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The 1961 Lincoln Continental was introduced with four-door sedan and four-door convertible versions, replacing the Lincoln Premiere and Lincoln Continental Mark V. For the first time in a car manufactured in the United States, the Lincoln Continental was sold with a 2 year/ 24,000 mi (39,000 km) bumper-to-bumper warranty.
For 1961 production, Ford condensed the Lincoln brand solely to a single Lincoln Continental nameplate, dropping any generational nomenclature. With the exception of the 1977-1980 Lincoln Versailles, Continental was the exclusive nameplate used by Lincoln until the 1981 rebranding of full-size Lincolns as the Lincoln Town Car .
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.
Lincoln Town Car; Ford Mustang (GT and Mach 1) Mercury Marauder; Ford Police Interceptor; AXOD family—Van Dyke Transmission 1986–1991 AXOD—4-speed transaxle Ford Taurus, Lincoln Continental, Mercury Sable; 1991–1993 AXOD-E—4-speed electronic transaxle Ford Taurus, Lincoln Continental, Mercury Sable; 1994–2003 AX4S—4-speed ...
1961: Lincoln Continental. The four-door, convertible Lincoln Continental was the sort of boat that thrived in an era when gas was much cheaper. Still, it had the look of a classic, roomy American ...
The Lincoln Motor Company was founded in August 1917 by Henry Leland and his son Wilfred. Among the founders of Cadillac, Leland had sold Cadillac to General Motors in 1909; staying on as an executive, he left in 1917 over a dispute with GM President William Durant regarding war production.
The design was one of two proposals, styled primarily by Joe Oros, who later worked on the 1964 Ford Mustang. However, the losing proposal, styled by Elwood Engel, would gain its own place in Ford Motor Company history: after minor revisions, it would become the 1961 Lincoln Continental. Interior (1959 model)
Full-size car Continental Mark II: 1957: 1957: 1: Marketed by the Continental division of Ford; technically, "not a Lincoln" Continental Mark III: 1969: 1971: 1: Personal luxury car Continental Mark IV: 1971: 1976: 1: Personal luxury car Continental Mark V: 1977: 1979: 1: Personal luxury car Versailles: 1977: 1980: 1: Mid-size car Continental ...