Last year, the Lincoln Zephyr (the MKZ is the same car with a different name for 2007) won an award for interior design and materials. With its clean appearance, liberal use of soft-touch surfaces, woven cloth headliner, and optional genuine aluminum trim, the Lincoln impresses. However, the dash vents look cheap, the plastic on the center console emits a whiff of cost-cutting, the carpeting is nothing special, and the liberally used sparkly silver plastic doesn’t convince observers of the MKZ’s luxury status. Add to this seat leather that is no better than acceptable, and we’d summarize by saying you get what you pay for with the Lincoln MKZ.