Lincoln Continental brings together trend-setting engineering innovations in electronics and composites with customer-oriented features that echo back to the original Continental, which was intended as Edsel Ford's personal car.

Business oriented features include a voice-activated, hands-free cellular telephone and dashboard readouts for the phone's status. Continental was designed with features intended to make every buyer feel like he or she owns a personal car. These include an electronic transmitter that can unlock doors, adjust seats, adjust mirrors, select radio stations and more, with preferences tuned to each driver's key fob.

The addition of global positioning locator will help in all kinds of emergencies. Michelin run-flat tires will reduce those incidents.

The Continental line has been an integral and influential Ford's luxury heritage for nearly all of Lincoln's rich history. Edsel was chosen to run the Lincoln Division in 1922, and led in designing Lincoln cars for many years.

This series of Continental is prepared to carry the Ford and Lincoln technology leadership into the next century.