Continental Mark II

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The Continental Mark II is a mid-1950s ultra-luxury American coupe renowned for its hand-built craftsmanship, understated elegance, and status as one of the most exclusive and expensive cars of its era.

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Continental Mark II canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf coupe ⓘ
luxury car ⓘ
personal luxury car ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Mark II ⓘ
assemblyLocation Wixom, Michigan ⓘ
assemblyPlant Wixom Assembly Plant ⓘ
bodyStyle 2-door hardtop coupe ⓘ
brand Continental ⓘ
class full-size luxury car ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
designer Gordon Buehrig ⓘ
John Reinhart ⓘ
William Clay Ford Sr. ⓘ
engineConfiguration Ford Y-block V8 ⓘ
engineDisplacement 368 cu in ⓘ
6.0 L ⓘ
engineType V8 engine ⓘ
fuelType gasoline ⓘ
height 56.0 in ⓘ
introducedAt 1955 Paris Motor Show ⓘ
layout front-engine, rear-wheel-drive ⓘ
length 218.4 in ⓘ
5547 mm ⓘ
manufacturer Continental Division ⓘ
marketPosition halo car for Ford Motor Company ⓘ
marketSegment ultra-luxury ⓘ
modelYearIntroduction 1956 ⓘ
notableFor hand-built construction ⓘ
limited production ⓘ
understated styling ⓘ
very high price for its era ⓘ
parentCompany Ford Motor Company ⓘ
platform Ford Y-block-based luxury platform ⓘ
predecessor Lincoln Continental (first generation) ⓘ
linked to: Lincoln Continental
priceAtIntroduction approximately US$10,000 ⓘ
priceClass among the most expensive American cars of the 1950s ⓘ
productionEndYear 1957 ⓘ
productionStartYear 1955 ⓘ
productionType largely hand-built ⓘ
productionYears 1955–1957 ⓘ
relatedModel Lincoln Capri ⓘ
Lincoln Premiere ⓘ
seatingCapacity 4 ⓘ
successor Continental Mark III (1968) ⓘ
transmission 3-speed automatic ⓘ
Turbo-Drive automatic ⓘ
wheelbase 126.0 in ⓘ
3200 mm ⓘ
width 78.0 in ⓘ

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Lincoln Mark series → includesModel → Continental Mark II ⓘ
Continental Mark III → predecessor → Continental Mark II ⓘ