Lincoln Motor Company

Lincoln Motor Company
Formerly	Lincoln Motor Company (1917–45); Lincoln-Mercury (1945–2012);
Company type	Private (1917–22); Division (1922–present);
Industry	Automotive
Founded	August 1917; 108 years ago (as "Lincoln Motor Company")
Founders	Henry M. Leland; Wilfred Leland;
Fate	Acquired by Ford in 1922, becoming a division of it
Headquarters	Dearborn, Michigan, U.S.
Area served	East Asia (China (except Hong Kong and Macau), South Korea); North America (United States, Canada, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Panama); Middle East (except Iran and Syria);
Key people	Dianne Craig (President)
Products	Luxury cars
Parent	Ford Motor Company (1922–present)
Website	lincoln.com

The Lincoln Motor Company is an automobile company in the United States. It is a part of the Ford Motor Company that sells cars in North America. The current Lincoln cars in the United States include the Lincoln Nautilus, Lincoln Aviator, Lincoln Corsair, and the Lincoln Navigator.

Lincoln is the luxury brand of Ford. It makes upscale luxury vehicles. The company was founded by Henry M. Leland in 1917 as its own company. It was bought by Ford in 1922. The brand is named after Abraham Lincoln.

Current production vehicles

Vehicles not sold in the core American market

Model			Calendar year introduced	Current model		Vehicle description
Model			Calendar year introduced	Introduction	Update/facelift	Vehicle description
Cars
	Z	Z	2022	2022	–	Executive/Mid-size luxury car, closely related to the Ford Mondeo
SUVs/Crossovers
	NAVIGATOR	Navigator	1997	2025	–	Full-size luxury SUV, closely related to the Ford Expedition.
	NAVIGATOR L	Navigator L	2006	2025	–	Long Wheelbase version of Lincoln Navigator. The largest non-limousine vehicle ever produced by Lincoln.
	AVIATOR	Aviator	2002	2019	2025	Mid-size luxury crossover SUV, closely related to the Ford Explorer.
	NAUTILUS	Nautilus	2019	2024	–	Mid-size luxury crossover SUV, closely related to the Ford Edge. Formerly the Lincoln MKX until 2018. Will be Imported to America from China for second generation
	CORSAIR	Corsair	2019	2019	2023	Compact luxury crossover SUV, closely related to the Ford Escape.

Former production vehicles

Automobiles

Model	Intr.	Disc.	Gen.	Description
L series	1922	1930	1	The first automobile produced by Lincoln
K series	1931	1940	1
Zephyr	1936	1942	1	Mid-size
Continental	1939–1948, 1958–2002, 2017–2020		10	Mid-sized and full-sized luxury car
Custom	1941–1942 1955–1955		1	Sold in touring sedan and limousine versions
EL-Series	1949	1951	1	Full-size luxury car
Cosmopolitan	1949	1954	2
Capri	1952	1959	3	Introduced as a premium trim variant of the two-door Lincoln Cosmopolitan
Premiere	1956	1960	1	Full-size car
Continental Mark II	1957	1957	1	Marketed by the Continental division of Ford; technically, "not a Lincoln"
Continental Mark III	1969	1971	1	Personal luxury car
Continental Mark IV	1971	1976	1	Personal luxury car
Continental Mark V	1977	1979	1	Personal luxury car
Versailles	1977	1980	1	Mid-size car
Continental Mark VI	1980	1983	1	Personal luxury car
Continental Mark VII	1980	1992	1	Personal luxury car; switched to the simpler name "Mark VII" in 1984
Town Car	1981	2011	3	Full-size sedan
Mark VIII	1993	1998	1	Personal luxury car
LS	1999	2006	1	Sedan
MKX	2006	2018	2	mid-size crossover SUV
MKZ	2006	2020	2	mid-size sedan
MKS	2008	2016	1	full-size sedan
MKT	2010	2019	1	Crossover SUV
MKC	2014	2019	1	Compact crossover

Trucks

Image	Model	Intr.	Disc.	Gen.	Description
	Blackwood	2001	2002	1	Pickup truck
	Mark LT	2006	2008	2	Pickup truck, continued production in Mexico, 2006–14

References

↑ "A short history of the Mercury brand". Ford. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
1 2 Davis, Michael W. R. (2002). Ford Dynasty: A Photographic History. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 54–55. ISBN 978-0-7385-2039-1. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
1 2 Lincoln Motor Company Briefing Book (PDF). New York: Ford Motor Company. December 3, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 3, 2013. Retrieved December 3, 2012. 1917 August: After departing a management position at the Cadillac Division of General Motors, Henry Leland and his son Wilfred Leland form the Lincoln Motor Company, which produces aircraft engines to fill World War I government contracts.
↑ "Our Brands: Lincoln Vehicles". Ford Motor Corporation. 2012. Archived from the original on April 28, 2014. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
↑ "Joy Falotico" (Press release). Ford. Retrieved March 29, 2018.

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[1] "A short history of the Mercury brand". Ford. Retrieved 2023-05-14.

[davis-2] 1 2 Davis, Michael W. R. (2002). Ford Dynasty: A Photographic History. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 54–55. ISBN 978-0-7385-2039-1. Retrieved 28 March 2018.

[lincolnbrief-3] 1 2 Lincoln Motor Company Briefing Book (PDF). New York: Ford Motor Company. December 3, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 3, 2013. Retrieved December 3, 2012. 1917 August: After departing a management position at the Cadillac Division of General Motors, Henry Leland and his son Wilfred Leland form the Lincoln Motor Company, which produces aircraft engines to fill World War I government contracts.

[4] "Our Brands: Lincoln Vehicles". Ford Motor Corporation. 2012. Archived from the original on April 28, 2014. Retrieved April 29, 2014.

[5] "Joy Falotico" (Press release). Ford. Retrieved March 29, 2018.

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