Continental 7.0 V8 (suicide-door)

4th gen · 1961–1965RWDSedan

The Continental 7.0 V8 is a four-door sedan with six seats and rear-wheel drive, built from 1961 to 1965 with suicide-style rear doors. A naturally aspirated 7.0-litre MEL 430 V8 makes 320 PS and 630 Nm through a 3-speed automatic, with a top speed of 185 km/h.

316 hpPower

11.0 s0-100 km/h

185 km/hTop Speed

1961-1965Year

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Continental 7.0 V8 (suicide-door), every angle

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Specifications

Powertrain

Engineering details

Engine7.0L V8 (MEL 430)

Displacement7.0 L

Cylinders8

AspirationNaturally aspirated

FuelPetrol

Transmission3-speed Automatic

DrivetrainRWD

Performance

Numbers that matter

Power316 hp

Torque630 Nm

0-100 km/h11.0 s

Top speed185 km/h

Fuel tank72 L

Dimensions & body

Height · 1499 mm

Length · 5116 mm

Wheelbase · 2995 mm

Width1920 mm

BodySedan

Doors4

Seats6

STORY

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.

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