Mercedes Benz

Lincoln will debut the three-row, rear-wheel-drive Aviator in the second half of 2019. If Lincoln Motor Co. is to hit its goal of 300,000 global sales by the end of the decade, it's going to need fresh product — and it has plenty of that coming. Brand executives hope to extend the strong sales momentum generated late last year by the redesigned Navigator down to Lincoln's smaller utility vehicles, including the freshened MKC and Nautilus. The brand is banking that the three-row Aviator will capture more luxury buyers. Officials are so confident that they've asked dealers in the top 30 luxury markets to build standalone Lincoln stores by July 2021 to show everything off. MKZ:? The midsize sedan will not live to see all of those new showrooms. Despite a freshening in 2016, sales skidded 33 percent in the first seven months of this year. The MKZ was due for a redesign in 2020, and the company trademarked the Zephyr name again in 2016, but much like its Ford Fusion counterpart...