2017 Lincoln Continental Review

[MUSIC PLAYING] SPEAKER 1: Here's a very important car for Lincoln, the return of its flagship brand, the Continental. This is a 2017 model, just introduced at the Detroit Auto Show. And first off, we can be pretty impressed that Lincoln kept the production car as close as possible to the concept, especially when it comes down to these headlights right here and some of the character lines going across the back. It gives this large, luxury sedan, which is the premium car for Lincoln, the top line. These sort of rear drive proportions, and shape, and body style even though it is a front drive or all wheel drive car, depending on how you option it. A couple of Interesting details on the exterior, like these door handles, for example. We're going to show you later when we hop inside, but they keep the shape of the door clean. They don't muddy it up with a door handle but you can still access them up here. Engines. The first one introduced so far is a three liter, twin turbo V6. Ford says, or Lincoln says, sorry. Lincoln says it will do 400 horsepower, 400 pound feet of torque. That's estimated so far with 93 octane. We'll see, probably, some other engines join that line up, as well. Probably a smaller displacement twin turbo V6 and probably naturally aspirated V6, as well. Although we are sure we won't see any EcoBoost branding on any of them because this is Lincoln now and different and special. The way the car looks is very nice, but the interior has also got to be pretty special, as well. So we'll take a look at that next. Here we are inside the brand new Lincoln Continental, the 2017 model. The interior has to make the right appearances for a luxury car, and this one is doing a pretty good job with it, especially with the seat. these seats are pretty cool, especially in a luxury car. You're talking about 30 way adjustable standard seats that do a great job of feeling comfortable. You can look at the padding on the sea back right there and how it can adjust heating, cooling, and massage in these seats, and they feel terrific judged by how I feel in the driver's seat right now. Nice grains on the dash, nice leather, beautiful layout. Although, some of the chrome and the reflective bits might be a little distracting. Of course there's no key in the car right now so we can't show you the digital display or the infotainment system, but we can say that the interior feels very comfortable, is nice to look at, and nice to touch, as well. Storage areas and compartments are down below here. Let's see if we can get that open. You're looking at two USB ports and a 12 volt power adapter, and decent space right there. Two cup holders and a tray for your keys, or your garage remotes, or your phones, and whatnot. In here, inside the armrest, you have more storage space, other power outlet right here, which is very handy. And of course you have a massive, massive sunroof, which is really nice, a nice thing to have in a luxury car. Let's hop in and take a look at the back seat. And you can see the layout looks pretty good and materials look pretty good, too. Although, that reflective chrome trim around everything might be distracting to some. Storage in the back is also very good with rear vents and another tray down here. Let's see if we can get the camera down. With two more USB outlets and a three prong plug receptacle right there, which is very nice. You have in the center armrest here, this is an armrest, more controls for stereo, for air conditioning, and so on and so forth. We'll flip that up and can reveal that this is a five seat car with the middle seat right there. Let's flip this back down. Seat space is very plus. This is much longer than the platform that it came from Ford. And that benefits the interior by getting lots of Leg room. I can stretch my legs up quite a bit and my head is definitely far away from the roof. The interior back here is just as nice as the front, and the seats are pretty comfortable, too. Although, I do kind of miss sitting in the driver's seat right now. To find out more about the 2017 Lincoln Continental, be sure to visit edmunds.com.