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>Demand for the new Continental has surpassed sale predictions.
>More than half of the 2016 manufacturing output for the Continental has already been covered just from pre-orders.
>Buyers are buying highly optioned and thus more profitable trim levels
Is Lincoln finally out of the shitter and starting to re-enter the legitimate luxury segment once more?
http://thenewswheel.com/people-are-just-throwing-money-at-lincoln-to-spiff-up-their-2017-continentals/
>lel
>lewl
>>15484224
IS LINCOLN FINALLY NOT SHIT?
Rhetorical question, they haven't sucked since the new MKX and MKC
>front-wheel drive
>>15484496
>All wheel drive with torque vectoring and 400hp
It looks like the Audi A8 and Jag XJ fucked.
>>15487443
I'm seeing some Saab 9-5 as well.
>>15486084
So I guess my prelude SH is "AWD" now too?
>>15484224
Fuck it, they'll never make a car as great as the town car ever again.
>>15484224
Genuine non-shitpost question here. Does it have Ecoboost?
The continental starts at 44 but trim levels go up to 60+
Is it a c class/3 series competitor? Is is an e class/ 5 series competitor?
Also
>Ford
>In charge of designing interiors
>>15489053
Yes, an exclusive 3.0L Ecoboost.
>>15489364
The interior was way better in the prototype, what possessed them to make it this shitty?
>you can now buy European luxury cars with better drivetrain layouts and bigger engines than American luxury cars
>>15489394
Accountants. The retarded boomer market their aiming for.
>>15490068
>accountants are now in marketing
>their
It all makes sense now.
>>15484235
>>15484240
Holy shit! That is so bad to even look at. My neighbors are getting a Continental and I'm gonna say this to them.
>>15487443
The bentley man! How can you not see that?
>>15484235
>>15484240
do you suggest that fords window dressing is a veneer too thin
>>15484224
I have absolutely no idea why a person would choose that over a 5 series or an E-class. Have all the sales been to fleet and car services? What civilian would pass up a perfectly good E-class to buy what is basically a Ford? It doesn't add up.
>>15489364
Jesus. Imagine going from a Merc to that
>>15490332
Same reason people buy Buicks. It's a far more subdued luxury image that doesn't have negative owner stereotypes like MB/BMW/Cadillac/Lexus.
In a lot of American cities, the Germans in particular are immediately associated with the faux rich.