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Continental 1956-1957 - Luxury cars

Name: Continental Mark II 1956
Brand: Continental

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Created in 2011

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Roger Gloor

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Karissa Hosek - Courtesy RM Auctions

- Courtesy RM Auctions

Corey Silvia - Courtesy RM Sotheby's

Bruno von Rotz

Teddy Pieper - Courtesy RM Auctions

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Continental Mark II (1956) - as lot 224 at the RM auction in Arizona on January 15/16, 2015

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Continental Mark II (1956) - as lot 101 at the RM Auction Motor City on July 26, 2014

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Continental Mark II (1956) - as lot 113 at RM Sotheby's Motor City auction on July 25, 2015

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Lincoln Continental Mark III Convertible (1958) - as lot 136 at the RM Auction Sam Pack on November 14/15, 2014

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Lincoln Continental Mark III (1968) - Classic car in Obwalden OiO 2011

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Summary

There were around 10,000 car brands and designers - most of them have disappeared. The post-war brand Continental can also be counted among these vanished brands. Turned into an own brand by Ford, Continental belonged to the US upper class. Lincoln-Continental existed until 2002.

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The post-war Continental brand had nothing to do with the car and aircraft engine manufacturer Continental Motors Corporation, although it did make a foray into car manufacturing in 1933/34 with the Continental Automobile Company. But in 1939, Ford's luxury brand Lincoln introduced the top-of-the-range Continental model with a V12 engine. Its style, co-designed by Ford's son Edsel, was groundbreaking; nevertheless, the model series was discontinued in 1948. But in 1952, Ford decided to elevate Continental to an own brand and corporate division. Edsel's youngest son, William Clay Ford, was offered the job of managing it.

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