on the
best of Lincoln's history, but also is influenced by the
latest trends in interior design and architecture," said
Gordon Platto, Lincoln chief designer. "Like so many of the
artists featured at the Architectural Digest show, Lincoln is
offering responsible luxury, class-leading features and
high-end designs with low environmental impact."
Lincoln features interiors inspired by the latest trends in
contemporary home design and founded in the belief that
automobiles have become "the fourth space," as people are
spending significant amounts of time in their vehicles. First
space refers to the home. Second space refers to the
workplace. The third space is a leisure location such as a
cafe and, in turn, the vehicle has become the fourth space.
"The new Lincoln vehicles clearly blend the best elements of
architecture, craftsmanship, interior design and fashion
design," said Giulio Capula, vice president and publisher,
Architectural Digest.
Lincoln MKT Concept Brings the Beauty of Home into the
Automobile
The new Lincoln MKT Concept, unveiled in January at the North
American International Auto Show, brings the driver and
passengers even closer to home by including many of the same
features as the Lincoln MKS. In addition, it offers
appointments such as four executive-sized, first-class chairs
with rear seat footrests, soothing tone-on-colors, ambient
lighting and flexible storage.
Designer Jennifer Hewlett added a plush, hand-knotted rug made
from banana silk covering the floor and complementing the
contrasting Creamy Pearl chromium-free leather seats, while
Amy Kim, in charge of the elegant metalwork, contributed
sculpted door handles with sparkling, curved dimples
reminiscent of beadwork.
Joann Jung was responsible for the instrument panel and
crystal-inspired center consol that runs the entire length of
the vehicle to create a feeling of continuity between the
upper and lower portion of the cabin, as if all the occupants
of the cabin were sitting together in a living room. A
patented solid-state lighting technology allows first-ever 3-D
projection on a contoured surface and displays information
using intuitive shapes and spaces on the center stack.
About the new MKT Concept's innovative interior, Jung said,
"It's very personal to me. It's like opening my own room to
the public. But I want to share it."
2009 Lincoln MKS Adds Natural Luxury to the "Fourth Space"
The new Lincoln MKS (on sale summer 2008) features an
available high-contrast, two-tone color scheme in which dark
carpeting anchors the interior, while the seats, lower
instrument panel and doors are wrapped in light cashmere. The
top of the instrument panel is hand-wrapped in leatherette
finished with an intricate deck seam, a technique normally
reserved for show and custom cars. The interior is crafted
using real metal and woods; the Fine Line Ebony trim,
available in Charcoal Black and Olive Ash -- a distinctive
grain formed when the roots of two trees grow together -- is
manufactured from reclaimed woods delivering premium quality
with minimal environmental impact, and 100 percent natural.
Recyclable leather seating is tanned using a special organic,
chromium-free method to create the softest, most comfortable
leather ever to grace a Lincoln. A power rear sunshade and a
panoramic, dual-panel moon roof inspired by urban loft windows
allow drivers and passengers as much, or as little, view as
they like.
Both Vehicles Offer the Best of Home Technology
With the home entertainment center in mind, Lincoln has
integrated technological innovations such as SYNC, the
company's voice-activated, hands-free, in-car communication
and entertainment system. Pressing "push to talk" enables cell
phone calling and music selection.
The THX(R) II Audio System delivers true 5.1 surround sound
from DVD movies and DVD-audio music, in addition to up-mixing
stereo CDs to present a rich experience. A wide range of
innovations also are available; the full list can be viewed at
http://www.lincoln.com/. A full list of amenities, genuine
materials and infotainment technology available in the Lincoln
MKS and MKT Concept is available to the media at http://www.media.ford.com/.
About Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company, a global automotive industry leader based
in Dearborn, Mich., manufactures or distributes automobiles in
200 markets across six continents. With about 260,000
employees and about 100 plants worldwide, the company's core
and affiliated automotive brands include Ford, Jaguar, Land
Rover, Lincoln, Mercury, Volvo and Mazda. The company provides
financial services through Ford Motor Credit Company. For more
information regarding Ford's products, please visit http://www.fordvehicles.com/.
CONTACT: Mark Schirmer of Lincoln Mercury Communications,
+1-313-390-8647,
mschirme@ford.com; or Bryn Atherton of Hill & Knowlton,
+1-949-223-2326,
bryn.atherton@hillandknowlton.com, for Ford Motor Company
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