Devil in the Details: Up close with Lincoln’s Continental Concept

When you’re resurrecting a name most associated with pampered land-yachts of the 60s and 70s, you can either fight it or – as Lincoln has with the new Continental Concept- embrace it, shag pile and all. A vision in navy blue and chrome, the meaty sedan previews, so the Lincoln Motor Company says, next year’s production Continental, undoubtedly shedding some of the more outlandish features in favor of commercial viability. That’ll be a shame, though, since as I discovered at the New York Auto Show today, what the Continental Concept excels at is detailing.

Some concept cars, you suspect, would fall apart if you breathed on them too heavily. Others, like this Lincoln, feel so solid that you suspect you could – if you didn’t mind running over a few of your fellow show-stand visitors – drive it straight out of the convention center and onto the streets of NYC.

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