This car is a jaw-dropper, a true classic, and a lucky find that rivals the CC logomobile, but it’s misnamed. By all rights, it should be the Edsel American. It was Edsel Ford’s fine taste and encouragement that made the original version of this trend-setting car happen, and in the process created a car that set the template that every American personal luxury coupe/convertible has been trying to measure up to ever since. An aggressive face on a very long hood, a close-coupled body, a short rear deck, and dripping with the aura of exclusivity and sex: a timeless formula. All too few of the endless imitators got the ingredients right, or even close, as our recent Cougar CC so painfully showed. But that didn’t stopped them from trying, just like I never stopped looking for this Continental after I first saw it almost two years ago. It was well worth the effort. (Read More…)
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wumpus - It’s a supercar. A weird, new type of supercar, but still a supercar. Car exists primarily to be seen getting in and out of (check) Car made of...
oldyak - Very entertaining! A person really needs a sense of humor about the world we live in. Spot on!
krhodes1 - It’s all relative. To someone making millions a year, a $500K car is no different than someone making $100K a year buying a 3-series....
28-Cars-Later - If I was ever in such a financial position, I would buy it to impress… myself. But I agree its an garish accessory not meant to be a...
wumpus - “In the Netherlands you pay sales tax according to the NEDC measured CO2 emission” WTF...
Mrb00st - It’s a magnificent auto/sculpture, it is, but I just can’t bring myself to care. Perhaps a little more than I can about the latest...
Lie2me - The fact that anybody would actually expect a critical review of a car like this is ludicrous. Should the writer have worked his way down a...
28-Cars-Later - I had similar thoughts about the front facia.
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Nick - ‘He posited that business was on a rush to the bottom to cut costs for manufacturing and that China and the Asians would be the beneficiaries.’...