2017 Lincoln Continental
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Chargers aren't replacing the Taurus....it's the other way around.
Chargers were adopted in the mid-late 00's(at least in my small home town). The new Taurus started being adopted just a few years ago.
Of course, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department never even considered the Charger...they still run a lot of Crown Vics, with new purchases comprising of Tauruses and Explorers.
Chargers were adopted in the mid-late 00's(at least in my small home town). The new Taurus started being adopted just a few years ago.
Of course, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department never even considered the Charger...they still run a lot of Crown Vics, with new purchases comprising of Tauruses and Explorers.
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Absolutely stunning IMO.....this Lincoln looks awesome. Funny how we went out for dinner last night and we all were gawking at a 90s Bentley Convertible on the street, when I got home I for some reason looked up old Lincoln brochures.....then today, this beautiful design......
This looks amazing! 
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From: Virginia/D.C. suburbs
Chargers aren't replacing the Taurus....it's the other way around.
Chargers were adopted in the mid-late 00's(at least in my small home town). The new Taurus started being adopted just a few years ago.
Of course, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department never even considered the Charger...they still run a lot of Crown Vics, with new purchases comprising of Tauruses and Explorers.
Chargers were adopted in the mid-late 00's(at least in my small home town). The new Taurus started being adopted just a few years ago.
Of course, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department never even considered the Charger...they still run a lot of Crown Vics, with new purchases comprising of Tauruses and Explorers.
The local cops, at least the ones I've talked to, still seem to like the Crown Vic best, even though it can't chase down speeders as well as the Camaro or Charger. (and there's not a whole lot of room to really speed or pursue in thick D.C.-area traffic anyway). The Crown Vic's tougher body on frame allows it to take more physical punishment than any of the unibody vehicles, even police-spec ones.
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Are you referring to the seats? The article describes them as a leather/Alcantra combination.
Wool/fleece carpets are something, BTW, that typically come with a Rolls-Royce.
Inside are the brand's most sensual materials ever, including Venetian leather seat and door panels, Alcantara® seat inserts and armrests, satin headliner and shearling wool carpet. Rose Gold trim around the instrument cluster provides warmth. Bright chrome trim on the instrument panel adds contrast.
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I guess I am not the only one who thought this Lincoln Continental looked like a Bentley Continental. 
He's mad as hell.
http://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars...ntal-concept/?
He's mad as hell.
Bentley designer calls Lincoln Continental a ripoff
Is Lincoln's design rebirth built on the back on Bentley? Bentley's designers seem to think so. And not because the show car is called Continental.
When the Dearborn-designed Lincoln Continental concept made its debut, more than a few observers noted its Bentley-esque overtones. Bentley designers feel the sedan is a blatant ripoff of their own Flying Spur. Just prior to the New York auto show, where the Continental concept will make its public debut, a rather heated exchange of messages took place on the Facebook pages of Bentley chief designer Luc Donckerwolke and his counterpart at Lincoln, David Woodhouse.
"I would have called it Flying Spur concept and kept the four round lights," a sarcastic Donckerwolke wrote on his Facebook page, a post that received a number of supportive comments. "I thought this was only done in China? Finally a 'Bentley for the masses' though," added another professional designer.
Donckerwolke posted a rhetorical question on David Woodhouse's Facebook page: "Do you want us to send the product tooling?" The comment was quickly deleted.
Asked to elaborate, Donckerwolke told us: "This is not respectable. Such a copy is giving a bad name to the car-design world." And his exterior design chief, Sangyup Lee, who described the Lincoln as "a joke, seriously," added, "It is very disappointing, especially for an exclusive brand like Lincoln."
The exchange reminded us of the design process of the 2005 Ford Five Hundred. As described to us, that car was shaped on the orders of former Ford chief designer J Mays, who asked his team to "take the Passat and morph it to our package." In recent years, Ford's design department has taken the liberty to reinterpret the Aston Martin grille and various Land Rover design elements, while Lincoln appears to have used the Audi Q5 as inspiration for the MKX.
The Lincoln Continental concept previews the upcoming MKS replacement, which will be based on an extended version of the Ford Fusion's front-drive platform. A slightly larger, rear-wheel-drive sedan with a fast roofline, which was to be based on the Ford Mustang, has been axed.
Is Lincoln's design rebirth built on the back on Bentley? Bentley's designers seem to think so. And not because the show car is called Continental.
When the Dearborn-designed Lincoln Continental concept made its debut, more than a few observers noted its Bentley-esque overtones. Bentley designers feel the sedan is a blatant ripoff of their own Flying Spur. Just prior to the New York auto show, where the Continental concept will make its public debut, a rather heated exchange of messages took place on the Facebook pages of Bentley chief designer Luc Donckerwolke and his counterpart at Lincoln, David Woodhouse.
"I would have called it Flying Spur concept and kept the four round lights," a sarcastic Donckerwolke wrote on his Facebook page, a post that received a number of supportive comments. "I thought this was only done in China? Finally a 'Bentley for the masses' though," added another professional designer.
Donckerwolke posted a rhetorical question on David Woodhouse's Facebook page: "Do you want us to send the product tooling?" The comment was quickly deleted.
Asked to elaborate, Donckerwolke told us: "This is not respectable. Such a copy is giving a bad name to the car-design world." And his exterior design chief, Sangyup Lee, who described the Lincoln as "a joke, seriously," added, "It is very disappointing, especially for an exclusive brand like Lincoln."
The exchange reminded us of the design process of the 2005 Ford Five Hundred. As described to us, that car was shaped on the orders of former Ford chief designer J Mays, who asked his team to "take the Passat and morph it to our package." In recent years, Ford's design department has taken the liberty to reinterpret the Aston Martin grille and various Land Rover design elements, while Lincoln appears to have used the Audi Q5 as inspiration for the MKX.
The Lincoln Continental concept previews the upcoming MKS replacement, which will be based on an extended version of the Ford Fusion's front-drive platform. A slightly larger, rear-wheel-drive sedan with a fast roofline, which was to be based on the Ford Mustang, has been axed.