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THE RUNDOWN
A Small Play at Luxury
Some luxury cars are so thoroughly relaxing that they seem
to melt away as you drive them. The Lincoln Corsair
began its vanishing act at a steady 80 mph on an early
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Highs: Supple seats and ride, punchy engine, laid back.
Lows: Hood flutter, costs twice as much as a Ford Escape.Aston Martin builds a dogleg
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sair is, at its core, a Ford Escape. We tell you this not to
disparage it, but to appreciate where Lincoln started and
what it’s done. There’s nothing obvious shared between
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monality between the two, but the Corsair goes down the
road with an isolated serenity that escapes the Escape.
CAR AND DRIVER ~ DECEMBER 2019 ~ PHOTOGRAPHY BY MARC URBANO 79