![]() Exclusive to the Mark VII was a new air suspension system, fitted as standard. Surprisingly the Thunderbird and Cougar were a bit wider than their Mark brother, at 71.1 inches.Īside from its looks and dimensional differences, Lincoln’s engineering team took several steps to ensure the Mark VII was a different, special luxury proposition. The new model was easier to fit into parking spaces than the Mark VI, which took up 78.1 inches of horizon. Likewise, the new Mark VII certainly wasn’t coming with width as it used to at just 70.9 inches. Its 200-plus inch length was five inches longer than the Thunderbird and Cougar, which measured 197.6 inches. Two-door Mark VIs stretched an impressive 216 inches of overall length in their time, but the Mark VII shrunk that figure to 202.8 inches. The Mark VII with its halo position obviously needed to be larger in all directions and measurements than other two-door Fox vehicles. Ford felt favorable about the use of different wheelbases for Fox-based cars: The Mustang used a 100.5-inch wheelbase, which was stretched to an intermediate 104.2 inches on the new-for-’83 Thunderbird and Cougar. ![]() The 114.4- and 117.4-inch wheelbases of the Mark VI coupe and four-door, respectively, were replaced by a 108.5-inch wheelbase in the new Mark VII. Though the Mark VII was downsized in every way over the already downsized Mark VI, its new shape carried off the contemporary luxury look much better than its predecessor. ![]()
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