Lincoln does not build many cars like the Lincoln Continental Mark V: a 2-door coupe with 400 CID 335 Series V8, made in small numbers. Its designer of record is Gene Borndinat and team.
The story
The Continental Mark V is a personal luxury coupe marketed in North America by the Lincoln division of Ford Motor Company for model years 1977–1979. It was the third generation of the Mark Series that first began with the 1969 Continental Mark III.
At 230 inches (5.8 m) in length, it was the longest two-door coupe Ford has ever marketed. The Continental Mark V was assembled alongside the Lincoln Continental at Wixom Assembly (1957–2007), and were offered in several commemorative and designer editions; notable examples include the Diamond Jubilee Edition that was available in 1978 and the Bill Blass edition that was sold throughout the Mark V's three-year production run. For 1980, the Mark V was replaced by the significantly downsized Continental Mark VI.
What is underneath
Under the skin sits 400 CID 335 Series V8; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. Kerb weight is 4762 -. The gearbox is a three-speed C6 automatic. The layout matters: a front engine drives the rear wheels, the classic proportion — long bonnet, cabin set back — that most people picture when they picture a sports saloon or a grand tourer. The wheelbase is 120.4 in. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Its place in the line
Where it sits in Lincoln's history is not in doubt: the Continental Mark IV came before it; the Continental Mark VI followed it; it was built at Wixom, Michigan (Wixom Assembly Plant), United States. Nearby in the Lincoln catalogue sit the Lincoln First Call and the Lincoln Funeral Car.