2017 Lincoln Continental
Presidential
Lincoln is bringing its new
2017 Continental to China, with the flagship saloon’s premiere to take place at
the Beijing Auto Show.
China’s Autohome got its
lens on an uncovered example of the Continental being prepped for the show,
with the pictures revealing no notable changes over the North American car
revealed in Detroit earlier this year, other than the clear turning lenses on
the headlamps and the ‘Presidential’ moniker at the back.
Speaking of which, the
Presidential badge likely signifies the trim and/or powertrain choice, which in the pictured car,
was the 400-horsepower 3.0-liter twin-turbocharged EcoBoost V6 engine paired to
standard all-wheel drive and an automatic transmission.
Further details on the
lineup and availability for the Chinese market should be released later in the
month.
In North America, we learned
that the new Continental will launch later this year with three powertrains
starting with the US$ 45,485 (includes a US$ 925 destination and handling fee) base
300 hp 3.7-liter V6 FWD model, climbing to US$ 50,690 for the 2.7-liter turbo’d
EcoBoost V6 and around US$ 60,000 for the 400 hp 3.0L twin-turbo V6 AWD model.
