Lincoln Town Car

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Feel free to move into Hi-res hide-out matty.

Originally Posted by Todd Lassa, Motor Trend

Executive shuttle sedan, vacation rental car, or official ride of South Florida retirement communities, there is nothing sexy or cutting edge about the Lincoln Town Car. With that said, the refreshed 2003 model does represent a new direction for Ford Motor Company's domestic luxury marque. The Town Car is the first of three new models from Lincoln for the 2003 model year, including the revised Navigator and the Explorer-based Aviator sport/utility vehicle. Like the new Navigator, the Town Car gets a hydroformed frame and variable ratio rack-and-pinion steering (replacing a recirculating ball), plus new sheetmetal designed to make the car more competitive with the Cadillac DeVille in the livery sedan market. (Fleet sales account for up to 60 percent of Town Car transactions.)

Lincoln says the chassis setup, along with reworked front suspension and brakes, will provide Town Car drivers with sharper steering response and better control without giving up the cushy ride. Handling and appearance are augmented with standard 17-inch wheels replacing the 2002's 16-inchers. These changes are important: with Lincoln's two biggest land yachts switching to rack-and-pinion, the automaker is moving to make responsive steering a hallmark of the brand, regardless of how soft the suspension may be.

Stylists have squared off the Town Car's body, to better reflect upcoming designs that will hearken back to the classic sharply chiseled "suicide door" Continentals of the early 1960s. The standup hood ornament has been revived, which Lincoln says helps drivers navigate parking spaces. Consider this the first taste of the new design direction, just as the 2000 DeVille hinted at Caddy's emerging "Art & Science" aesthetic. The Town Car's creased look also lends itself to better use of the trunk space, along with moving the spare tire to the right-side wheel well and providing a powered open/close function controlled via key fob.

A revised interior includes an analog clock and large-numeraled digital speedometer readout, plus such amenities as revised cupholders. The 2003 Town Car also has a touch of the white-light and satin-nickel interior trim that will make a big splash in the 2003 Navigator and other new Lincolns. Trim levels are the Cartier, Signature, and Executive, plus the long-wheelbase Cartier L and Executive L models.

In total, the midlife Town Car refinements address numerous desires from current Lincoln owners, a loyal base with an impressive 60-percent being repeat buyers. The 2003 updates may be low in sex appeal, but they breathe fresh life into the full-size sedan, while easing the transition to future Lincoln models.

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Lincoln Town Car and Last three are Town Car SC

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Sehr guud, ja.

[drakkie]

Sehr guud, ja.

sehr gut,ja Anyway that car is ugly man !!who would ever want to buy such a thing ?!?!?!?!!?!?!?

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the 60% of owners that wish to rebuy the car? William Clinton? me?

[lithuanianmafia]

looks pretty much the same as the car it's replacin

[DieterCabral]

AAAAAAAA!!!! i hate this car! its the antithesis of Good design!!!

I believe that the guy who "designed" this matchbox should be captured and tortured for his crimes against good taste!

[CdocZ]

my mom used to have a '90 lincoln town car. then practically everything broke.

[lithuanianmafia]

Originally Posted by CdocZ

my mom used to have a '90 lincoln town car. then practically everything broke.

yep, sounds like a Ford product

[CdocZ]

ok, well i kinda exagerated. it isnt broken........just on the verge of the engine mounts crumbling, the pushrod and pistons are rusting, the fuel pump is starting to die, the "air suspension bags", 1 popped, another is about to, transmission is a bit wierd, power steering is dying an inconsistently slow death, the muffler is also having quite a bit of trouble, the air conditioning is half retarded and about to die, and the engine radiator is half molested child half retarded monkey. oh yeah, the brakes are very worn out too.
EDIT: oh yeah, it still works, amazingly. rather well too! funniest thing ive ever seen

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Older models. My pics.

Lincoln Town Car #7

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Older models. Mix. My & media pics.

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