13th Sep 2011, 10:12

The fact that Town Cars are no longer made speaks volumes. There's no comparison to make, because those cars were grossly outdated and outclassed. They quit making them because they were dinosaurs, and the only demographic of people who bought them tended to be older. A Lexus is about 100 light years ahead of any of the last generation of Lincoln products. At one time Lincoln actually made a sexy, cool, beautifully styled car. The '63 Lincoln Continental comes to mind. Now THAT was a sexy car. But a 90's Town car? Nobody is ever going to restore those cars. Perhaps the darkest days of American automotive design.

The styling and lack of modernizing the line is what essentially ruined the Lincoln brand, and frankly the Cadillac, Oldsmobile, and Buick lines as well. It's taken GM years to rejuvenate their upscale marquees, and they've still got a ways to go. I've heard Ford is making plans to make a whole new Lincoln lineup - a lineup that doesn't consist of re-badged Ford Fusions. If that is the case, then good - maybe they'll make something akin to what they used to make. I personally hope so. But in any regards, the Lincolns of the 80's and 90's were barely what I'd call a luxury car. They were bloated boats on wheels with bubbly plastic looking bodies.