The Continental is Lincoln's best-known nameplate. It began with the personal-luxury original of 1939 and passed through many distinct eras. The 1961-1969 fourth generation is the best known. It introduced clean slab-sided styling and rear-hinged "suicide" doors on both sedans and convertibles, and it set the look of 1960s American luxury. After decades of intermittent use, Lincoln revived the name in 2017 for a front- or all-wheel-drive flagship sedan, then discontinued it again in 2020 as the market shifted to SUVs.
The Continental is one of Lincoln's best-known nameplates. It was first built in 1939 as a personal car for Edsel Ford and later became a flagship sedan across several generations. The 1961 model introduced clean slab-sided styling and rear-hinged "suicide" doors and became a design landmark, and it was the basis for presidential limousines. Lincoln revived the name for a front-wheel-drive luxury sedan from 2017 to 2020.
65years
2generations
2trims
316–395hp range
The Lineage
2 generations · tap any to explore1 trim4th gen
1961–1969
1 trim10th gen (revival)
2017–2020
The Story
Why the Continental mattersTrims · 10th gen (revival)
1 trim · 2017–2020Tenth-generation revival (2017-2020), a front/all-wheel-drive flagship sedan offering a 400-hp twin-turbo V6 and, briefly, 80th Anniversary Coach Door editions with rear-hinged doors.
★ Only trim
Continental Black Label 3.0 Twin-Turbo
Sedan · 2017–2020
Power
395 hp
Body
Sedan
Debut
2017
Production
2017–2020
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