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Originally Posted by 96Fleetwood  Wasn't the 32 valve used in the Marauder? It could easily have been adapted to the Touring Town Car.
I can't find one of these Touring cars locally. I did find a 2000 Cartier with every option. I might go test drive it this weekend...
I just can't believe how bad these cars have depreciated. A dealer near me has a loaded 2003 Cartier for $11,500!! It has 68K miles. |
Yup, it was used in the Marauder.....
and thats exactly why everyone complains about the Marauder not really reaching full potential.... the 32v doesn't like the automatic. It's a totally different animal infront of a manual trans tho.
These cars depreciate... same as GM/Cadillac... I agree tho, for less then the cost of a brand new Kia Rio, Americas cheapest car, you can get a top of the line Lincoln, which is actually eaiser maintain for the DIY and possibly even cheaper.... but you loose 8 or 10mpg
The same depreciation is what allowed me to get my nearly fully loaded '96 Signature in great shape Florida-owned shape with 93k for $3,500..... which seems to be what an average '98 Corolla is going for
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Aside from the black bird's eye maple wood trim, what did the touring edition have over the "plebian" Town Car? I don't see any sort of Center Console/Floor shift/Bucket Seat setup, or even a Tachometer, so it's not as sporty as a DTS.
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I covered it in my previous replies.
Lincon wasn't trying to push the Town Car to be a "sporty" rival to the DTS.... thats what the LS was for. What was different cosmetically? IIRC some chrome was painted, different wheels, inside it got a uniqe two-tone leather interior as well as the wood trim.
The biggest differences are what the eye dosen't see tho, the lower gearing, but most notably, the firmer suspension. As I said before... stiffer shocks and springs, and thicking sway bars as well as other goodies.
Town Car didn't get a tach until the 2006? redesugned interior, when they all got them... I agree tho, a tach would be nice... but bucket seats and a floor shifter? so it can be like every other car on the road? Personally that is one of the things that appeals to me about the TC, because it's the last of it's kind.... I don't think I'd even want bucket seats or a floor shifter in a TC.
The Town Car Touring Sedan wasn't set out to change the whole automotive world... it was simply an option package otherwise not normally on such a car. The amount of them sold reflects the amount bought, which really shows the overall demand for them when new, from the original buyer. It isn't a package that screams look at me, and in fact, many people probably have a Touring Sedan TC and don't even know it, other then it may seem to ride a firmer then a normal TC.... sorta like my '96, only way to tell by looking at it is from the wheels, which were normally Cartier-only... otherwise it keeps quiet.... until I want to have fun with it in the corners when it starts to behave unlike any normal Town Car
