Vivid Red Clearcoat Metallic paint on a Lincoln MKZ helps to hide the largeness of the taillights, but also makes the sedan look like a 55-year-old female realtor with a penchant for knock-off jewelry might drive it. Our all-wheel-drive test car’s base price of $31,765 including the $715 destination charge was inflated to a final sticker of $35,640 by a navigation system (at $2,495, local maps and a national atlas look like bargains), cooled front seats ($495), high-intensity discharge headlights ($495), an interior satin and aluminum package ($195), and Sirius satellite radio ($195). Our test car did not have a power sunroof, and neither parking sensors nor stability control are available on the MKZ.