Wednesday, August 28, 2013

2014 Lincoln MK-9E coupe. Plug-in Sports Luxury

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Lincoln MK-9E—This is my attempt at adapting Lincoln's current design language to the proportions of the late, and lamented, Marks VII and VIII. RWD and AWD would be available, as well as a Twin-turbo V8 or Plug-in hybrid with range extending EcoBoost 3 liter V6. Power Panoramic roof is standard, as are highly detailed wheels with body-color anodized as well as polished- and brushed-alloy wheels. The Eighties and Nineties are retro-ed in various ways, it's not too early, lol! The unique door handles resemble those on "suicide" door sedans, but in this case, the chromed portion mounted on the body next to the door is the receiver for the Smart Key and is touch-sensitive, descending quickly into the body revealing a clean, and, chromed, fingergrip for the door. The doors are power soft-opening-and-closing like the finest über German luxury cars.

I created this new Mark 9E, and made it this color, because of a cool Lincoln Mark VIII I used to see almost daily at my local grocery store. It belonged to a young man that works there, inherited from his late Dad. I took quite a few pics of his car, which while not perfect was quite a nice example. I thought I'd post those photos along with this chop when I finished, but of course, "the best laid plans of mice and men..." I've combed my eFolders going back a year and I can't find ANY of the photos I shot of his car. I have no idea where they may be. Since I can't find any of them, I'm thinking I must have put them all in a separate folder with some arcane name that made sense at the time, but which I can't recall right now. I only have about 35,000 photos to go through, so I'm not sure I'll ever find them, lol. Since I shot them, the car has died and was too expensive to repair. Let this Photoshopped Mark 9E be an homage to that once and beautiful automobile!

I've created a couple of other Mark 9s, or more correctly, Mark IXs:
Mark IX BiTurbo V12
Mark IX Luxury Coupe
Mark GT/V12 Sports Coupe

And of course, check out the "Labels" on the side for more Lincolns or to see if I've designed any other cars you'd like!

11 comments:

  1. Hi Casey,

    Your love of Lincoln clearly shows through this inspired concept. The details like the wheels and the door handles are exquisite. You've outdone yourself on this one -- if only Lincoln could/would!

    Paul, NYC

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    1. thank you, Paul! This one was tough. It was actually really easy to get "right" to start with, the way I cut and paste things roughly to get the shape right. Then I spend about 10 hours finessing it and was really about 1 minute from finishing when I lost all those files. The mac crashed and I was back to just the first rough cut again! In the end, this one is better, but still, I almost didn't finish it except I thought it was so right to start with! I know that it was sent to Lincoln and passed around the styling studio. So that's good! I'm sure they recognize all the pieces and what I did to them immediately but I hope they appreciated my enthusiasm. Happy Labor Day, Paul!

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  2. Only Casey can design those flamboyant red wheel covers.

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    1. Thank you, Woody! I love that detail. It was sort of 1950s but also modern. Hope your summer was good. Can't believe it's over. I hate the cold weather coming up. Happy Labor Day!

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  3. Beautiful Mark concept. I had a red VII and loved it. I like this color because we have become a nation of silver, meduim gray, charcoal gray, pearl black... etc. Every night on the way home all i see is "50-shades of gray" loading the freeway. I think life is too short to drive a gray car! PS - love the key-colored wheels! Very 71-Thunderbirdish! :)

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    1. how about switching the details from the mkz with the fusion and make a new tbird?

      please?

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    2. well, here's a Tbird I made from a Taurus a couple of years ago: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YnAWsf78XEA/TzoHD_4znPI/AAAAAAAAF9o/FEygDd1eP8w/s1600/TbirdConservative.jpg

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  4. Oh my God, can they hire you already?!

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  5. That looks fantastic! Casey, can you imagine what the next taurus will be since it's based on the fusion? Cant wait!

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