especially in DC....

Absolutely, the 3.0T has plenty of grunt, but this is an American luxury flagship car - it deserves a V8. I will likewise be sad (and furious at Ford) if it ends up China-only. 

Just to point out that the ‘60s Continental did have a full B-pillar. It wasn’t as thick as the modern one, but it was at a time when its’ conventionally-pillared competitors had half-height B pillars and hardtop styling.

Best condolence I received was from a 14 year old boy. I was chaperoning a youth trip when I got a phone call that a coworker/my cubemate had died (Cancer. It was expected but not that soon.). Word slowly got around to the kids and, predictably, most of them had no idea what to do and sorta avoided me...except for…

I’ll call and raise you one one-eyed cat. (Meet Freddie Percury.)