1989 Lincoln Mark VII LSC

For 1989 the Mark VII line again consisted of just the LSC and the Bill Blass Edition, both standard with the 5.0-liter H.O. V8 rated 225 hp at 4,200 rpm and 300 lb-ft at 3,200 rpm and the four-speed overdrive automatic; a 1989 catalog confirms both cars shared this same engine as standard, with no induction type stated for it in the sources available and no manual transmission documented for either car. The Lincoln Mark VII Club notes a change to the LSC's power-steering ratio for the year, which Wikipedia describes as a minor steering revision aimed at handling; Wikipedia also lists 1989 as the last year for the Mark VII's hood ornament, without stating what replaced it or when.^1,2,3

Conceptcarz's own narrative gives 28,607 Mark VIIs "sold" for 1989, combining the LSC and Bill Blass without a separate split for either; Wikipedia's matching total traces to the same club-sourced lineage rather than an independent factory count, so this record treats 28,607 as a single reported figure rather than one confirmed by two separate lineages. The 1989 catalog states that all Lincolns, including the Mark VII, were built at the Wixom Assembly Plant near Detroit.³

The Truth About Cars gives the LSC's price as $27,218, with the same article stating the Bill Blass Edition started at that identical figure, drawn from a junkyard-find retrospective rather than a period price sheet. This record no longer carries a separate price drawn from J.D. Power's live valuation pages, removed across this project on 2026-09-24 because those pages can change without notice and cannot be independently checked, and a price elsewhere that looks suspiciously exact to that figure may simply be quoting it rather than confirming it independently.⁴

The LSC and Bill Blass diverged in several standard specifications: the LSC carried a 3.27:1 axle, a handling suspension, fog lamps, analog instrumentation with a tachometer, and P225/60R16 tires on handling cast-aluminum wheels, while the Bill Blass carried a 3.08:1 axle, electronic instrumentation, and P215/70R15 whitewall tires on wire-spoke wheels instead. A ten-speaker Ford JBL audio system with a 140-watt amplifier, a power moonroof, an automatic-dimming mirror, an anti-theft alarm, and a Traction-Lok axle were all optional on both cars, with no price for any of them found in an accessible documented source.

Eleven exterior colors were charted, from Midnight Black Clearcoat and Silver Frost Clearcoat Metallic through Arctic White and Bright Currant Red Clearcoat Metallic, with three further colors, Pewter, Light Crystal Blue, and Medium Driftwood, reserved for the LSC specifically. Interior colors ran to five for the LSC (Shadow Blue, Titanium, Sandalwood, Currant Red, Raven Black) against just two for the Bill Blass (Titanium, Currant Red). The LSC's standard seats were articulated sport seats in leather, with leather-and-cloth-insert or non-articulated leather seats available at no extra charge. The LSC's own tires and wheels are separately reported as P225/60R16 Goodyear Eagle GT+4 on 16-inch aluminum wheels, a specification the source describes as holding from 1988 onward rather than as new for 1989 specifically, and no separate wheel or tire specification for the Bill Blass Edition was found in an accessible documented source.⁵