Except you reside close to an airport, you’ll unlikely see many Lincolns like in the present day’s Good Worth or No Cube Continental Premiere. That may make this a quite ironic alternative for anybody not within the livery enterprise. Let’s see if the value means its eventual purchaser can be taken for a experience.
Algebra is the division of arithmetic devoted to the research of mathematical constructions fashioned round variables standing in for unknown values. If we had been to use algebraic logic to final Friday’s 1997 BMW M3 saloon, the equation may look one thing alongside the traces of “mileage=X,” through which X is the unknown. Sadly, the answer wasn’t forthcoming, and that introduced up one other quantity—the $7,200 asking value. Contemplating the automobile’s “X issue,” that was deemed an excessive amount of, bringing about yet one more quantity—a 76 p.c No Cube loss.
Right here’s one other take a look at for you: title all of Lincoln’s present fashions in ascending order of dimension. See? It might’t be carried out! OK, so I went to the Lincoln website and figured it out. Ford’s extra-bougie model at the moment affords 4 fashions in its lineup. Every is a five-door crossover/SUV model of auto solely differing by title and dimension class. All are primarily based on some present Ford mannequin.
From smallest to further huge, they’re the Corsair, which is predicated on the Ford Escape; the Nautilus, which takes its platform from the Chinese language market Edge; the Explorer-based Aviator; and the highest canine Navigator, which, underneath all its fancy bits is a Ford Expedition. It’s fairly simple to inform a Corsair from a Navigator, however the center two? Yeah, good luck.
The identical drawback doesn’t exist with this 2018 Lincoln Continental Premiere. Being a saloon in a sea of SUVs means it actually stands out. Being a Continental means it additionally has nearly a century of historical past behind it to uphold, so it higher be pretty good and never make its house owners query their shopping for choices.
Alas, such a call can solely be made within the used automobile market. Lincoln stopped making the Continental and, in actual fact, automobiles of any ilk in 2020, rendering it the final in an extended line of stylish automobiles that, for many years, served America’s higher echelon. Sadly, that echelon has moved on.
The Continental was a fairly excessive observe to exit on. Based mostly on an elongated and widened model of Ford’s CD4 platform that additionally underpins the Nautilus and quite a lot of different automobiles and crossovers, the Continental was elevated above the remainder by its retro-adjacent styling. It is vitally acquainted trying, to the purpose that, upon the mannequin’s auto present debut in 2016, a Bentley rep ran over to the stand, pointed a gnarly finger at it, and cursed the Continental, shouting, “Copycat!”
Wanting vaguely like a Bentley isn’t such a foul factor, and the Continental’s styling—particularly its cool window edge door handles—has held up very nicely. In keeping with the advert, this one comes with 100K on the clock, new brakes, and first rate tires. Many of those automobiles went into livery service, and therefore, nearly all appear to have been painted black. This one is o exception, and its black paint seems to be in wonderful situation. That’s accentuated by a smattering of chrome right here and there. Good-looking manufacturing facility wheels full the look, and it tickles my humorous bone that this Continental wears Continental tires on these 18-inch alloys.
The inside might not be as much as Lexus requirements, nevertheless it’s rattling shut. That’s actual wooden inlaid within the sprint, doorways, and console, and the seating surfaces are all leather-based. Essentially the most wonderful issue right here is the room the automobile’s dimension affords. The rear legroom is NBA degree, and the trunk is large enough to hold a number of golf luggage if that’s your bag.
The Continental was made accessible with three engine decisions and the accessible choice of AWD. This automobile has the bottom 305-horsepower 3.7-liter DOHC V6 that can also declare 280 lb-ft of torque. That’s a great bit off the 335 horses of the two.7-liter twin-turbo V6 and nowhere close to the three.0’s 400 ponies, however that’s balanced by the bigger, lazier engine not being as sophisticated and, therefore, in all probability longer-lived. A six-speed computerized feeds the entrance wheels on this version.
In keeping with the vendor promoting the Continental, it’s laden with consolation and comfort options and comes with a Pennsylvania state inspection sticker good till subsequent yr. The photographs present a tag hanging within the automobile, which shows a $21,995 value. That clearly didn’t achieve a lot traction on the lot because it’s now marketed on Craigslist at a far decrease $16,995. The advert notes that the value is agency and that fee can be demanded in money, though instantly following that’s the assurance that the vendor takes all main bank cards.
What’s your tackle this seemingly well-equipped last-of-the-line Continental and that $16,995 asking? Does that appear like a good value for an almost-forgotten luxurious automobile? Or is it simply an excessive amount of for an also-ran sedan?
You determine!
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Craigslist, or go right here if the advert diappears.
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