Pictures of the brand new Lincoln Zephyr mid-size sedan for the Chinese language market have surfaced in native media.
The images are initially from an internet site for China’s mental property workplace, and have been republished by fashionable automotive web site Autohome.
They present a design that is nearly equivalent to the one on the Zephyr Reflection concept car rolled out at April’s Auto Shanghai 2021. We haven’t any inside images however the cabin must be roomy, because the automobile’s size is a beneficiant 196 inches, or a few inches longer than the previous MKZ—the sedan the Zephyr replaces.
2022 Lincoln Zephyr – Photograph credit score: Autohome
Chinese language media declare the Zephyr will initially be supplied with a 2.0-liter turbocharged inline-4 producing 235 hp. Each front- and all-wheel drive must be obtainable. A hybrid powertrain may additionally be supplied in some unspecified time in the future.
The Zephyr will begin gross sales in China later this yr as a 2022 mannequin. We cannot see it within the U.S., although its underpinnings must be shared with a soft-roader Ford is preparing for U.S. sale as a substitute for the Fusion.
The Zephyr’s design language may also seemingly affect future Lincolns headed our manner. We all know of four electric Lincolns in the pipeline, the primary of which is due right here in 2022. Present design chief Kemal Curic in June stated to anticipate minimalist physique panels on future Lincolns, in addition to lighting parts throughout your complete entrance finish connecting the headlights, and enormous glass roofs to permit pure gentle into the cabin.
