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Lincoln Continental is a model name that has been used several times by the Lincoln division of Ford Motor Company for a luxury car line for most of its life, the continental plate called four Lincoln flagship doors in 1981 the reign of the continental flagship Lincoln ended when the city car, a level base so far, took over the new continental flagship continued as a midsize model, mainly competing with Cadillac Seville until production ceased.
1964 Lincoln Continental automobile one of the undisputed classics of Detroit.
The first Lincoln Continental was originally developed as a unique personal car Edsel Ford, but it is believed he planned all along to put the model into production if it succeeded, in 1938, he commissioned a custom design from the chief stylist, Bob Gregorie ready for Edsel March 1939 holiday design, have been drafted in an hour by Gregorie working from the Lincoln Zephyr plans and make changes, was an elegant convertible with a long hood covering the front wings V12 Lincoln and long, and a short trunk with what became the hallmark of the Continental series, the spare tire mounted on the outside and under cover.
The car could be considered a channeled and sectioned Zephyr who did not even have the bump in the Zephyr and some other cars replaced the step at the bottom of the doors This reduction in height means that the cover up was much closer to that of the wings there was little filling on at all, which makes its beautiful lines this car is often considered one of the finest in the world.
Personalized car for the boss was duly filed on time, and Edsel was delivered to Florida for their spring vacation interests of wealthy friends were high, and Edsel sent a return telegram he could sell a thousand them craftsmen Lincoln immediately began to production examples, both sedan and convertible They were built largely by hand; the two dozen 1939 models and 400 examples built in 1940 had the same body panels hand-hammered, since dies for the pressing machine are not built until 1941.
After the attack on Pearl Harbor, mainland production was suspended to be resumed in 1946 at 1948 Like other postwar Lincolns, however, the Continental had similar bits added trim to make it look improved 1939 1948 continental is recognized as full classic by the classic Car club of America one of the cars last built to be recognized as such.
Continental name was revived in 1955 as a separate Ford brand, with its unique model being the Continental Mark II high-end luxury vehicle that if anything was even more exclusive than the original Continental, being one of the cars more expensive at the time the Continental Mark II was sold for two model years, and about 3,000 were built They sold a selection of the richest men in the world, but Ford Motor Company lost the money on each sold some of the original owners were Elvis, the Shah of Iran, Nelson Rockefeller and Henry Kissinger among others.
The Continental Mark II was the design of its own with the highest quality control ever seen in the automotive industry.
Mainland Division was dissolved after 1957, but to try to keep part of the Mark II stamp, Lincoln named his upscale 1958 Continental Mark III This model differed from the full-size model Lincolns less than trim level and its treatment on the roof, with an electric reverse angle rear window breezeway retracted behind the rear seat full-size Lincoln this year sold poorly in all models; 1958 was a recession year in the US The new Lincoln was one of the greatest cars ever made, greater than Cadillac that year and had a style considered by many as excessive even in this decade styling the range of excess in 1959 contained a Continental Mark IV model, and range in 1960 had a Continental Mark V with a more sober than 1958.
In 1961, Continental has been completely redesigned by Elwood Engle For the first time, the names Lincoln and Continental would be matched on a car other than the Mark series The design was originally intended to be the new 1961 Ford Thunderbird but the concept was enlarged and slightly modified before being switched to the Lincoln line by Robert McNamara one of the most striking features of the new Continental was its size it was two feet shorter than its so much smaller predecessor was this car, the advertising executives at Ford photographed a parallel parking woman sedan for a magazine spread the news most recognized brand of Continental, opening to the rear doors, was a decision purely practical the new Continental was a unibody design, and there was not just the structural strength at the cutting hang heavy rear doors in the convertible model to simplify the production, all the cars had to be four-door models, and only two body styles were offered, sedan or convertible Therefore, the rear doors were hung at the back and open forward this style of suicide door was to become characteristic of the 1960s best known Lincolns the 1961 model was the first car built in America to be sold with 24,000 miles or 2 years warranty bumper to bumper Harold W Johnson was head of the Lincoln Continental division in time to efforts to find a new longer tire was conducted by Jacques Bajer his request.
