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2003 Lincoln Town Car

 

 
As one of the lucky auto journalists invited to take a spin in both the 2003Lincoln Town Car and Navigator, I was whisked away to lovely Santa Barbara, Calif. The first vehicleon the agenda was the '03 Town Car which has been updated with a new hood, fenders, and quarterpanels. But perhaps the most interesting changes are under the sheet metal: a new frame, steeringsystem, front suspension, brake-system upgrades, and improvements to the rear suspension. Front-framerails are now fully boxed sections of hydroformed steel, said to be lighter, stronger, and moreuniform than previously used welded-steel channels. Structural foam in the rails spreads crash energythroughout the frame. The body-on-frame construction, together with new body

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