1media/1955_Lincoln_Futura-thumb.jpgmedia/Lincoln_03.jpg2020-06-30T10:38:25-07:00Anne-Marie Maxwell326ac6eff123bb3f77fb517c66299be8b435b479375141plain2020-06-30T10:38:25-07:00Anne-Marie Maxwell326ac6eff123bb3f77fb517c66299be8b435b479Lincoln’s experimental concept car, hand-built in Italy for $250,000 and seen here at the 1955 L.A. Auto Show, was dubbed a “hint of things to come in the automotive world.” While observers applauded the company’s attempt to push the boundaries of automotive design with its undulating clear-plastic canopy top and dramatically recessed headlight pods, critics noted its lack of side-view mirrors, enormous tailfins that obscured drivers’ rear vision, and other impractical features. The car gained new life a decade later as the inspiration for the futuristic Batmobile.