英菲尼迪VS.林肯：谁能跻身顶级豪车俱乐部

4. 经典败笔

林肯在这方面有不少败笔。1977-1980年间生产的凡尔赛（Versailles）是福特格林纳达（Grenada）过度装饰的后代。根据福特金牛（Taurus）脱胎而来的1988年款“大陆”是首款前轮驱动并搭载V6引擎的林肯车，而2002年基于F-150皮卡制造、后备箱像个货箱的Blackwood则只存活了一年。

1989年产的Q45是英菲尼迪的首款车辆。它的性能足以与一流的德国车相抗衡，但它造型古怪，加之前进气格栅被一个安全带插口屏蔽装置所取代，让客户大失所望。1992年产的J30有个奇怪的倾斜式车尾，使它从未博得人们的青睐，而1999年产的G20（见上图）则看起来像个错误地从日产展示厅开出来的苦命孤儿。

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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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