Ford's new multi-use element.In addition to being the engine used in both the Ford Edge (see cover story) and the Lincoln MKX Lincoln MKX is a mid-size luxury crossover SUV made by Ford's luxury marque, Lincoln. It was originally intended to replace the Aviator, but went on sale under the MKX nameplate in November 2006. , Ford Motor Co. is going to be deploying its 263-hp, 3.5-liter V6 in a number of other applications--such as fitting it under the hood under the hood - [hot-rodder talk] 1. The underlying implementation of a product (hardware, software, or idea). Implies that the implementation is not intuitively obvious from the appearance, but the speaker is about to enable the listener to grok it. of the Lincoln MKZ--the car formerly known as the "Zephyr Zephyr or Zephyrus: see Eos. ." Barb Samardzich, Ford vp of Powertrain Operations calls it "a key component in Ford's global powertrain strategy," and goes on to say, "This powertrain is an innovative solution to answering the call for better Fuel efficiency, more refinement, more power, and clean emissions, without any sacrifices." In other words Adv. 1. in other words - otherwise stated; "in other words, we are broke" put differently , this engine could become what the Mazda6 platform has become to body architecture. One difference between the MKZ MKZ Mond- en Klauwzeer (Dutch: Foot and Mouth Disease) MKZ Mladinska Knjiga Založba (Slovenian) MKZ Batu Berendam Airport (Malaysia) and the Edge/MKX applications is that while all of the vehicles are equipped with six-speed transmissions, the one in the MKZ is a carryover not the new six-speed developed as part of the GM-Ford collaborative venture.--GSV [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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