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Like a breath of fresh air in an era of excessive chrome, tailfins, and two or three tone paint jobs. The conservative styling was years ahead of it`s time. If I weren`t a car guy and somebody told me it was a `70 or a 71 I`d believe it. A work of art on wheels.

The doors were so heavy the hinges would sag and it would have to be refitted.

Being French myself, I would obviously choose the Facel Vega. I retcon you probably are French Canadian. You said that better than I could. I have a horrible accent myself being from the 67 ( Bas Rhin, Metz) think of a mixture between french and german accents. Both are my native languages. I would love to see a video about the car I learnt to drive on, a Citroën CX. My father has a DS from 1970. It was a fantastic car, too. They don't make them as they used to, as they say.

It cost about $10,000 in 1955 - that’s $115,000 in 2024 - considering some F150 trucks go for that today it was a real bargain for such a car in 1955

magnifique reportage!! pour des véhicules qui me font rêver depuis toujours. bravo!! merci.

I currently own two of these. C5681062 built in Aug 1955 and c56S3862 built in April 1957

I’m glad they had the decency to wear a suit and tie at all times of the night

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Los europeos y asiaticos los pusieron en su lugar . El petroleo que robaron y nunca mas se recuperara .Mugre capitalista .

The Mk. II and Mk. IV Continentals were gorgeous. Ford should build a modern version that resembles the original

Hi folks, a beautiful car. Elvis owned one which I’ve seen at Graceland. Too bad Ford didn’t continue the brand … Mercedes - Benz picked up on the que and created the SL. Coulda woulda should have. Best, David

I doubt they made any money on it ,sadly.

It still looks fresh and modern. Incredible class.

My uncle has this model... and hopes to restore it soon

That continental was a cold car even in the 1950s had that elegance and class

The American Rolls Royce wow with the 368 motor and 2 speed Linc-O-Matic trans. ❤😊 ♦️ aww the Mark ll.

I remember the day the Continental showed up for the first day at my local Lincoln dealership. I was nine and thought it was the coolest design I had ever seen. Still do.

Funny Stereo phase sound design on the iPad Pro

Gorgeous car from exterior. That dashboard is a complete non-starter and about as incongruous as incongruous gets.

my favorite lincoln. i rarely see one of these at auction. you could hide any kind of engine in one of these. i would upgrade engine, suspension and tires and not touch anything else.

I'm not a fan... Give me the Mark 4.

This is one of the few 50's cars I instinctively liked. No unnecessary bulges or fins, etc. The only thing I'd change would be to use high backed bucket seats. This car has real class.

Finest American car ever made.

I remember seeing one in the dealer's showroom.

Nice 🚗

I'd love to have one! 😀👍

Handsome side profile but I think the front end reflects the times (not so pretty). The '63 Buick Riviera is fantastic from any angle...one of my favorite American cars from a styling viewpoint. Mitchell I think? But still this car is impressive.

I know the 50s were suppressed and women were not as free as they are today, but I want them to look like these models: Corseted, taped, buttoned, girdled, wearing 4 inch pointy-toed shoes and billowing floral patterned dresses or satin pencil skirts, perfectly groomed hair, beautiful makeup, silk stockings, and elbow-length gloves. One only has to visit a Walmart and see the horrors of fat, flabby women in those tights, showing their cracks and mingy cleaves, looking like they've never washed their stringy hair or worn makeup in their lives. It's tragic. My mother was always glamorous looking until the 70s when all hell broke loose. UGH!

My dad illustrated the hardcover "brochure" that was used in marketing it, and we had a copy. It was a lavish thing itself.

Truly the most beautiful American car ever produced (challenged only by the 1957 Cadillac Brougham and, in the production-line class, the 1958 Studebaker Golden Hawk) Prestige American Cars of the mid-late 1950's...the reason for the phrase "They don't build em like that anymore!"

This is what American Luxury is and was. Proof that a large American automaker can build a car to compete head to head with what European automakers were building. This division of Ford was not part of Lincoln yet. Ford was showing proof they could and did compete with Jaguar, Benz, Bentley and Rolls. This is what American Luxury is. But what happened to the Continental division, it was its own nameplate, it got merged into the Lincoln Division. Not bad but not for the right reason. When the bean counters and accountants get their hands involved only the worst comes out of it. They cheapen the car. Once again Ford had it, then lost it.

Without a doubt one of the most beautiful automobiles ever built!! A flawless design that transcends time!!

❤ It is one good looking car.

❤ Elvis bolt one.

And only 5X more than almost all others at the time. Thee American Rolls Royce of cars. History records they got it wrong and chose the wrong design as the numbers don't lie. Only 2 year production, 56 & 57 for a total of 3000 units.

...it's a _serious_ bit of gear - and not just a show pony: ultra expensive, but time has been kind to this grand folly of opulence.

From the side, and particularly the rear quarter panel, this car was an early preview of the 1961 Lincoln Continental several years away. The roofline also. The front and back ends, maybe not so much, but the lack of chrome and unnecessary ornamentation was definitely a hallmark of other future autos such as the clean 1963 Pontiac Grand Prix and Buick Riviera from General Motors.

About the most beautiful car.

Nice job guys!👍🏽👏👏👏👏👏👏

Lincoln needs to bring back a sedan or coupe...miss the Town Car and the mark...not the ugly, fugly suvs theyre making

They will soon discover they should have hired a Cost Accountant.

This is what I call a Automobile.

The Continental Mark II is one of the best designed cars ever. Truly timeless. Loved this video. Thanks for sharing!

No bulk? Looking at this thing, all I can see is bulk.

That thing at 2.06 is ghastly. Looks like it was designed by three people who weren't on speaking terms. And they used that as Infuckingspiration? And lets not forget the ugly wasn't skin deep. It ran on buggy springs and a solid front axle. A decade after the cheapest Chevrolet had IFS.

All well and good on the observations made, but may I add one of my own. In the decade of the 1950s both GM and Ford had been developing luxury and prestige models designed to be truly extraordinary, low volume and quite pricey. The Mark II listed for a cool ten grand as new and Cadillac's Eldorado Brougham--distinct in every way from a Birarritz or Seville with its suicide doors and brushed stainless steel roof--was priced higher still at around $13,000 1957 dollars. So exclusive in fact that both ended up losing money for their respective makers.

This sounds like it's in dual mono.

I love the styling from the windshield back but the bug eye headlights and goofy grin grille are losers 😢

When you think about those ultra-expensive 1957 and 1958 Cadillacs and Lincolns, only the Lincolns didn't look totally obsolete by 1965 when the Fin-era was firmly in the rear-view mirror...

Still don't understand why this vehicle doesn't command dominant money in the collector car market. Not many were made making it very rare and innovative design in its time