Limousine Lincoln Town Car - an irreplaceable character in American films (16 photos + 3 videos)

This Lincoln has featured in countless American films: if the authors wanted to show that the character is rich, he traveled in a Lincoln Town Car limousine.





I suggest that you familiarize yourself with a copy of the 1984 release, preserved in excellent condition, and its interior will allow make a real journey through time!



The car in the photo in the spring of 2022 was sold at the Bring-A-Trailer auction in California for $19,999 - a modest opportunity fee feel like Bruce Willis from the first "Die Hard" or Richard Gere from Pretty Woman. Here, as they say, who is closer.







The Town Car was separated from the Continental line in the early 1980s (since 1969 it was a trim package for the Continental model), to reinforce competition with luxury cars Cadillac. Between 1981 and 2011 The Town Car was produced in three generations, becoming synonymous with the American limousine, including due to the widespread use in film industry.









Why actually Town Car ("City car")?! The term originated in the era of horse-drawn carriages, when prestigious carriages had a roof only over passengers, and the coachman sat in all the winds under the open sky - in French it was called de Ville ("urban"). In general, the word de Ville was associated with luxury and prestige, but was "occupied" Cadillac Corporation, so Lincoln decided to use the English language a variant of the term is Town Car.



The body sports a vinyl roof, extremely fashionable in its time, and boomerang on the trunk lid. I do not remember in which movie, the driver launched this boomerang at the villain. The interior clearly demonstrates how much electronics has changed since the mid-1980s. Television Hitachi causes nostalgic delight, it even has more late Philips portable TV (sometime early 2000s), when the original had already become useless, but the massive chest of drawers between it was a pity to break the chairs. Panasonic radio, control air conditioning from the passenger side of the cabin, velor, carpets on the floor - all extremely good and high quality!











In a word, an excellent first generation Town Car (1980-1989), in full original. Under the hood is a 4.9-liter V8 equipped with fuel injection power ... 140 horsepower. The times for American V8s were heavy, in 1986 the injection system was modernized and the power amounted to 150 horses. Both sad and funny! Although the power for such cars are not particularly important, the main thing is a smooth ride, which is here in excess.



In 1989, the administration of President George W. Bush received Lincoln Town Car Presidential Limousine - this was the last presidential limousine based on Lincoln, all subsequent heads of the United States drove exclusively on Cadillac vehicles. Still, with all due respect to Lincoln, the main car in America is Cadillac!