For Home Kennedy White, the Secret Service bought a convertible parade limousine custom built by Hess Eisenhart of Cincinnati, Ohio a convertible code 1961 Lincoln 4 door named SS-100-X, it was in this car that JFK was assassinated in 1963 by that time, the front of the car has been updated with all of bumper headlamp grille of the 1962 model After the assassination, the limousine was returned to Hess Eisenhart, where it was repaired and retrofitted with armor and a fixed roof he then continued on for the white House for many years this world famous car is now on display at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan.
This distinctive design slab sides ran from 1961 to 1969 with few changes from year to Lincoln dealers began to find that many people who bought 1961 and post-1961 models kept their cars longer in 1962, a design simpler grille with floating rectangles and a thin bar center was adopted.
Due to customer requests, for 1963, the front seat has been redesigned to provide a bit more legroom in the rear seat passengers The cover of the rear axle was also raised to provide more space trunk floating rectangles in the grid of the previous year became a simple matrix of squares.
The car was stretched 3 inches 76 mm in 1964 to provide more legroom rear seats and the roof line is squared at the same time the instrument panel has also been redesigned by eliminating the concept pod side glass is now flat to provide more space inside the access door to the gas tank, which had been hidden in the back of the car in the rear gate, is now placed on the rear quarter side of the conductor and outside Continental script was changed.
The grid convex 64 1961 was replaced with a flat, square one for 1965 69 The car was given front disc brakes for model year 1965 to improve the downtime, but changed little else This car also used in the movie the Matrix 1999-2001.
A two-door version was launched in 1966, the first two-door Lincoln since 1960, and the MEL engine was enlarged from 430 to 462 in 7 0-7 6 L The car was given new exterior sheet metal and a new interior there including the dash length was increased by five inches to 220 9, the width of an inch to 79 7, and the height of about one inch to 55 0 of the sedan.
The convertible seen some technical changes to the way the lowering and rising up was implemented engineers Lincoln separate hydraulic system for the top and trunk trunk door by adding a second pump and eliminate the hydraulic solenoids a glass rear window replaced the previous year plastic windows.
Sales increased to 54.755 units for the model year, considered a success by Ford It was a 36 increase compared to 1965 distribution of revenue for the year consisted of 65 saloons, 29 cuts, and just under 6 for the four-door convertible.
1967 was the last year customers could choose a convertible four-door Continental 1967 45.667 cars built sales.
1968 brought some minor changes outside The new engine Ford 385 in a model 460-7 5L would be available initially, but because there were so many old 462 engines being processed during production, 462 was used until the 460 was phased out later this year.
Suicide door Lincolns were used as the presidential limousine in the United States during the 1960s and in the 1970s, John F Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a convertible, 1961, which was then screened and transformed into a sedan for greater safety this famous car is now at the Henry Ford Museum is another famous event involving this model of Continental was when a new model in 1964 was crushed mercilessly in a cube in a junkyard compactor in the film James Bond Goldfinger to the horror of many filmmakers film lovers are not so useless the car moving is a new 1964 but after a cut, the car picked up by the crane is to destroy a 1963 without engine.
Lincoln Continental Mark III was introduced in early 1968 as a 1969 model because of the designation III was that this car was considered the true successor to the Mark II from 1956 to 1957 Although it shares the name with other continental Lincoln models, it was a completely different car Based on the platform of sedan Ford Thunderbird, the Mark III was the first body of Lincoln chassis since 1957 this model was made famous in the 1971 film the French connection when this model was used as a means for large quantities of smuggled heroin hidden in her rocker panels Built from 1968 to 1971, only a few changes were made to the original 1968 model was the Mark III in the 460 engine with 365 hp a compression ratio of 10 5 1 the 1970 model was the first car to feature a Sure-Track ABS for the rear tires and was equ Michelin ipe radials Some original equipment included automatic headlamp dimmer, cruise control defroster electrical rear window and air forced, Electr ic and all boot of the remote control.
