Editing Lincoln Motor Company (section)

====Continental Mark III====
During the 1960s, Ford sought to develop a new flagship vehicle as a successor to the Continental Mark II. While the Lincoln Continental served as a close competitor to the Cadillac de Ville series and the [[Imperial (automobile)|Imperial]], while Cadillac shifted the [[Cadillac Eldorado]] to the personal luxury segment in 1967, a segment that Ford exited in 1957 after the withdrawal of the Continental Mark II. As a response, in April 1968, the [[Lincoln Continental Mark III|Continental Mark III]] was released as a 1969 model. While not officially a Lincoln, the Continental Mark III was marketed and serviced through the Lincoln-Mercury dealer network. Over a number of various names considered for the vehicle, Continental Mark III was chosen, as Henry Ford II thought the Continental Mark II did not have a proper successor (thus restarting the nomenclature).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://auto.howstuffworks.com/lincoln-cars9.htm |title=How Lincoln Cars Work |date=2007-06-08 |website=How Stuff Works |access-date=2022-05-08}}</ref>

Alongside the 1968 Lincoln Continental, the Continental Mark III marked the debut of the {{convert|460|CID|L|1|abbr=on}} Ford 385-series V8 rated at {{convert|365|hp|kW PS|0|abbr=on}} and {{convert|500|lb.ft|N·m|0|abbr=on}} torque and also became the first Ford vehicle to be fitted with anti-lock brakes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eldorado-seville.com/MarkIII/MarkIII/history.html |title=The History of my Mark III |last=Loidl |first=Gerald |website=eldorado-seville.com |access-date=2018-05-20}}</ref> As standard equipment, the Mark III was fitted with power door locks, power seats, and power windows. To control development and production costs, the Mark III was offered only as a two-door hardtop derived from the chassis underpinnings of the four-door [[Ford Thunderbird (fifth generation)|Ford Thunderbird]]. While sharing many styling elements from Lincoln, the Continental Mark III debuted many elements of its own, including hidden headlights and a redesigned trunk lid with a simulated spare-tire indentation (the actual spare tire laid flat in the front part of the trunk). It mixed European and American luxury features with the most prominent being an upright chrome grille inspired by a Rolls-Royce design and had a centrally-mounted Cartier electric clock on the dashboard.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Shea |first1=Terry |title=1969-'71 Lincoln Continental Mark III |url=https://www.hemmings.com/stories/article/1969-71-lincoln-continental-mark-iii | magazine =Hemmings Motor News |date=April 2018 |access-date=2020-12-27}}</ref>

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File:1969 Lincoln Continetal Mark III (27056867860).jpg|1969 Continental Mark III rear
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