- sedan 96,097
- 71 below average
- 3,495 fair
- Ringwood, IL
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- autoshopper.com
- 71 below average sedan 96,097 green automatic
1998 lincoln town car review this car review is specific to this model, not the actual vehicle for sale. Lincoln-mercury wants to keep all of its current customers -- they give the town car one of the highest loyalty and repurchase rates in the industry. While the designers, engineers and product planners have maintained the interior space and trunk space of the previous, boxlike town car, they have thrown away the rectilinear design, the square corners and some of the formality of the car. In its place is a new shape that owes something to the jaguar, something to the bentley, and quite a bit to ford's new edge design philosophy. the car was designed at ford's california facility and it shows. It's round, but it's not a jellybean; it's formal without being frumpy; it's trim, yet still substantial. It's the first all-new town car in eight years. And it's about time. From its jewel-like headlamps and traditional grille back to its chrome license plate surround and massive corner-mounted taillamps, the town car has been carefully rethought for the trip into the 21st century, but it's only fractionally smaller than the old barge. Inside are perforated leather seating surfaces and a special black birdseye woodgrain finish on the instrument panel and doors. interiorjust about everything inside the car is new and improved, from the door panels to the instrument panels to the radio face to the switches and controls. The electronic instrument cluster of old has been eliminated. In its place is a new, smaller cluster featuring a centered speedometer flanked by fuel and temperature gauges. two small electronic windows on either side of the speedometer serve as the message center and compass. The system includes a redundant speedometer display, but no tachometer. the old radio face has been replaced with larger and easier to use buttons and controls. Below is the control center for the climate control system. Nothing is difficult to reach or understand, and the controls are not crowded together. front and rear passenger compartments are huge. A new rear pillar design makes the rear seat cozier than the old car without being smaller. The big, thick seats are comfortable and the power front bucket seats offer lumbar support and two-position memory. For safety and convenience, the steering wheel contains buttons for cruise control and the sound system. we noticed a marked improvement in interior noise over the previous model. The glass is thicker, there are triple seals on the doors, and the pillars have been designed to cancel noise. With its 282 cubic-inch engine, it just doesn't get away from a stoplight like a $40,000 car should these days. It's not that it's slow, but its chief competition has 275 horsepower, a palpable increase. transmission feel and function are greatly improved over the 1997 town car, with shifts that take only 0. 6 seconds as opposed to 1. 2 seconds in the old car. The full-time all-speed traction control can also be switched off for climbing out of snow banks or other special situations. what most veteran town car owners will notice on their first drive are the vastly improved steering and suspension. Ford has redesigned the steering system with more expensive components-- replacing bushings with bearings, for instance--that give improved steering precision and feel. Another more expensive solution is the rear suspension that uses a new watts linkage between the axle housing and the frame designed to improve both handling and ride quality--usually mutually exclusive goals. The trailing arms have also been redesigned to be parallel to the frame. All this adds up to a much more pleasant ride. The 1998 town car feels glued to the road. Handling is much more predictable in lane-change maneuvers, without the momentary indecisiveness that characterized the old car. brakes have been upgraded with bigger, thicker front discs and new twin-piston calipers. With 25 percent more swept area, the new brakes are less likely to fade away when hot, such as excessive use in the mountains. With its 282 cubic-inch engine, it just doesn't get away from a stoplight like a $40,000 car should these days. It's not that it's slow, but its chief competition has 275 horsepower, a palpable increase. transmission feel and function are greatly improved over the 1997 town car, with shifts that take only 0. 6 seconds as opposed to 1. 2 seconds in the old car. The full-time all-speed traction control can also be switched off for climbing out of snow banks or other special situations. what most veteran town car owners will notice on their first drive are the vastly improved steering and suspension. Ford has redesigned the steering system with more expensive components-- replacing bushings with bearings, for instance--that give improved steering precision and feel. Another more expensive solution is the rear suspension that uses a new watts linkage between the axle housing and the frame designed to improve both handling and ride quality--usually mutually exclusive goals. The trailing arms have also been redesigned to be parallel to the frame. All this adds up to a much more pleasant ride. The 1998 town car feels glued to the road. Handling is much more predictable in lane-change maneuvers, without the momentary indecisiveness that characterized the old car. brakes have been upgraded with bigger, thicker front discs and new twin-piston calipers. With 25 percent more swept area, the new brakes are less likely to fade away when hot, such as excessive use in the mountains. We w. summarylincoln's new town car is an appealing choice with its huge cabin and trunk and bulletproof engine and transmission. The new styling looks sexier than the previous model from all angles. In a world of front-drive cars, the new lincoln is a traditional rear-wheel-drive american luxury car. We predict the new town car will be a big hit. Bucket Seats✔ Tachometer✔ Climate Control✔ Cruise Control✔ Leather Seats✔ Alloy Wheels
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