1970 Continental continued the design of the tile face with the blade-shaped wings of the previous model, but the suicide doors were gone as construction changes unibody included projectors that were hidden behind retractable shutters a feature introduced on the Lincoln Continental Mark III, federally required bumpers in 1973, changes in the grid in 1971 and 1977, and the gradual introduction of pollution controls, however, from 1972 to 1975, the Lincoln Continental Mark IV fought successfully the king under the hill with the Cadillac Eldorado in luxury personal luxury car category gradually become standard features optional during the decade, and in 7 460 5 engine l became an option in 1977, 400 in June 6 replacing the small block as the standard engine from 1975 to 1980, a town Continental Coupe was also sold to cô sides of the four-door Continental Town Car and Continental Mark V Town Coupe and Town Car were sets of options for the Continental.
Measuring 233 car 4 inches, about 19 feet 4 5 7 meters and weighed between 4500-5300lbs by year after General Motors reduced its big cars for 1977, the Lincolns were some of the largest car market, surpassed only Cadillac Fleetwood limousine 75 They were powered by Ford V8 460 cid which was the largest engine in a production car in the world from 1977 to 1979, the EPA classified the Lincolns at 10-12 MPG.
In 1980, Ford could not continue the old models; they could not meet fuel economy regulations and emissions over much smaller and more economical vehicles were needed, so Ford has decided to reduce the size of Continental on the Ford Panther platform designed to the 1979 Ford LTD and Mercury 1980 Continental Mark VI, with respect to its predecessor 1979 Mark V was erdrive800 lb lighter and 20 inches 508 mm shorter overall length, and was equipped with a 302 5 0 L V8 May 8 was 351 L engine option was briefly energy efficiency was around a third better than the 1979 model.
The new Continental addressed as style elements as possible of the previous, larger cars, slightly modified to match the new Lincoln more sensitive package management knew that keeping the family resemblance was from criticism; sales depended on the car is instantly recognizable as a Lincoln.
In 1981, the Continental name was replaced by the former Town Car option package name on this and later models, however, the Mark VI model continued through 1983 model year without mainland designation in 1982 was conferred the vehicle was to become the brand VII for model year 1984.
1982 saw the Continental name applied to a new small Lincoln Designed to compete with the new Cadillac Seville Continental was given a Daimler esque body supported by restlessness, but remained a vehicle rear drive, built on a platform Fox modified form Ford Engine choices were 5 0 l V8 and for the first time, 3 8 l V6 This model was produced by the 1987 model year.
A coupe version, called Lincoln Mark VII was introduced in 1984 as a competitor to the Cadillac Eldorado The Mark VII remained in production for a little longer, ending his run in 1992.
A rare note of the Continental Fox was the availability of a 1984-1985 BMW -Steyr April 2 L diesel engine turbo six cylinder Considered slow and smoky, it has never been popular Few are believed to exist yet.
This small Continental was the spiritual successor to interim Lincoln Versailles 1970 Versailles as it was based on less Ford models, and shared components with the Fairmont and LTD Unlike Versailles, it was not your cheap car dressed with luxury add-ons, but had a single and inner body, both to give a sense of luxury that didn t betray the origins of the car and, to a great extent, the small Continental has succeeded where Versailles had failed - in the sales race little style Bustleback s Continental was supposed to compete with the Cadillac Seville and razor sharp Bustleback Chrysler Imperial, but Continental was more traditional and less prone to problems than any of its rivals Unfortunately, it was about two years too late, like Seville and Imperial have already established market forces and Lincoln's foray into the style bustleback semblai t somewhat artificial in 1982, the standard engine 82 was a version of Ford 302 cid V8 with fuel-fu version el-injected arrive next year A 2 4-liter BMW M21 turbodiesel was offered in 84 and 85, but not t often ordered a continental style has refreshed 84, making it more aerodynamic looking car continued later with some changes.
