Lincoln Continental evolution

First unibody Continental; Wixom-built and among the largest US cars ever, badged Continental Mark III–V by year.

Slab-side, rear-hinged 'suicide door' sedan & convertible — the last US four-door convertible and a design landmark.

Return to body-on-frame; grew to the largest mass-market American car by the late 1970s.

Single-year downsized full-size sedan on the Panther platform; the name passed to the Town Car for 1981.

Mid-size Fox-platform 'bustleback' luxury sedan that revived Continental as its own model.

First front-wheel-drive Continental — an aero V6 sedan on the Taurus-derived FN9 platform.

Front-drive InTech V8 sedan with adaptive suspension; the nameplate was retired after 2002.

Revived front/AWD full-size flagship, with suicide-door 80th Anniversary editions; replaced the MKS.