Sightings SPOTTED TODAY - Part 6

K-A · Apr 30, 2011

When it comes to Continentals, or American Luxury Sedans in general, IMO nothing touches the early-mid 60's Continentals ('65 is my favorite). THAT was the golden era of that car. Clean and boxy proportions, timelessly crisp and slab sided detailing (or lack thereof), with massive stateliness so impacting, it looked like it was designed to be driven by the Devil.

Deleted member 1071 · May 1, 2011

K-A said:
When it comes to Continentals, or American Luxury Sedans in general, IMO nothing touches the early-mid 60's Continentals ('65 is my favorite). THAT was the golden era of that car. Clean and boxy proportions, timelessly crisp and slab sided detailing (or lack thereof), with massive stateliness so impacting, it looked like it was designed to be driven by the Devil.

Indeed.

The 1961-63 Lincoln Continental was one of the finest automobiles ever to leave an American production line. Timeless in the clarity of its' design and innovative in its' technical content. Still absolutely gorgeous today.

And an interesting bit of trivia:

The legendary 1961-63 T-Bird ("Bullet Bird") was originally intended to be marketed as Lincolns' "personal luxury" car. A smaller and sportier offering positioned below the Continental. One can see the similarities in design between the T-Bird and Continental of that era. For some reason or another, the marketing folks at FoMoCo decided that the Bullet-Bird would be better positioned as the Ford brands halo car.

K-A · May 1, 2011

Interesting! My friend actually has a T-Bird of that year, and I always thought it looked so much like a Continental.

And very much agreed, the early-mid 60's Continental is a legend in every sense of the word. I swear, the day I get some garage space, I am buying one! They aren't as expensive as one would think (some are, but like most Classics, prices are allll over the place).

klier · May 2, 2011

E39 Touring and F11 Touring :usa7uh:

E61 would be really weird in between those two brothers.

cawimmer430 · May 3, 2011

New Mercedes SLK. The rear is the worst part of the new SLK. Emotionless. I like the side profile and the front isn't bad in real life. On this car the rims suck.

klier · May 3, 2011

No, the rear looks good. And GREAT in that pic above. Very nice looking there.

Hate the double fogs thigh. Damn that's nasty, still.

cawimmer430 · May 11, 2011

2012 BMW M5

2012 BMW 1-Series

K-A · May 11, 2011

Hmm, maybe it's because of the crazy chamo cars around it, but that CLS looks kind of.. "bland", for lack of a better word. Not bad in any way, and it's actually nice to see that the car can in fact appear simple-ish if need be. It's just that M-B hypes it as such a extravert so much, you almost would expect it to hold that charisma everywhere.