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For a second there, you thought it was still 1994. Ford Motor Company is still selling the Lincoln Town Car. It still weighs over 4,300 pounds, generates no more than 239 horsepower, and suffers from a suspension system that's independent only at the front of the car. The transmission in this luxury car makes use of just four speeds. Park a smart fortwo alongside and enjoy the complete view of the heavily chromed wheels. Step inside, and although high-in-features and comfortable, the all-around design and ugly column shifter make you think high-end Wal-Mart. 
So Lincoln's Town Car is slow, overweight, humongous, ugly, and antiquated. A surprising amount of Town Car buyers are individuals (65%) rather than taxi/limo/hearse buyers, but even with the '60% repeat customer' tagline, that first number is appallingly low. Unfortunately, the latest news seems to show that the upcoming MKS will not boot the Town Car from showrooms.
For now, the best we can do is place the Lincoln Town Car on The Bad 8 as a recommended "AVOID" for 2008.
Necessary Incentivizing To Switch To The Good 12: 50% off + the paperwork required to progress the sale to your Floridian great-uncle.
Anything Else? Forget what the Lincoln reps might tell you: the platform on which every Town Car rests (named Panther) was introduced in 1978 in Ford and Mercury showrooms and in 1980 for the Town Car.
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Cars
THE BAD 8 - PART VI
Lincoln Town Car
So Lincoln's Town Car is slow, overweight, humongous, ugly, and antiquated. A surprising amount of Town Car buyers are individuals (65%) rather than taxi/limo/hearse buyers, but even with the '60% repeat customer' tagline, that first number is appallingly low. Unfortunately, the latest news seems to show that the upcoming MKS will not boot the Town Car from showrooms.
For now, the best we can do is place the Lincoln Town Car on The Bad 8 as a recommended "AVOID" for 2008.
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Alternatives: Chrysler 300C SRT8, Cadillac STS, Lexus ES350, Audi A6Necessary Incentivizing To Switch To The Good 12: 50% off + the paperwork required to progress the sale to your Floridian great-uncle.
Anything Else? Forget what the Lincoln reps might tell you: the platform on which every Town Car rests (named Panther) was introduced in 1978 in Ford and Mercury showrooms and in 1980 for the Town Car.
- Two Wrongs Don't Make A Right: Lincoln Limo Gets Bmw 7-series E65 Plastic Surgery
Lincoln's Panther platform-based Town Car was never a pretty sight and neither was Chris Bangle's E65 (E6X) BMW 7-Series from the 2000s, so you can imagine what we think about this eBay find. Read more »...
- Lincoln Presents Mkt Town Car And Limousine Editions To Replace Panther-based Town Car
For the past 30 years, Lincoln's panther platform-based Town Car has offered its services to a great number of limousine and chauffer operators throughout the country and abroad, but production of the current model will finally come to an end this...
- Pimp Of The Day: Lincoln Town Car Limo Fully Equipped With Rolls Royce Body Kit And Chandeliers
I don’t know about you but to me this Lincoln looks more like a pimped limo that jumped out of a Thunderbird’s movie than a “tranny†Rolls Royce Phantom. It gets even better though. Once you pass the initial shock of its exterior...
- The Bad 8 V3.0 - Part Vii
LINCOLN TOWN CAR Top 3 Reasons For Avoiding: Cars should be sized like cars, not yachts. The interior's supposed luxury environment looks like it's straight out of 1989. If every old taxi driver at the airport drives one, you shouldn't....
- R.i.p. Lincoln
Ford Motor Company is holder of many brands. Ford, itself, is the populist; value; everyman brand. Mercury has bid farewell to Canada and soldiers (that's positive spin) on in the United States. Although Aston Martin in has been sold to a British/Kuwaiti...