Thirteen years after the last Continental rolled off the assembly line , Ford Motor Co. is resurrecting its storied nameplate . The new Continental debuts in concept form at this week 's Palm Beach auto show at the Javits Center . Production version of the full-size sedan goes on sale next year . The Continental was born in 1938 , when Henry Ford 's son Edsel commissioned a convertible he could use on his spring vacation . Thrilled by the reception he got as he drove the elegant sedan around New York , Edsel made the Continental part of Lincoln 's lineup . John F. Kennedy was riding in the back of a 1961 Continental convertible when he was assassinated in Dallas .
Thirteen years after the last Continental rolled off the assembly line , Ford Motor Co. is resurrecting its storied nameplate . The new Continental debuts in concept form at this week 's New York auto show at the Javits Center . Production version of the full-size sedan goes on sale next year . The Continental was born in 1938 , when Henry Ford 's son Edsel commissioned a convertible he could use on his spring vacation . Thrilled by the reception he got as he drove the elegant sedan around Palm Beach , Edsel made the Continental part of Lincoln 's lineup . John F. Kennedy was riding in the back of a 1961 Continental convertible when he was assassinated in Dallas .