Introduced as a stand-alone model for 1981, the Lincoln Town Car essentially replaced the Continental ... The 4.6-liter V-8 engine made 205 horsepower in base form, or 220 hp in the Cartier ...

A 302-cubic-inch V-8 engine replaces the previous standard 400-cubic-inch V-8. 1981: Town Car officially replaces Continental as the name for the standard Lincoln, and it's available as both a two ...

but most imported luxo­cruisers can easily put the Town Car's per­formance to shame. In its favor, the Lincoln does provide impeccable drivabil­ity. Even after a cold start, the engine de ...

51 – 1978 Lincoln Town ... Martin This car rolled out of the Lincoln showroom loaded, with the landau-style “Coach Roof” and just about every additional option. The base engine in the ...

Over the past week, I felt a twinge of sadness while driving the 2009 Lincoln ... car when it arrived as the 1980 Continental Town Car. Aside from fresh sheet metal in 1990 and 1998 and a new V8 ...

The Lincoln ... The Town Car's version of Ford's 4.6-liter V-8 makes 239 horsepower and 287 pound-feet of torque. Mated to a four-speed automatic transmission, the engine isn't going to move ...

After the 2003 update, Lincoln refreshed ... liter V8 SOHC engine. Power figures went up, reaching 239 hp (242 PS), 19 more than the previous dual-exhaust version of the Town Car.

Lincoln is moving ... A normal Town Car achieves 60 mph in 9.5 seconds and the quarter-mile in 16.8 seconds at 82 mph. Under full throttle the engine sounds quite wheezy, but driven more ...