Detroit Report

FACELIFT FOR ’94 CONTINENTAL Fora Motor Company’s Lincoln-Mercury Division introduced its ’94 Continental at the New York auto show March 29, ending speculation that the all-new Continental would still debut sometime in the 1994 calendar year. The ’94 Continental’s public introduction day was May 6, and the car is on sale now. The model-year makeover is a Lincoln effort to inject an element of newness into a long-familiar platform. Plans had called for an all-new Continental for ’94, but shifting economic priorities and last-minute engineering tie-downs pushed the introduction of the new car to next year. The ’94 placeholder model receives new grille, bumper covers, rocker and bodyside moldings, taillights, and colors. In addition, ride quality im-provements reduce lift and dive on acceleration and braking. The manufacturer’s suggested retail price for the ’94 Executive…