But Lincoln's plaid-and-polyester image didn't quite click with the MTV generation.Built on an all-new platform shared with the {{{Jaguar S-Type}}}, the LS ran with an athletic crowd.

The Lincoln LS will be killed after the 2006 model year. Production will end in May, Ford Motor Co. told employees at the Wixom, Mich., assembly plant, where the car is built.

The LS was the last Lincoln sedan offered with a manual transmission although few buyers took the company up on the offer. Today’s Nice Price or No Dice candidate is one of those few.