1958 Lincoln Capri

The Lincoln Capri is an automobile that was sold by the Lincoln division of Ford Motor Company from 1952 until 1959. A full-size luxury car, the Lincoln Capri derives its name from an Italian island in the Gulf of Naples. Introduced as a premium trim variant of the two-door Lincoln Cosmopolitan, the Capri was introduced in 1952 as a stand-alone model line serving as the premium Lincoln. With the introduction of the Lincoln Premiere (and Continental), the Capri replaced the Cosmopolitan as the standard Lincoln product line.

The 1958 Lincoln Capri is a rear wheel drive coupé motor car with a front mounted engine, manufactured by Lincoln. Its 8 cylinder, overhead valve naturally aspirated engine has 2 valves per cylinder and a volume of 7 litres. For this model it musters power and torque figures of 375 bhp (380 PS/280 kW) at 4800 rpm and 665 Nm (490 lbft/67.8 kgm) at 3100 rpm respectively.

Some standard features in the 1958 Lincoln Capri was electric windows with child proof controls and a six way seat, a padded interment panel. There was also five ash trays with each having its own lighter. 

The 1958 Lincoln Capri was able to go 115 miles per hour.  It took the 1958 Lincoln Capri 9 seconds to get from 0 to 60.  The 1958 Lincoln Capri got 14 miles per gallon.

Lincoln advertising called the 1958 models “Classic elegance in motor cars.” For 1958, Ford’s advertising campaign placed much needed funding into the Lincoln brand, but it was not a good sales year due to an economic recession. Also, there were those who thought that the 1958 and 1959 Lincoln models were very unattractive, and the public wanted something designed much differently.