The Lincoln Town Car is a fullsize luxury sedan which serves as the flagship of Ford's luxury Lincoln division. Often referred to as The last traditional American luxury sedan. The car is a glamourous car, the equivalent of the the Rolls Royce in the UK. Used by diplomats, and famous celebrities in the USA..
The Town Car is currently the largest America made car, measuring nearly 18 feet in length for a standard Town Car and 18 1/2 ft for an L Edition. The Town Car's main competitors include the Lexus LS 460 and Cadillac DTS. The Town Car is manufactured at the Wixom, Michigan Assembly Plant. While relatively affordable when compared to European flagship luxury sedans, the Town Car is currently the most expensive American sedan.
Lincoln is an American luxury automobile brand, operated under the Ford Motor Company. The company was founded in 1917 and named after Abraham Lincoln, for whom the founder had voted in 1860 in the first presidential elections he was eligible for.
It is probably no coincidence that "Town Car" is a translation of Cadillac's "Sedan de Ville," a model which gainied popularity in the 50s. Both names refer to a classic limousine genre, popular in the 20s, which had a open chauffeur's compartment up front, but only Lincoln has sometimes attempted to make modern models visually suggest their older namesakes. As an example, note the vinyl roof covering on the 1979 model shown below. It sweeps down the center pillar as part of a raised molding, complete with opera lamps, which suggests a partition between front and rear seats.
The Town Car name appeared on several trim levels on the Lincoln Continental flaghsip sedan in from 59 to 80. In 81 the Lincoln Town Car became a model in its own right and became Lincoln's largest sedan as well as flagship vehicle. Since then there have been three generations of Lincoln Town Car with additional minor redesigns, one in 1995 and another in 2003.
Executive 1981 - 2003
The Executive Series was a basic trim levels and thus also most affordable
trim level on the Lincoln Town Car from 1981 through 2003. The Executive
Series designation is still used today but only on fleet vehicles.
Signature 1981 - present
The Signature Series was a mid level trim and also most popular trim
level from 1981 through 2003. In 2004 the trim levels were renamed,
and the Signature Series was now used to describe the basic trim level
and Ultimate was now used to describe the mid level trim. In 2005 the
Ultimate was dropped and all trim levels were changed to the Signature
version. The basic trim level for 2005 was called Signature, the mid
trim level was called Signature Limited and the top of line trim level
was called Signature L.
Cartier 1981 - 2003
Cartier was used on the top of line Town Car from 1981 through 2003.
The Cartier also featured it's own version of Lincoln emblem stiched
onto the seats. Golden Lincoln emblems on the tail lights also became
a staplemark on the Cartier Edition on 1998 through 2002 models.
Ultimate 2004
Ultimate was only used on the 2004 Town Car. Ultimate designation was
the mid-level trim, while Ultimate L was the designation used for the
top of line Lincoln.
L Edition 2001 -
The designation "L" was used on Lincoln Town Cars with extended
wheelbases. The L editions offer additional six inches of legroom as
well as separate audio and climate controls for rear passengers. While
this desgination is similar to that used on other luxury flagship sedans
such as the BMW 7-Series or the Mercedes-Benz S-Class, the "L"
designation was never its own trim option on the Town Car. Instead the
L edition was applied to the top of line Cartier (2003), Ultimate (2004
only), and Siganture (2005 - present) Series trim levels.
Designer 2006 -
The Designer Series is an upper middle trim level in between the mid-level
Signature Limited and top of the line Signature L.
The Lincon town car has been in many movies such as Telefon, 1977, Scar city, 1998 Point break, 1991 Analyze That, 2002, The firm, 1993, Wag the dog, 1997, Due south, (TV series) 1997, The Day After Tomorrow, 2004, The Devil's Advocate, 1997 , Addams Family Values, 1993, Big Fish, 2003, The Jackal, 1997 , Ocean's Eleven (Ocean's 11), 2001, Air Force One, 1997, Ghostbusters, 1984, Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, 1991, Love Actually, 2003, The Living Daylights 1987,
In the USA diplomats use a typical blacked-out Lincoln town car in cities.
Ford Motor Company announced it will start selling a bulletproof version of its Lincoln Town Car.
In 2005 when the caused damge in southern states of the USA. A BBC reporter used a Lincoln Town Car, (the heaviest he could find), to travel around the cities.
Siouxsie and the Banshees drummer Budgie stated to the BBC that the best place to hear music was in a Lincoln town in LA.
Lazenby the former Bond once starred in commercial for the Lincoln town car in 1982.
Lincoln is the name of a city in England.
Lincoln had a long history of providing limousines for the U.S. President. The first car specially built for Presidential use was in 39 the Lincoln V12 convertible called the "Sunshine Special" used by Franklin D. Roosevelt. It remained in use until 1950. A 1950 Lincoln Cosmopolitan called the "Bubble Top" was used by Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy and once by Johnson. It was retired in 65. The Kennedy car was a 61 Lincoln Continental convertible. It was in use from 61 to 77, having undergone extensive alterations which made it an armor-plated sedan after Kennedy's assassination. A 69 Lincoln was used by Nixon and a 72 Lincoln used by Presidents Ford, Carter, Reagan and Bush. A 1989 Lincoln was the last Presidential Lincoln as of 2004. Cadillac supplied Presidential limousines in 83, 93, 2001, and 2004.
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