1media/1955_Lincoln_Futura-thumb.jpgmedia/Lincoln_03.jpg2020-06-30T10:38:25-07:001955 Lincoln Futura4plain2020-08-22T15:53:16-07:00Lincoln’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.
