Well, as someone who just came over from BMW and made his first-ever Lincoln purchase last fall with the 3.0 AWD MKZ, I would be greatly disappointed if they discontinued the production of it.
The name of the game in the automotive world is profit - and right now that means compact SUVs (beautiful redesign on the MKC) and larger crossovers (anyone catch a glimpse of the Nautilus coming out?)...
Would be sad, since the primary draw to the MKZ for me was the 400hp engine, and none of those new cars will have this remarkable engine.Guess that will force me to consider the slightly too extravagant Continental or switch makes again.