Can Lincoln sell “quiet luxury?”

Luxury cars are an odd market. Cadillac has been trying to out-BMW BMW by producing the fastest accelerating, best-handling, rear-wheel-drive-based luxury sedans. Mercedes-Benz also has been pushing performance and handling more than at any previous time in its storied history. A consensus has been emerging that the C63 AMG is the best among an increasingly large, increasingly capable crowd of… More →

Price Analysis: Upper-Midsize Near-Luxury Sedans; also MKZ vs. Fusion

Lexus launched with two models, the all-new, groundbreaking LS and the ES. Though many derided the latter as “just a Camry with a fancy badge,” and assumed it would go the way of the Chevrolet-based Cadillac Cimmaron, the ES has been a sales success, and for 2013 is entering its sixth generation. The new car is more closely related to… More →