When the Continental became a taurus drivetrained pile... That's when the corpse of Lincoln headed for the cremator... The death of the true Town Car chassis and end of the Mark 8 is when the urn got knocked into the fireplace... If a dealer tells you they sell new Lincolns, don't be decieved! They don't make Lincoln anymore... They haven't for years... If we are truly talking about what killed a thing, and not just what stopped banging on its lifeless chest I'll start a thread on it... It was called Saab... GM didn't just kill that one, they drove a wooden stake in it...