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    By William Maley •

    Rumorpile: Lincoln Continental To Be One and Done?

    The grim reaper appears to circling around the Lincoln Continental if a new report is to believed. 

    Ford Authority has learned from sources familar with Lincoln's future product plans that the Continental will be end after this current-generation. No reason was given as to why the Continental could be shown the door. If we were to hazard a guess, it might be due to low sales number.  Throughout its 18 months of being on sale, Lincoln has only moved 18,846 Continentals.

    • 2016 (Sept to Dec): 5,261
    • 2017: 12,012
    • 2018 (so far): 1,573

    The Continental is doing much better than the Lexus GS (1,009 models) and Acura RLX (285 models) so far this year. But it pales in comparison to the Cadillac XTS (3,163 vehicles, most going to fleets). The 2018 sales figures become more disheartening when you take into account that Lincoln spent close to a billion dollars to launch the Continental.

    The Truth About Cars also notes that other models that use Continental's platform, CD4 don't have a bright future. As we reported previously in the rumorpile, the Ford Fusion will not be built in North America after 2020. Plans for a redesigned Fusion have also been canned. We wouldn't be surprised if this carries over to the sister MKZ model.

    Ford has been working on a new CD6 platform that reportedly can be configured for front-, rear-, and all-wheel drive. A source tells The Truth About Cars that this platform would have underpinned the next-generation Continental, MKZ, Ford Fusion, and Mustang under CEO Mark Fields. With a new CEO, those plans have changed as the only models that will use CD6 are the next-generation Explorer and sister Lincoln model.

    Source: Ford Authority, The Truth About Cars

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    G. David Felt
    2 hours ago, ocnblu said:

    People can't find their car in a parking lot now, what would they do if a bird sits on their car and it goes from a deep, rich cranberry red to spruce green pearl effect mica metallic tint coat?

    Would not happen as without the pallet guide and being enabled, once you choose your color, it stays that way till you activate it and then select a new color, so a bird landing on the car would not change it.

    Plus while some do seem to forget where they parked, that is the reason for the fob and the ability to turn on the flashers and honk the horn.

    I am sure you would still be able to find your auto Ocnblu. :P 

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    A Horse With No Name
    On 3/22/2018 at 8:12 AM, Drew Dowdell said:

    People who bought a 2002 Continental new were likely in their late 60s at the youngest.  I don't see the market for 84 year olds with a fondness for Continental being that large.

    Considering that a "Continental" was slang for a bowel movement at one time, a lot of 84 year olds do have a fondness for a continental...

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    G. David Felt
    4 hours ago, A Horse With No Name said:

    Considering that a "Continental" was slang for a bowel movement at one time, a lot of 84 year olds do have a fondness for a continental...

    So a Slick fast exit and the reason for fake leather. Got it! ;) 

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    ccap41
    20 hours ago, dfelt said:

    Love that color too, Had no Idea they built these with that Color. Shame they do not offer it still on the current models.

    Yeah, I believe it was just the first model year for the MKC, 2015. 

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    G. David Felt
    9 minutes ago, ccap41 said:

    They also made it in this disgusting color.. In the same year and same vehicle they made one of my favorite colors and one of the ugliest colors!

    Gold MKC.jpg

    Yea, that just never made sense to have BABY POOP auto color. :puke: 

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    A Horse With No Name
    2 minutes ago, dfelt said:

    Yea, that just never made sense to have BABY POOP auto color. :puke: 

    They cover both ends of the spectrum on the poop color...babies and the elderly...

    29 minutes ago, dfelt said:

    The Purple on it is one of my favorite colors they had put out.

    See the source image

    That purple is awesome. Now if I could just special order a GT 350 in that color.

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