re: Ford likely to discontinue full sized Lincoln Continental/Ford Taurus production

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If we're being honest with ourselves. The '18 Ford Taurus isn't a good looking vehicle (Both exterior & interior). It's extremely bland.

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All of this effort wasted when they could have probably just kept the Town Car around another decade.

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But old folks really dont need a car that is 20ft +long

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One of my parents' neighbors downsized from a late '90s Mercury Grand Marquise that looked pretty good in white (with a lovely blue interior) to a beige Hyundai Elantra (a 2005, maybe 2006 model). He mostly did it because he was old and realized that the Elantra was easier for him to park. It was a good choice for him.

His wife by then had sadly passed away from Alzheimer's but she had never liked the Mercury because she thought it was too big--she preferred their previous Honda Accord (a late '80s model, I think).

That's a shame. continentals are American as apple pie.

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Huh?

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I’d like to get in a shot that the Navigator was one big piece of shite.

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I believe this was the fastest V-4 ever made until Ford had to screw with the engine and beefed it up to a V-12 Supercharged Taurus.

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Ford likely to discontinue full sized Lincoln Continental

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That'll leave the Grand Marquis as the only rolling sofa option for old people.

Those early 60's Continentals are so damn cool. Love the black convertibles with suicide doors and whitewall tires.

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That'll leave the Grand Marquis as the only rolling sofa option for old people.

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The entire Mercury brand was canceled 10 years ago.

If you want a rear wheel drive barge, the 300 Chrysler is the only option. It's a decent car, but in Chrysler's quest to make a 300 sedan that can actually turn, they couldn't make it floaty and soft like a Marquis or Lincoln Town Car.

The Buick LaCrosse is a great front drive full sized sedan. It and the Toyota Avalon are excellent highway vehicles. Neither are as much of a sofa on wheels as the Marquis though. The Chevy Impala is also an excellent full sized car, but not as fancy as the Buick or Chrysler.

If you want a sports sedan, Cadillac and the Germans still sell plenty of them. They aren't really land yachts anymore like the 1980s Mercedes SEL, Cadillac DeVille, and Buick Roadmaster. Both Mercedes and Cadillac are doing a pretty good job chasing BMW today, and they have also invested a lot in SUVs.

Sounds crazy, but China accounts for most Buick and Lincoln sales today. They have influenced the styling direction of both cars. They actually want their American cars to have lots of chrome and drive like boats. I thought for sure that China would justify the existence of the Continental for another generation.