1988 Continental was new, front-wheel drive and based on the same platform as the Ford Taurus and Mercury Sable This basic configuration would continue until the Continental was discontinued after 2002 model year This incarnation was intended to compete with similar Cadillac DeVille that had been reduced in 1985 Continental was on Car and Driver magazine Ten best list for 1989 in the 1990s, however, the Downsized body of the Continental and strong resemblance to the non-luxury models Mercury and Ford been heavily criticized sales also declined as relatively small car proved unpopular with Lincoln buyers seeking larger luxury cars made in America featuring rear-wheel drive.
For the first time, no V8 is available on the Continental The single engine choice was a March 8 L Essex V6, the same engine that was optional on Tauruses and Sables thanks to its redesigned appearance and FWD as the Cadillac Seville Continental rival was now much better than Sevilla in the public eye, and handily outsold Cadillac roots of the design of Continental were in the Taurus, but Continental had its own V6, his own body and his own inner although the performance was does not anything to write home about, Continental has been significantly improved compared to the former, with its dilapidated Fox chassis and running gear a thing owners didn t like was the new price tag, which was now hovering around 30,000, which was much in 1988 that many now owners felt they to pay too Elev price for a car with quality problems, and that was based on the Taurus much cheaper However, with the exception of the small build quality, new bug model s, and bug persistent transmission, the new Continental was pretty today almost no problem, these cars haven of peace t held their value the way they should have, leaving the door open for good deals on used examples well equipped Continental it is not as cheap to own as above, but as with almost all luxury cars, air suspension is very expensive to replace a cheaper substitute Taurus and Sable suspensions from crashed cars, and electronic items such as dashboard control and Digital climate may fail.
As the Taurus and Sable Continental was significantly updated in the mid-1990s, but with more rounded lines, creating a more aerodynamic exterior The 1995 Continental was rid of many design features that recalled before the audience of Ford Taurus and Mercury Sable in 1995, Continental has once again seen as a unique Lincoln was by many critics to be easier recognizable as luxury car a very important change from the previous car V6, however, was the adding a modular similar to V8 DOHC powered rear wheel drive Lincoln Mark VIII the most notable differences being the FWD quite different aluminum block bolt pattern for the transmission bell and being evaluated at 20 hp and 20 ft lbf tq less than the Mark VIII.
The Continental was updated again in 1998 with a new outdoor outside was similar to that of the city of cars, and side airbags earned a 1999 model and more power after the 2002 model, the Continental was canceled due to slow sales due to the continuous change in the consumer market away from large tensile luxury cars before the Continental, and to some extent the coupe Lincoln Mark VIII was essentially replaced in the Lincoln range from midsize sedans Lincoln LS V8 V6, which were introduced in the 2000 model year same if the Continental was a great drive sedan before, and brand VIII was a training coupe rear wheel, the rear drive wheels LS acted replacement for each, acting both as a personal luxury vehicle and as a family sedan However, the ache tors seeking a full size luxury sedan in the continental class tended to move and buy Rear wheel drive most city cars, while those looking for a personal sporty luxury sedan in class VIII brand bought the LS.
All Continentals built after 1958 were assembled in Wixom Assembly Plant Ford's latest Lincoln Continental left the assembly line July 26, 2002 The Wixom plant continued to manufacture the Town Car and LS, Ford Thunderbird, and the Ford GT sports car niche.
Lincoln LS improved in 2005-2006 to attract the average size of the luxury market in the class Continental LS was canceled in April 2006 due to slow sales, following the publication of the 2006 Lincoln Zephyr midsize and replacement updated 2007 Lincoln MKZ, a larger, more luxurious Lincoln sedan flagship, the Lincoln MKS is apparently being developed for the 2009 model year in appropriate replacement for the Lincoln Continental vehicle class.
A concept vehicle was created in 2002, with suicide doors and 5 362 2in 9L 5935cc V12 engine producing 414bhp 3 309kW at 6000rpm and 413 lb-ft of torque at 5270rpm 560nm.
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