Lincoln What a luxury car used to be

Hybrids, little frisky V-6 engines, and front wheel drive suck. Detroit has lost their way a long time ago on what a real luxury car is and should be. Nothing today rides, or even compares to the cars Ford Motor Company produced under the Lincoln brand, say for the stand alone survivor, the Town Car, which is nothing to what it used to be. Cadillac, and Chrysler have nothing to offer say for reworked front drive basic transportation and a couple rear drive, cheap engineered, basic drivers. Sit back and enjoy some history as it parades across your screen. Thank You for watching.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Lincoln
• Town Car
• Mark V
• Continental
• luxury car
• classic car

[D13fledermause]

You know why these cars died, right? Because of fuel efficiency standards and safety standards. Think about it, all cars these days are basically the same, there is no variation because the government is strangling every precious drop of life from the car companies.

[hearsedriver1968]

@D13fledermause Precisely Sir,,,,We can all thank the democrat party for all the panic and economic distress in the US today. They have their foot in the door with all this electric car BS that we cannot sustain, nor, have the customer base for. This foot will be chopped off in Nov 2012,,,Go Herman Cain. We never should have bailed out GM and Chrysler

[WolfspringLV]

What a pleasant surprise to see 4 pics of my '79 Mark V Collector's Series in this slide show, including one pic at the defunct Elvis-A-Rama museum. Actually, I was just out driving mine, and it is slowly approaching the 46,000 mile mark....only drive it once a week at the most.

[hearsedriver1968]

@WolfspringLV Great! I thought all the cars in this video represented the brand well. 46,000mi hey, it's just getting broke in. Enjoy your classic, it's a great looking car.

The Hearsedriver

[planetvicecity]

im 15 & im sad to see that there's no more cars like this on the road. i love the towncar, america has always made great cars from all sorts of different american car brands but nowadays its always about the damn prius,toyota,honda,smartcar and some other bullcrap. I guess america isn't proud of what were making today and people are mis-judging these cars by gas mileage, so what! ur little crap-clown cars with 10 airbags will never be as safe as these cars! GLOBAL WARMING IS PROB A LIE ANYWAY!

[4everdisco]

Every one wanted one & eventually got one, now they"e gone, and you have to spend 110,000 on a mercedes to have a ride somewhat close to a lincoln that cost under 20 grand. Best part is the lincoln rode better, and had white wall tires. Would love to know who"s idea that blackwall tires are better when back in the day, dodge darts had blackwalls. Welcome to the 21st century.

[James41231]

The Givenchy is my ride and so is the cologne!

[999lifegoes]

These cars are crap...They were poorly made. Just look at this /watch?v=pjzpx_jUUA0&feature=r­elated

[randyseck]

Just buy any American Vehicle and shut the hell up. Leave the politics, the blame game, and all of that other stupid shit, out in the rain.

[randyseck]

@hearsedriver1968 lol So you sit here and talk about great American cars and as usual spit on the companys, HAHA.....

[Muhlineks]

Oh c'mon these cars are just tacky. That's why pimps prefered them. The Engines were already 30 years old, rigid rear achsle on leaf springs. This was pre war engeneering. The Design was always more important than economy and engeneering to US car makers.

[MaikeP71]

@hearsedriver1968 I own a 1983 TownCar. Not my first choice. But she was $600 in perfect condition mechanically, but she was sanded down and left in the rain... I'm about to sand and repaint it... People scoff when they see it, but once they drive it... they wanna drive their honda or toyota into the largest rock they can find

[MaikeP71]

@hearsedriver1968 I have full respect for you even though I have never met or spoke to you. Your heartfelt statement was enough, your taste in cars is phenomenal. It's not about what you do with a tiny car and how shitty you can get away with making a car and how small of an engine you put in it. It's about its beauty, its performance, its style, its glorious sound, that lovely rumble, and that ride quality, that true power that makes us cry for another shove on the pedal and itching for a rev.

[Lexcoaster]

@hearsedriver1968 Well I thank the democratic party for all that indeed. Electric is the future indeed, whether you want it or not. That doesn't mean one should let go of stature and grandeur of course, which sadly did happen. Said that, these were never really quality cars though.

[Mrphatbastard1]

@hearsedriver1968 I'm a 56 year old Dem with 79 Town Car Collector Series, a 73 T-Bird in restoration, a two year old Camry Hybrid daily driver and their all great cars with different purposes. I've never forced anyone to buy a Hybrid or anything else for that matter and Cain is history just like his party...