The Lincoln Motor Company, Ford's luxury division, unveiled a big, richly-appointed, luxury car called the Continental in New York City Monday.
The Continental is about the same length as a Mercedes-Benz S-class or
long-wheelbase BMW 7-series, two expensive high-end luxury cars it is designed
to compete against.
Besides BMW and Mercedes, the Continental will also be competing
against a new Cadillac flagship sedan. That car is expected to be unveiled in
New York this week, as well, in the days leading up to the New York Auto Show.
The concept Lincoln has a reclining rear passenger seat, a fold out
table in the back with an attached tablet computer and even a champagne cooler.
Options like that may be available on the production car. Ford boasts that the
Continental has a new turbocharged engine not available in any Ford brand car.
The concept car's front lights, starting with lighted Lincoln
four-pointed star, come on in sequence. In the production car, that will happen
as the car's owner approaches with the key fob. The interior is bathed in soft
golden mood lighting.
Continental is a hallowed name
within the Ford Motor Co. In the 1950s, Continental was actually a separate
brand priced above Lincoln and offering cars with an even greater level of
opulence. Later, in the early 1960s, the Lincoln Continental, with its simple,
straight lines and backwards-opening rear doors, became a stylish icon of the
Kennedy era.
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