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English: A 1956 Continental Mark II coupe offered for sale at Hershey 2019. This one was supercharged by Mallory Electronics when new. Original "Deep Green" paint and two-tone green leather interior, 30K miles. Was sold with 28K miles nine years ago so it mustn't be very fun to drive.
The Continental Mark II is an ultra-luxury coupé that was sold by the Continental Division of Ford for the 1956 and 1957 model years. [2] The first (and only) product line of Continental, the Mark II was developed as the worldwide flagship vehicle of Ford Motor Company. [2]
The Continental Mark series (later Lincoln Mark series) is a series of personal luxury cars that was produced by Ford Motor Company. The nomenclature came into use with the Continental Mark II for 1956, which was a successor to the Lincoln Continental of 1939–1948. Following the discontinuation of the Mark II, Ford continued the use of the ...
Nearly 40% lower in price than the Continental Mark II, the Mark III would go on to sell better than the Mark II predecessor. From 1958 to 1960, the Lincoln Division would lose over $60 million ($617,952,756 in 2023 dollars [ 13 ] ); along with the launch of newly developed vehicles in a recession economy, a factor that contributed to the ...
The Lincoln Premiere is a luxury car model that was sold by Lincoln in the 1956 [1] to 1960 model years. Positioned below the company's Continental Mark II coupe during 1956–1957 and above the Capri which it shared from 1956 to 1959, it was produced in 2 and 4 door versions which could both accommodate up to six people.
The Continental Mark III is a personal luxury car marketed by Lincoln from the 1969–1971 model years. The namesake successor of the 1956–1957 Continental Mark II, the Mark III likewise served as the flagship vehicle of Ford Motor Company.
In place of establishing a separate sales and service network for Continental, the Mark II was marketed through Lincoln (the Mark II used a Lincoln engine and transmission). At $10,000 in 1956 (equivalent to $112,069 in 2023 [ 14 ] ), the Mark II was the most expensive car produced by an American automaker at the time, rivaling the Rolls-Royce ...
The exclusive Lincoln Continental had been discontinued in 1948, leaving only the Cosmopolitan. The two-door Capri, an up-trimmed two-door Cosmopolitan, became the flagship product by default while design and research had started on the eventual return of the Continental name with the 1956 Continental Mark II. [6]