The 1983-1988 Fox-based personal luxury coupes from Ford are all underrated, but to differing degrees. The Mercury Cougar was the ugly duckling and didn’t have much going for it in any department except that it had the same platform. The Ford Thunderbird, on the other hand, made a hell of a name for itself in NHRA and NASCAR, earning the “Aero Bird” nickname. And caught dead in the middle is the Lincoln Continental Mark VII. Visually, the Lincoln is a looker, with a great balance of old-school cues with the new school (for the time period) aero shape of the Thunderbird, but the diamond of the three was easily the Lincoln LSC. Marketed as a Euro-rival coupe and packing Mustang GT power, the LSC was a factory hot-rod Lincoln that, twenty-five years later, has aged well. Mustang underpinnings, handsome but understated looks, and a very comfortable interior make for a beauty of a daily driver or make the Lincoln a great candidate for a luxury sleeper. But in this MotorWeek review from late 1987, they seem to pan the car, complaining about the styling and tiny details in the only way they can. And while a 15.6 quarter-mile time isn’t fast, for a new car in 1987, it was, when you consider that a 1988 Corvette could only trap a 14.8. The only thing we think Lincoln missed the boat on? Not offering a manual transmission in one.