Lincoln Continental

The 2020 Continental in brief

The 2020 Lincoln Continental is a large car offered with 3 engines (2.7L 6-cyl turbo, 3.7L 6-cyl and 3.0L 6-cyl turbo) and front-wheel drive and all-wheel drive.

It measures about 202 inches long and 75 inches wide on a 118-inch wheelbase, with a curb weight of roughly 4,224 lb.

EPA rates its most efficient version at 21 MPG combined (18 city / 27 highway), 10% worse than the 2020 large car average of 23.3 MPG, for an estimated $3,200 a year in fuel.

In NHTSA crash testing it earned the top 5-star overall rating.

It has 2 recall campaigns on file and owners have filed 7 complaints with NHTSA since 2015, most often about the unknown or other.

The Lincoln Continental has 4 model years in our data, from 2017 to 2020.

Its most efficient year was 2020 at 21 MPG combined; across all years the best version ranged from 21 to 21 MPG.

Owners most often report problems with the unknown or other (26), latches/locks/linkages (24), electrical system (24).

Buying used? 2020 has the fewest problems in our data, and 2017 is the year to avoid.

2017 has the most recalls (4); all years together count 5 campaigns and 136 owner complaints.

How the 2017 Continental compares

The 2017 Lincoln Continental is a large car offered with 3 engines (2.7L 6-cyl turbo, 3.7L 6-cyl and 3.0L 6-cyl turbo) and front-wheel drive and all-wheel drive.

It measures about 202 inches long and 75 inches wide on a 118-inch wheelbase, with a curb weight of roughly 4,224 lb.

About the Lincoln Continental

The Lincoln Continental is a series of mid-sized and full-sized luxury cars produced between 1939 and 2020 by Lincoln, a division of the American automaker Ford. The model line was introduced following the construction of a personal vehicle for Edsel Ford, who commissioned a coachbuilt 1939 Lincoln-Zephyr convertible, developed as a vacation vehicle to attract potential Lincoln buyers. In what would give the model line its name, the exterior was designed with European "continental" styling elements, including a rear-mounted spare tire.

From the Wikipedia article "Lincoln Continental", licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.