brucelinc Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 I don't think it is online yet but the February issue of Car & Driver has a road test of the Continental. It is more positive that the "first drive" report that was done earlier but it still had a lot of "this is not our kind of car" in the reporting. However, what I found interesting was the acceleration results versus the 404 HP Cadillac CT6 that they tested earlier. In spite of the Continental being heavier, in the most important measurements, it was a more than competitive. The 5-60 is very telling. The Nano has VERY little turbo lag. The Caddy was terrible in comparison. C & D reported 17 MPG observed for both vehicles. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoomerSooner Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 The Continental's 5-60 time is very impressive versus the CT6's engine. Odd, though, that the 50-70 passing time favors the CT6 and the 30-50 bears only a slight advantage to the Conti. I wonder if the CT6's 8-speed tranny is the advantage for passing maneuvers? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucelinc Posted May 22, 2017 Author Share Posted May 22, 2017 (edited) The 30-50 is the sweet spot of 2nd gear for the Conti and would take it through those speeds with no shift. The Caddy may have had a shift in that range. Gear changes often hurt acceleration times. The 50-70 times are really close and both would use 3rd gear but the Caddy 3rd is 2.08 vs 1.84 in the Lincoln so it would have had a slight gearing advantage. If you add the times together for a 30-70 acceleration, the Lincoln is faster. Edited May 22, 2017 by brucelinc 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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