Lincoln’s MKC commercials have spawned many parodies, but that hasn’t affected the automaker’s collaboration with Matthew McConaughey. On the contrary, the actor returns for two new ads for the Lincoln MKZ and Lincoln MKZ Hybrid that will begin airing on January 1, 2015.

Titled “Diner” and “Balance,” the spots were filmed over two days in Los Angeles by director Nicolas Winding Refn, who also helmed the “Live in Your Moment” MKC campaign. It should come as no surprise then that the new commercials have the same flavor as the old ones.

In “Diner,” a silent McConaughey admires the MKZ’s design through the window of a small neighborhood restaurant in Silver Lake, where he waits for the rain to stop so he can use the car’s retractable panoramic roof.

In “Balance,” the actor is seen with a MKZ Hybrid in Griffith Park in front of the L.A. skyline, where he gets philosophical and talks about finding the balance between doing what’s good for oneself and what’s good for the environment.

“If I can be authentic, and the spots are authentic, then we are sending the same message. And I think we’re doing that in this series of Lincoln ads,” McConaughey said about the new commercials.

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