The Zephyr was a mid-size luxury sedan sold by Lincoln for the 2006 model year, reviving the name of the Lincoln-Zephyr of the 1930s and 1940s. It was built on Ford's CD3 platform alongside the Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan, and it introduced Lincoln's modern split-wing grille design language. After just one year it was renamed MKZ for 2007, which made the Zephyr a short-lived transitional model.
The Zephyr name has been used twice by Lincoln, first for the streamlined entry-level line that began in 1936 and again for a mid-size sedan introduced for the 2006 model year. The modern Zephyr shared its platform with the Ford Fusion and was renamed MKZ after only one year. The original Zephyr used unibody construction and led directly to the first Continental.
20years
1trims
218hp
The Story
Why the Zephyr mattersTrims
1 trim · 2006–2006This first-generation Zephyr shared the CD3 platform with the Ford Fusion and offered a wood-and-leather cabin during its brief one-model-year existence.
★ Only trim
Zephyr 3.0 V6
Sedan · 2006–2006
Power
218 hp
Body
Sedan
Debut
2006
Production
2006–2006
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