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Point taken. I assumed that Continental is a new car that will be coming that is different from the model out there now. That is how the dealers made it seem at that event they recently attended. That would give Lincoln the room to create a true "Continental" without a Ford version and to align it more with Aviator and Explorer platform. Back in the day they had fewer platforms and created more cars off of them too.

Nice try but I think Kia will want their grill back.

Here are some photos of the boat tail Riv which I posted about on April 14 For being 47 years old (1971), it didn't look too bad The front end is not at all subtle, nor is the rest of this car! It looks like a hoodlum's car from this vantage point Interesting beltline I wonder if the design team was referencing the Plymouth Barracuda of the mid 60s with this rear window The famous "boat tail" of this gen of Riv - they tried to make a statement with the strong oval shapes of the last gen (mid 90s Riv) but that car wasn't a hit, even though the dashboard that leaned forward was ... to me. I don't think any generation of Riv lived up to the statement of the very first-gen Riviera. It's cool that this cursive name badge remained with this car for most of its life - I believe they used block letters in the late 70s coupe that was scabbed off the LeSabre chassis and had the same dashboard and powertrain as the LeSabre in those years. I once got to ride from Los Angeles to Las Vegas, crossing the desert at about 75 mph, in the plush back seat of a '77 or '78 Riv fitted with the Olds 403 V8 and it was very comfortable and serenely smooth. I don't think the "ay-dult" (a friend's aunt) who was driving it that fast cared much about the speed limit or the gas mileage.

Load of $h!......both models are toast.....

A beautiful design from any angle. That's a '72 (no decklid louvers, offset rear plate) - same year car I had (smacked, but gave up it's powertrain for my '59). I've seen a bunch of this gen where people split the front bumper ALA the RS Camaro of the same years. Yep- all boattails had 455s.