Lincoln on Wednesday said it will produce an armored version of the Town Car called the Lincoln Town Car Ballistic Protection Series.

This is first armored car that Ford Motor Co. will sell through its dealer network, said Mike Vaughn, Lincoln spokesman. The vehicle, which goes on sale this spring, is expected to cost about $140,000.

About 15 U.S. dealers and a few non-U.S. dealers are expected to sell the armored car, Lincoln said. The automaker will build 300 armored Town Cars annually and expects about 70 percent of them to be sold in the United States.

The vehicle will be assembled in Ford’s Wixom Assembly plant in Wixom, Mich., then shipped to International Armoring Corp. in Ogden, Utah, which will add protective materials, such as bulletproof ceramic and glass.

Lincoln said the armored car will look no different from its normal Town Car.

Ford has worked with suppliers on developing the armored Town Car for almost two years.

oh... good for mafia huh?

 

most of these will be sold to us gov.

 

I didn't know stealing articles (word-for-word) from other sites and giving them no credit was the new trend. Can we at least link to the original site?

Anyway, I'm not so sure this is a good idea. 140k for a Lincoln Town Car? I know that dignitaries and such need cars like this, but 300 of them? Plus with BMW and Mercedes offering similiar models, I don't think there is a big market here anyway. Sadly, I think that an armored Navigator would sell better.

 

www.automotivenews.com you need a subscription to view most threads... and also.. :gives:

 

:rofl:

 

so long as the lincoln still has the age old gasoline tank between the rear bumper and rear axle all you'd have to do is rear end it to blow it up on its own

 

HAHA:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: Its a FORD. thats all there is to say about that.

 

I give a ****... and you don't need a subscription to read this one.

 

i said "to view most threads" :fawk:



and i didnt leave anything out of the article, dont worry

 

i always post the source or a link to the article itself...it allows others to read the true article itself (you can always change the article just by posting here)...it is wise to do so but just for future reference