4. 經典敗筆

林肯在這方面有不少敗筆。1977-1980年間生產的凡爾賽（Versailles）是福特格林納達（Grenada）過度裝飾的后代。根據福特金牛（Taurus）脫胎而來的1988年款“大陸”是首款前輪驅動并搭載V6引擎的林肯車，而2002年基于F-150皮卡制造、后備箱像個貨箱的Blackwood則只存活了一年。

1989年產的Q45是英菲尼迪的首款車輛。它的性能足以與一流的德國車相抗衡，但它造型古怪，加之前進氣格柵被一個安全帶插口屏蔽裝置所取代，讓客戶大失所望。1992年產的J30有個奇怪的傾斜式車尾，使它從未博得人們的青睞，而1999年產的G20（見上圖）則看起來像個錯誤地從日產展示廳開出來的苦命孤兒。

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4. Legacy flops

Lincoln has had more than a few. The Versailles, produced from 1977-1980, was the excessively ornamented offspring of a Ford Grenada. The 1988 Continental, based on the Ford Taurus, was the first Lincoln with front-wheel-drive and a V-6 engine, while the 2002 Blackwood, based on an F-150 pickup, with a cargo box for a trunk, lasted only a year.

The first Infiniti, the 1989 Q45, had the specs to compete against top-rung German sedans, but odd styling choices accentuated by a belt-buckle shield device in place of a front grille, depressed its customer appeal. The 1992 J30 featured an odd sloping rear end that never caught on, while the 1999 G20 (above) looked like an orphan that had taken a wrong turn from a Nissan showroom.

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