Re: Did the public think of Imperial as Packard's replacement?

Posted by LINC400 On 2009/8/5 23:43:05

The Town Car, Crown Vic and Grand Marquis are supposed to be gone by 2011. Kind of stupid in my opinion. They are handing over the Limo business (which Lincoln has about 85% of now) to Cadillac on a silver platter. As well as all the police and taxi sales to Chevy and Dodge. While the limo biz might not be a big deal as far as sales figures, I think losing that prestige market is not a good idea. Same with police and taxi. Having that market allows them to keep building the nearly identical Marquis for the people that still want that type of car. I think they should have just facelifted them. The main complaint I hear about the Town Car is not that it is an old man car, but that it is too much like a Marquis, and not enough like the previous Lincolns.

For one year, the Taurus was renamed the 500, as Ford was experimenting with having all Ford cars begin with "F", suv's with "E", and Mercurys with "M". Interesting idea, but the Taurus and Sable names were reinstated the next year because those cars had a loyal following that the renamed 500 wasn't accomplishing. That was a couple of years ago already. A new redesigned Taurus is now out though.