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Lincoln Cars - An Interesting History
Most do not realize that Lincoln actually had its beginnings as a company outside of Ford Motor Company. The organization was started by Henry Leland in 1917 and named for one of Leland's heroes, President Abraham Lincoln. Henry Leland had actually been one of 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 the United Stated during World War One. Using the end of the war, Leland had the factories retooled to create automobiles. Ford Motor Company was able to acquire Lincoln in 1922 once the luxury automobile manufacturer encountered severe financial difficulties. Henry Ford was quite pleased to be able to get the company from Leland. He viewed it as retribution as Leland had led investors to force Ford from the Detroit Automobile Company, a business that Ford had founded.
Once Ford acquired the organization, body style changes were introduced and also the price came down. These changes led to increased sales to 5,512 vehicles bought from 1922. Up in the previous 150 models sold the year before, which in fact had resulted in the hardship which had forced the organization into bankruptcy.
In 1923, a number of different body styles were introduced including a two-passenger roadster along with a seven-passenger limousine.
A specially designed police model, referred to as Police Flyer was marketed to police force divisions round the country. A unique draw was Ford's willingness to modify the vehicles to suit the requirements of cops within the field. Bulletproof windows were added, spotlights were placed on the edges from 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 these were offered on vehicles intended for private sale. These police cruisers coupled with the success of the four door private sedans allowed the Lincoln division to exhibit a profit margin towards the end of 1924 just 2 yrs after the company had been pulled from the jaws of bankruptcy.
The bestselling car in Lincoln's history was developed with a designer named Eugene T. "Bob" Gregorie. Gregorie was designing a car for Edsel Ford who wanted a sleeker vehicle more consistent with European style cars. The Lincoln Zephyr was the result and was offered for that 1936 model year. Sales skyrocketed its newbie on market and sales for Ford increased by 9 times what it really had done the previous year. This was the car that would eventually be the Lincoln Continental, one of the most important cars within the history of Lincoln. The vehicle am successful that it was nearly used as a brand by itself. The advent of World War Two ended manufacture of the popular Zephyr when Ford converted a lot of its factories to war work. The Continental which may continue to become so famous was based on mostly completely of the Zephyr.
Lincoln has additionally occupied a prominent place in history by giving many of the vehicles that might be used as official state vehicles for presidents of the United States. The first Lincoln vehicle to be used within this capacity would be a 1939 Lincoln V12 utilized by Franklin D. Roosevelt. The limousine in use on that fateful day in Dallas in November 1963 was also a Lincoln. It is currently displayed at the Henry Ford Museum. Lincoln vehicles are also utilized 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. In 2009, Lincoln is anticipated to make the MKS its new flagship model, replacing the city Car, that has had that position in the Ford line up since 1981.
