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The Continental is the final American vehicle line with a factory-produced V12 engine (1948), the final four-door convertible (1967), and the final model line to undergo downsizing (for the 1980 model year). American production of the Continental and MKZ, its only two sedans, ended in 2020 thereby making Lincoln a crossover/SUV-only brand in ...
After the 1967 model year, Lincoln ended production of the Continental 4-door convertible. At 5,712 pounds, [24] the 1967 Lincoln Continental Convertible is the heaviest non-limousine car ever produced by Ford Motor Company; as of 2023, it is the final factory-produced four-door convertible sold in North America.
This is a list of both production and concept vehicles of the Lincoln and Continental divisions of Ford Motor Company of the United States and Canada. For other vehicles produced by Ford Motor Company see: List of Ford vehicles, List of Mercury vehicles, Edsel, Frontenac, Merkur, Meteor, Monarch.
Lincoln Continental (1940-1942) Nash 600 (1940–1942) Packard One-Ten ... Dodge Coronet R/T 426 Hemi Convertible (1967) Dodge Coronet W023 (1967) Envoy Epic HB (1967 ...
Prior to the Continental/Lincoln Mark series, within Ford Motor Company, the Continental nameplate began life in 1939, following the design of a custom-built Lincoln-Zephyr convertible commissioned by Edsel Ford. Modified extensively over a production vehicle, the personal car had a lowered hoodline, a relocated passenger compartment (requiring ...
The Mark III was based on the fourth generation Lincoln Continental (1961–1969) and the four-door fifth generation Thunderbird [3] introduced for 1967. With the Thunderbird "dying in the marketplace" [3] Iacocca wanted to put the company's development investment to better use by expanding its platform over several models.
The convertible, increasingly a slow seller, was dropped in favor of a four-door model that was 2.5 in (6.3 cm) stretched, featuring suicide doors, a signature feature of the Lincoln Continental four-door sedans of that era. It remained in the lineup through 1971 but never generated substantial sales.
The Mercury Cougar was released by Lincoln-Mercury on September 30, 1966. [2] Far exceeding initial sales projections, the Cougar would account for nearly 40% of the 1967 sales of the entire Lincoln-Mercury division. [2] In contrast to the Mustang, the Cougar was initially released solely as a two-door hardtop.