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The 1988 Continental went on sale in December, 1987 [85] and shared its unibody chassis with the Ford Taurus and Mercury Sable, using its own unique body and interior design and riding a three-inch longer wheelbase. This Continental became the first front-wheel drive Lincoln and the first Lincoln since 1948 marketed without an available V8 engine.
1959 Continental Mark IV Town Car formal sedan (1 of 214 produced) For 1959, Lincoln augmented its pre-existing Continental lineup with the addition of two formal sedans known as the Town Car and Limousine. Both new vehicles featured pillared construction and interiors of broadcloth and scotch-grain leather as well as deep pile carpeting. No ...
The engines used were originally Continental-built L-head inline-sixes (OHV units for the wagons), but these were exchanged for Chevrolet sixes and small-block V8s for the 1965 model year. [4] These continued to change as Chevrolet introduced modifications, peaking with the 1969 L-48 350 V8 which produced 300 hp (224 kW) (gross). [ 5 ]
A 1959 Edsel Corsair. Competing against Buick, Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Dodge, and DeSoto, Edsel was the first new brand introduced by an American automaker since the 1939 launch of Mercury and 1956 launch of Continental, which ended and merged into Lincoln after 1957. In the year leading to its release, Ford invested in an advertising campaign ...
1959 Continental Mark IV Town Car (formal sedan) In terms of standard production sedans without an extended wheelbase, the 1958–1960 Continentals and Lincolns are some of the largest automobiles ever made. The Continental Mark III, IV and V are the longest cars produced by the Ford Motor Company without federally mandated 5-mph bumpers.
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1959: 3: Introduced as a premium trim variant of the two-door Lincoln Cosmopolitan Premiere: 1956: 1960: 1: 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 ...
The Lincoln Premiere was a luxury car model 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.