To Mark_UK:

I can understand where you are at, but if the interior was all done up and included all the latest gadgets, and the roof was a metal fold down, it would be priced like a high end M/B, which would probably keep a high percentage of the current owners out of the vehicle.

I looked at the new Cadillac with all those features, and it costs $80K+ and I assume that if Lincoln decides to make the Mark X, it will be in a similar price range. Those kinds of prices are simply out of the question for me to use as a daily driving vehicle.

Now you not getting the luggage just sucks. And I could not agree more with you about the lack of and pitiful advertising for this vehicle.

As far as the "stripped down" model, I think several people are getting way too fired up about it. I would think it would have different badging on it, which will keep our cars intact. Whenever you look up a used vehicle's value, there are always different values based on the model type (ES,RS, RT, XLT, etc), so why should our cars be any different?

If you trade every two years, you are really taking a beating anyway, since all the heavy depreciation occurs in years 1 and 2. I tend to keep my cars for at least 5 years, and unless D/C discontinues the vehicle all together, I don't see the problem.

Actually, if that happens, I may take mine out of service, and put it in storage. Does anyone have any idea what mint Edsel would be worth today?

That is my take on the current events.