Drives: Ooh, Shiny! The Pickup Goes Upscale
Inc., June, 2006 by Patrick J. Sauer
You know it's true in your gut--trust it over the facts every time. That's the essence of truthiness, which recently earned the word of the year award from the American Dialect Society after being popularized by Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert. In keeping with that idea, I would like to introduce truckiness, the best word I can come up with to describe the new 2006 Lincoln Mark LT.
The facts tell me that the Mark LT is simply a four-door pickup--with the underpinnings of its parental gold standard, the Ford F-150--that's been gussied up a bit. But I know the truth. It's a whole lot more. Its combination of refinement and ruggedness offers a well-balanced mix for those who like a nice glass of Chardonnay on their weekend fishing trips. Or, as I discovered, those who need to...
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