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Lincoln Motor Company

The Lincoln Motor Company is an automobile company in the United States. It is a part of the Ford Motor Company that sells cars in North America. The current Lincoln cars in the United States include the Lincoln Nautilus, Lincoln Aviator, Lincoln Corsair, and the Lincoln Navigator.

Lincoln Motor Company
Formerly
  • Lincoln Motor Company (1917–45)
  • Lincoln-Mercury (1945–2012)[1]
Company type
FateAcquired by Ford in 1922, becoming a division of it
Headquarters
Dearborn, Michigan
,
U.S.
Area served
Key people
Dianne Craig (President)[4]
ProductsLuxury cars
ParentFord Motor Company (1922–present)[2]
Websitelincoln.com

Lincoln is the luxury brand of Ford. It makes upscale luxury vehicles. The company was founded by Henry M. Leland in 1917 as its own company. It was bought by Ford in 1922. The brand is named after Abraham Lincoln.

Current production vehicles

     Vehicles not sold in the core American market

Model Calendar year
introduced 		Current model Vehicle description
Introduction Update/facelift
Cars
Lincoln Zephyr 006.jpg
Z 		Z 2022 2022 – Executive/Mid-size luxury car, closely related to the Ford Mondeo
SUVs/Crossovers
2019 Lincoln Navigator 'Reserve', front 8.29.20.jpg
NAVIGATOR 		Navigator 1997 2025 – Full-size luxury SUV, closely related to the Ford Expedition.
2019 Lincoln Navigator L 3.5, front 8.23.19.jpg
NAVIGATOR L 		Navigator L 2006 2025 – Long Wheelbase version of Lincoln Navigator. The largest non-limousine vehicle ever produced by Lincoln.
Lincoln Aviator 3.0L Reserve U611 FL Pristine White Metallic Tri-Coat (2).jpg
AVIATOR 		Aviator 2002 2019 2025 Mid-size luxury crossover SUV, closely related to the Ford Explorer.
Lincoln Nautilus II 003.jpg
NAUTILUS 		Nautilus 2019 2024 – Mid-size luxury crossover SUV, closely related to the Ford Edge. Formerly the Lincoln MKX until 2018. Will be Imported to America from China for second generation
Lincoln Corsair facelift 001.jpgCORSAIR Corsair 2019 2019 2023 Compact luxury crossover SUV, closely related to the Ford Escape.

Former production vehicles

Automobiles

Image Model Intr. Disc. Gen. Description
1922 Lincoln touring automobile.jpg L series 1922 1930 1 The first automobile produced by Lincoln
Lincoln 50 L Victoria pic2.JPG K series 1931 1940 1
Lincoln Zephyr V12 4-D Sedan 1938 2.jpg Zephyr 1936 1942 1 Mid-size
Lincoln Continental (1972), Dutch licence registration 42-YA-61 pic1.JPG Continental 1939–1948, 1958–2002, 2017–2020 10 Mid-sized and full-sized luxury car
Lincoln 1941 custom car.jpg Custom 1941–1942
1955–1955		 1 Sold in touring sedan and limousine versions
Lincoln Convertible Coupe.jpg EL-Series 1949 1951 1 Full-size luxury car
Lincoln Cosmopolitan 1949.jpg Cosmopolitan 1949 1954 2
1956-Lincoln-Capri-2dr-HT.jpg Capri 1952 1959 3 Introduced as a premium trim variant of the two-door Lincoln Cosmopolitan
Lincoln Premiere 1956.jpg Premiere 1956 1960 1 Full-size car
1956 Continental Mark II Coupe Supercharged, front left (Hershey 2019).jpg Continental Mark II 1957 1957 1 Marketed by the Continental division of Ford; technically, "not a Lincoln"
1971 Lincoln Continental Mark3 (32665128910).jpg Continental Mark III 1969 1971 1 Personal luxury car
1975 Lincoln Continental Mark IV, Dutch licence registration 21-YB-60 p1.JPG Continental Mark IV 1971 1976 1 Personal luxury car
1979 Continental Mark V Cartier Designer Edition.jpg Continental Mark V 1977 1979 1 Personal luxury car
Lincoln Versailles, 1980.png Versailles 1977 1980 1 Mid-size car
1980 Mark VI Signature Series.jpg Continental Mark VI 1980 1983 1 Personal luxury car
1989 Lincoln Mark VII LSC, front left, 03-24-2023.jpg Continental Mark VII 1980 1992 1 Personal luxury car; switched to the simpler name "Mark VII" in 1984
Lincoln Town Car -- 01-28-2010.jpg Town Car 1981 2011 3 Full-size sedan
1997 Lincoln MK-VIII.png Mark VIII 1993 1998 1 Personal luxury car
2004 Lincoln LS -- NHTSA.jpg LS 1999 2006 1 Sedan
2009 Lincoln MKX.jpg MKX 2006 2018 2 mid-size crossover SUV
2016 Lincoln MKZ 2.0L AWD front 4.22.19.jpg MKZ 2006 2020 2 mid-size sedan
2013 Lincoln MKS AWD facelift, front view.jpg MKS 2008 2016 1 full-size sedan
2010 Lincoln MKT -- NHTSA 1.jpg MKT 2010 2019 1 Crossover SUV
2019 Lincoln MKC 'Select' 2.0L front 6.9.19.jpg MKC 2014 2019 1 Compact crossover

Trucks

Image Model Intr. Disc. Gen. Description
2002 Lincoln Blackwood 2.jpg Blackwood 2001 2002 1 Pickup truck
Lincoln Mark LT long bed.jpg Mark LT 2006 2008 2 Pickup truck, continued production in Mexico, 2006–14

Lincoln Motor Company Media

  • 2011 Desert Classic, La Quinta, CA

  • 1959 Continental Mark IV Town Car formal-roof sedan

  • 1978 Lincoln Versailles photographed in Laval, Quebec, Canada at Les chauds vendredis.

  • 1998-2000 Lincoln Navigator

  • Hood ornament, Continental Mark II

  • FDR's Presidential Limousine

  • Dwight D. Eisenhower's 1950 Lincoln Bubbletop (30914712224)

  • Kennedy Car 1961 Lincoln Continental (31609510632) (cropped)

  • Presidential limousine on display at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum in Austin, Texas, United States.

References

  1. ↑ A short history of the Mercury brandFord. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Davis, Michael W. R.. Ford Dynasty: A Photographic History (2002)Arcadia Publishing. p. 54–55. ISBN 978-0-7385-2039-1. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  3. ↑ Our Brands: Lincoln Vehicles. Ford Motor Corporation (2012). Retrieved April 29, 2014.
  4. ↑ Ford. "Joy Falotico". Press release. https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/people/joy-falotico.html. Retrieved March 29, 2018. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Lincoln Motor Company Briefing Book (December 3, 2012). New York: Ford Motor Company. Retrieved December 3, 2012.
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