Photo: Behance | Nihar Mazumdar
Unlike parent company Ford, which still has a low-slung model in its US lineup, namely the new-gen Mustang, Lincoln has ditched all traditional passenger cars, thus becoming a crossover/SUV-only brand.
Its 2024 model year portfolio comprises the Corsair, Nautilus, Aviator, Navigator, and nothing else. Fans of the Dearborn premium auto marque still miss some of their previous low-slung machines, like the Continental that was sent off a few years ago with the mighty Coach Door Edition.
Not that many remember the Cosmopolitan, though. And for good reasons, as it used to roll off the line back in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Lincoln offered it as a full-size luxury car, with the first generation being offered with multiple body styles, measuring up to 222.5 inches (5,652 mm) from bumper to bumper in its longest form and packing a V8 with manual and automatic gearboxes.
The original Lincoln Cosmopolitan came out for the 1949 model year and was replaced by a second generation for the 1952 model year, which survived until the 1954 MY. Its successor was only available as a two-door coupe and four-door sedan. It was related to the Capri, Mercury Custom, and Monterey and was slightly shorter. Power was still supplied by a V8, and the manual transmission was dropped.
Harry S. Truman was driven in a modified Lincoln Cosmopolitan, with the White House leasing ten such models and having them modified to offer more headroom to allow its passengers to wear the then-popular tall silk hats. All of them were painted black, nine were fixed-roof models, and the tenth was an armored convertible built especially for the President. Dwight D. Eisenhower had the open-top one fitted with a plexiglass roof, and the vehicle remained in service until 1965.
Mind you, a modern-day Lincoln Cosmopolitan seems out of the question, given the company's focus on high-riding vehicles, and it would certainly not replace The Beast. Not the way Nihar Mazumdar imagined it, with futuristic looks, a small window line, a sloping roof, and a sleek overall profile with clean lines, flush-mounted door handles, and some contrasting trim here and there.
Does it look familiar? Well, it is because it was based on the 2022 Model L100 Concept, inspired by the 1922 Lincoln Model L. Well, based is too big a word, as the rendering artist only rearranged some of its pixels to make it happen. More specifically, it retains the futuristic shape, features new wheels, and has a few additional tweaks here and there. Moreover, the interior has nothing to do with the study.
This is a mere unofficial take on a possible new Lincoln land yacht, and while it may not materialize, we hope a high-ranking exec at Ford decides to lobby a similar idea. After all, America needs more large sedans, doesn't it?
Not that many remember the Cosmopolitan, though. And for good reasons, as it used to roll off the line back in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Lincoln offered it as a full-size luxury car, with the first generation being offered with multiple body styles, measuring up to 222.5 inches (5,652 mm) from bumper to bumper in its longest form and packing a V8 with manual and automatic gearboxes.
The original Lincoln Cosmopolitan came out for the 1949 model year and was replaced by a second generation for the 1952 model year, which survived until the 1954 MY. Its successor was only available as a two-door coupe and four-door sedan. It was related to the Capri, Mercury Custom, and Monterey and was slightly shorter. Power was still supplied by a V8, and the manual transmission was dropped.
Harry S. Truman was driven in a modified Lincoln Cosmopolitan, with the White House leasing ten such models and having them modified to offer more headroom to allow its passengers to wear the then-popular tall silk hats. All of them were painted black, nine were fixed-roof models, and the tenth was an armored convertible built especially for the President. Dwight D. Eisenhower had the open-top one fitted with a plexiglass roof, and the vehicle remained in service until 1965.
Mind you, a modern-day Lincoln Cosmopolitan seems out of the question, given the company's focus on high-riding vehicles, and it would certainly not replace The Beast. Not the way Nihar Mazumdar imagined it, with futuristic looks, a small window line, a sloping roof, and a sleek overall profile with clean lines, flush-mounted door handles, and some contrasting trim here and there.
Does it look familiar? Well, it is because it was based on the 2022 Model L100 Concept, inspired by the 1922 Lincoln Model L. Well, based is too big a word, as the rendering artist only rearranged some of its pixels to make it happen. More specifically, it retains the futuristic shape, features new wheels, and has a few additional tweaks here and there. Moreover, the interior has nothing to do with the study.
This is a mere unofficial take on a possible new Lincoln land yacht, and while it may not materialize, we hope a high-ranking exec at Ford decides to lobby a similar idea. After all, America needs more large sedans, doesn't it?
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