From Edsel Ford's private vision of a European-inspired grand tourer to the final, whisper-quiet sedan of the twenty-first century, American Elegance: The Lincoln Continental Story traces the remarkable journey of one of the most enduring symbols of prestige in American automotive history. Across eight decades, the Lincoln Continental evolved from a handcrafted luxury icon into a modern design statement, mirroring the nation's own transformation-through prosperity and recession, war and innovation, ambition and refinement.

This definitive narrative follows the Continental's complete story: its creation under Ford Motor Company's leadership, its place in presidential processions and Hollywood films, its triumphs in design and craftsmanship, and its dignified farewell in 2020. Every era of the Continental reveals not just an automobile, but a philosophy-luxury expressed through restraint, technology serving serenity, and beauty born from proportion and purpose.

Drawing on over a century of American industrial artistry, American Elegance celebrates how one nameplate came to define style, confidence, and quiet strength. It is both a chronicle of an automobile and a meditation on what true elegance means in a changing world.