But the competition-the Audi Q3, Mercedes-Benz GLA, Acura RDX, and Lexus NX-set the bar high, so we’re left judging the Corsair’s final 10 percent, its fit and finish, to an exacting degree. This is the case with the 90 percent 2020 Lincoln Corsair, a luxury crossover on the verge of being great. The remaining 10 percent of the code accounts for the 'other 90 percent' of the development time." You can be almost done, and but those final touches will almost always take longer than expected. Consider the 90-90 rule, jokingly conceived by Bell Labs programmer Tom Cargill back in the Eighties: "The first 90 percent of the code accounts for the first 90 percent of the development time. Lincoln’s renaissance is impressive from most standpoints, but there are still tinges of those darker times. Now Lincoln 2.0 (3.0? 4.0?) has hopes of shedding this lineage with a fresh fleet of crossovers including a new Navigator, Nautilus, Aviator, and the subject today: the 2020 Lincoln Corsair. Things were bleak by the mid-2000's with the lineup bloated by rebadged Fords. Instead, Ford's stewardship saw the brand’s Rat Pack appeal fade into uninteresting obscurity over decades, its slab-of-luxury image the victim of middle management cost-cutting. Lincoln’s fall from midcentury American exceptionalism wasn't sudden.
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