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Lincoln Cars - An Interesting History
Most do not realize that Lincoln actually had its beginnings as a company separate from Ford Motor Company. The organization was started by Henry Leland in 1917 and named for just one of Leland's heroes, President Abraham Lincoln. Henry Leland had actually been among the founders of the Cadillac Car Company, which in fact had been the Henry Ford Company. The Lincoln Motor Company was created to build Liberty aircraft engines for that United Stated during World War One. With the end from the war, Leland had the factories retooled to create automobiles. Ford Motor Company could acquire Lincoln in 1922 when the luxury automobile manufacturer encountered severe financial hardships. Henry Ford was quite very happy to be able to get the company from Leland. He viewed it as retribution as Leland had led investors to make Ford out of the Detroit Automobile Company, a company that Ford had founded.
Once Ford acquired the organization, body style changes were introduced and the price came down. These changes led to increased sales to 5,512 vehicles sold in 1922. Up in the previous 150 models sold the previous year, which in fact had resulted in the hardship that had forced the company into bankruptcy.
In 1923, a number of different body styles were introduced together with a two-passenger roadster and a seven-passenger limousine.
An exclusively designed police model, known as the Police Flyer was marketed to law enforcement divisions round the country. A special draw was Ford's willingness to change the vehicles to match the requirements of police officers in the field. Bulletproof windows were added, spotlights were positioned on the sides of the vehicle and gun racks were mounted towards the interior portion of cars. The cars were also fitted with four-wheel brakes a full 2 yrs before they were offered on vehicles intended for private sale. These police cruisers coupled with the prosperity of the four door private sedans allowed the Lincoln division to exhibit an income margin towards the end of 1924 just 2 yrs after the company have been pulled in the jaws of bankruptcy.
The bestselling car in Lincoln's history was created with a designer named Eugene T. "Bob" Gregorie. Gregorie was designing an automobile for Edsel Ford who wanted a sleeker vehicle more consistent with European style cars. The Lincoln Zephyr evolved as the result and was offered for the 1936 model year. Sales skyrocketed its newbie on market and purchasers for Ford increased by 9 times what it had done the year before. This was the vehicle that would eventually become the Lincoln Continental, probably the most important cars in the good reputation for Lincoln. The car was so successful it was nearly used as a brand alone. The arrival of World War Two ended production of the most popular Zephyr when Ford converted a lot of its factories to war work. The Continental which would continue to become so famous was based on mostly completely of the Zephyr.
Lincoln has also occupied a prominent devote history by providing most of the vehicles that might be used as official state vehicles for presidents of the us. The very first Lincoln vehicle to be used within this capacity would be a 1939 Lincoln V12 used by Franklin D. Roosevelt. The limousine in use on that fateful day in Dallas in November 1963 seemed to be a Lincoln. It's currently displayed at the Henry Ford Museum. Lincoln vehicles have also been used by Presidents Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan and Bush.
Beginning in 2007, Lincoln made a switch to its online marketing strategy and began giving three-letter names to all new models with the exception of the Navigator and also the Town Car. Last year, Lincoln is expected to make the MKS its new flagship model, replacing the Town Car, which has had that position in the Ford line up since 1981.
