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Continental breaks Lincoln
Jim Robinson
out of the doldrums
Metroland Media LOS ANGELES, CA: Finally a Lincoln with a name — and what a name: Continental. To this day I still remember at age 12 seeing a black-on-black Lincoln Continental II gliding down the main street of my hometown. It was one of the most beautiful cars I’ve ever seen. Recently, Lincoln has been using letters, not names to label its products, such as MKZ, MKT, MKC and MKX, which doesn’t project an image of what it is, at least not to me. The only Lincoln with a name is the full-size Navigator that has been around since the end of the last century.
Technology-packed sedan
Lincoln needs to make a mark in the premium luxury sedan arena and the 2017 Continental is it. The amount of technology in this car is astounding. An example is the optional ($750) 30-way front seats with, get ready, six-way track adjust, two-way recline, four-way headrest adjust, four-way cushion extension, fourway thigh support, four-way lumbar support, two-way back bolster and two-way cushion bolster. Or how about the $5,000 Rear Seat Package on the Reserve trim model that includes reclining rear seats featuring four-way power lumbar support along with mas-
The 2017 Lincoln Continental premium luxury sedan is all-new, with standard all-wheel-drive and a bevy of technology features such as 30-way adjustable seats.
saging, heating and cooling. But perhaps the most intriguing, as well as stylish, feature is E-Latch power doors. That’s right — power doors. Lincoln has eliminated door handles along the beltline and replaced them with a solid nickelchrome piece that runs along the windowsill from the A- to C-pillar with a closed loop handle at each
door. Inside each door is a motor and electric capacitor, much like a USB charger for a cellphone. To open the door from the outside, there is a small button on the inside of the handle that, when touched, unlocks the door. To close, simply swing the door closed and the motor takes over and seals it shut. If there is no power, a blade
key hidden inside the fob fits through a tiny slot in the driver side Continental trim piece and unlocks all doors. To open from the inside, there is no latch/handle but a button on the back of the door pull. Touch it, and the motor unseals the door and you simply push it outward. Not only is it elegant to look at, Turn to page W3
LEFT: The interior is available in a variety of colours and trims including special Bridge of Weir, hand-finished leather. RIGHT: There are two engines, the standard being a 335 hp 2.7-litre twin turbo V6. This is the optional ($3,000) 400 hp 3.0-litre V6.
ROAD TEST
Lorne Drury
Metroland Media
Fiat’s latest Italian job Readers who were around back in the late ’60s may remember a movie titled, The Italian Job. Flash forward to the present and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) has created its own ‘Italian job’ in the form of the 2017 Fiat 124 Spider, an Italian take on the iconic Mazda MX-5 roadster. The 124 Spider is part of a joint venture between the two automakers, which sees Mazda supply the platform, various parts and the assembly line in Hiroshima, Japan for a new Fiat offering that pays homage to another classic sports car that, at one time, was quite popular on this side of the pond. Of course we’re talking about the original Fiat 124 Spider, which returns for 2017, 50 years after its original introduction. The current Spider was designed in Turin, Italy and borrows cues from the original one, a Pininfarina design considered by many to be one of Fiat’s most beautiful cars of all time. It was produced from 1966-80. The new Spider bears a striking resemblance to the MX-5, but interestingly, all the body panels are different. And while looks are important when you’re talking sports cars, it’s how they perform that’s crucial and Fiat had to get things right when you consider the MX-5 is the best-selling two-seat roadster of all time and the reigning World Car of the Year for 2016. Those are big shoes (or should we say wheels?) to fill and Fiat on most counts has succeeded. Oh, there are a few nits to pick, such as the 50 kilos of extra weight in the Spider and a hefty dose of turbo lag with the 1.4-litre MultiAir turbocharged inline four-cylinder engine. It is the first application of this engine in a rear-wheel drive vehicle Turn to page W2
Decorate your driveway this holiday season and receive the first three payments on us. 2017 C 300 4MATIC Sedan TOTAL PRICE: $53,481* Finance rate
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2017 C 300 4MATIC Coupe TOTAL PRICE: $57,015* Finance rate
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