Super Clean Continental- More Luxury than a 7-Series

Comes with a top tier, 3.0-liter EcoBoost; which comes with all-wheel-drive only. Output here is 400-horsepower and 400 lb-ft. of torque; all working through a 6-speed automatic transmission. The Continental is by no means a sport sedan, but it’s sportier than it probably needs to be for target buyers. More importantly, the ride quality is exquisite; with continuously controlled damping it levitates down the highway like a modern luxury sedan should. The adaptive steering takes a little time to get used to, feeling overly heavy at times, touchy-light at others; while the pedals also seem overly sensitive, requiring smooth inputs. There is Lincoln Drive Control with multiple driving modes; but if you chose anything other than comfort, you’re kind of missing the point of the car. There’s a wide open space inside, with not much of a cockpit feel. The front seats offer a wealth of adjustments and are supremely comfortable. The reserve model here comes with the chauffeur drive feature for the ultimate in luxury all controlled from the rear seat. In the rear, seats feel more cozy with some adjustments of their own. There’s still lots of room, though if you add the Rear Seat Package, you can go with more of a 2+2 motif after folding down the huge center console. The integration of technology throughout is done very well, with plenty of real controls remaining; though some of the buttons are quite small. Lincoln has done a masterful job of disguising the Ford bones that lie below the surface. The interior is leaps and bounds above any Lincoln in recent memory. IP and door treatments are quite nice to the eyes and touch. There was top-notch traction for a firm hole shot as well, springing to 60 in just 5.4-seconds. The engine gets a nice growl to it, it pulls quickly through 1st and 2nd gears; then things taper off once you hit 3rd, but we still made it to the end of the ¼ in just 13.7 seconds at 105 miles-per-hour. Government Fuel Economy Ratings with the all-wheel-drive 3.0-liter are 16-City, 24-Highway, and 19–Combined. Our mixed-driving average was quite good, at 23.2 miles-per-gallon of Regular.