Ford’s 98-year-old Lincoln brand is resurrecting the Continental full-size sedan 13 years after retiring the vehicle nameplate. Here’s a look at the Lincoln Continental through the years.

1. This undated photo
provided by the
Ford Motor Co.
shows the 1940
Lincoln-Zephyr
Continental
Cabriolet. Thirteen
years after the last
Continental rolled
off a Michigan
assembly line, Ford
Motor Co. is
debuting the new
Continental in
concept form at the
New York Auto
Show on Monday,
March 30, 2015.
The production
version goes on
sale next year.

2. This undated
photo provided by
the Ford Motor
Co. shows the
1941 Lincoln
Continental.
Thirteen years
after the last
Continental rolled
off a Michigan
assembly line,
Ford Motor Co. is
debuting the new
Continental in
concept form at
the New York Auto
Show on Monday,
March 30, 2015.
The production
version goes on
sale next year.

3. In this June 1946 file
photo, Henry Ford II,
grandson of Ford Motor
Co. founder Henry Ford,
is seated in a Ford
Lincoln Continental.
Thirteen years after the
last Continental rolled off
a Michigan assembly line,
Ford Motor Co. is
debuting the new
Continental in concept
form at the New York
Auto Show on Monday,
March 30, 2015. The
production version goes
on sale next year.

4. This undated photo
provided by the
Ford Motor Co.
shows the 1948
Lincoln Continental
Cabriolet V12.
Thirteen years after
the last Continental
rolled off a
Michigan assembly
line, Ford Motor Co.
is debuting the new
Continental in
concept form at the
New York Auto
Show on Monday,
March 30, 2015.
The production
version goes on
sale next year.

5. This Oct. 9, 2012 file
photo shows a 1948
Lincoln Continental that
belonged to baseball
great Babe Ruth, in
Amarillo, Texas. Thirteen
years after the last
Continental rolled off a
Michigan assembly line,
Ford Motor Co. is
debuting the new
Continental in concept
form at the New York
Auto Show on Monday,
March 30, 2015. The
production version goes
on sale next year.

6. This undated photo
provided by the Ford
Motor Co. shows the
1956 Lincoln
Continental Mk II.
Thirteen years after
the last Continental
rolled off a Michigan
assembly line, Ford
Motor Co. is debuting
the new Continental in
concept form at the
New York Auto Show
on Monday, March 30,
2015. The production
version goes on sale
next year.

7. This undated photo provided by the Ford Motor Co. shows the 1957 Lincoln Continental
Mk II. Thirteen years after the last Continental rolled off a Michigan assembly line, Ford
Motor Co. is debuting the new Continental in concept form at the New York Auto Show
on Monday, March 30, 2015. The production version goes on sale next year.

8. In this May 16, 2012 file photo, Harvey and Marie Bane roll into the parking lot of the Chattanooga
Choo Choo in a 1958 Continental Mark III as they and other enthusiasts gather for the Eastern
National Meet of the Lincoln and Continental Owners Club in Chattanooga, Tenn.

9. In this June 14, 1961
file photo, U.S. Secret
Service agents stand on
retractable stands on
President John F.
Kennedy's new plastic-
topped Lincoln
Continental limousine
outside the White
House, after its delivery
in Washington. The car
has three roof
combinations, a rear
seat that can be raised
and lowered, retractable
foot stands for Secret
Service men, two two-
way radio telephones,
and a master control
panel for power
accessories.

10. This June 1961 photo provided by the Ford Motor Co. shows President. John F. Kennedy's Lincoln Continental
limousine. The limo was the first presidential car equipped with a transparent roof for all compartments and has
other options including fabric roof covering, or use as a convertible, as well as combinations for the rear, middle and
front compartments. Thirteen years after the last Continental rolled off a Michigan assembly line, Ford Motor Co. is
debuting the new Continental in concept form at the New York Auto Show on Monday, March 30, 2015.The
production version goes on sale next year.

11. This undated photo
provided by the Ford
Motor Co. shows the
1961 Lincoln
Continental convertible.
Thirteen years after the
last Continental rolled
off a Michigan
assembly line, Ford
Motor Co. is debuting
the new Continental in
concept form at the
New York Auto Show
on Monday, March 30,
2015. The production
version goes on sale
next year.

12. This undated photo provided by the Ford Motor Co. shows the 1962 Lincoln Continental
convertible. Thirteen years after the last Continental rolled off a Michigan assembly line, Ford
Motor Co. is debuting the new Continental in concept form at the New York Auto Show on
Monday, March 30, 2015. The production version goes on sale next year.

13. In this Aug. 27,
1996 file photo,
visitors to the
Richard Nixon
Library &
Birthplace in
Yorba Linda,
Calif. get a look at
the limousine that
was built in 1967
for President
Lyndon B.
Johnson. The
modified Lincoln
Continental was
used by U.S.
Presidents,
including Nixon,
until it was retired
in 1978.

14. This undated photo
provided by the Ford
Motor Co. shows the
1972 Lincoln
Continental Mark IV.
Thirteen years after
the last Continental
rolled off a Michigan
assembly line, Ford
Motor Co. is debuting
the new Continental
in concept form at the
New York Auto Show
on Monday, March
30, 2015. The
production version
goes on sale next
year.

15. This undated
photo provided by
the Ford Motor
Co. shows the
1992 Lincoln
Continental.
Thirteen years
after the last
Continental rolled
off a Michigan
assembly line,
Ford Motor Co. is
debuting the new
Continental in
concept form at
the New York
Auto Show on
Monday, March
30, 2015. The
production
version goes on
sale next year.

16. This undated photo provided by the Ford Motor Co. shows the 1962 Lincoln Continental convertible. Thirteen
years after the last Continental rolled off a Michigan assembly line, Ford Motor Co. is debuting the new
Continental in concept form at the New York Auto Show on Monday, March 30, 2015. The production version
goes on sale next year.

17. This undated photo
provided by the Ford
Motor Co. shows the
1997 Lincoln
Continental. Thirteen
years after the last
Continental rolled off
a Michigan assembly
line, Ford Motor Co.
is debuting the new
Continental in
concept form at the
New York Auto Show
on Monday, March
30, 2015. The
production version
goes on sale next
year.

18. This undated
photo provided by
the Ford Motor
Co. shows the
2000 Lincoln
Continental.
Thirteen years
after the last
Continental rolled
off a Michigan
assembly line,
Ford Motor Co. is
debuting the new
Continental in
concept form at
the New York Auto
Show on Monday,
March 30, 2015.
The production
version goes on
sale next year.

19. This product image provided by the Ford Motor Co. shows the new Lincoln Continental concept. Thirteen years
after the last Continental rolled off a Michigan assembly line, Ford Motor Co. is debuting the new Continental in
concept form at the New York Auto Show on Monday, March 30, 2015. The production version goes on sale
next year.