2020 Lincoln Continental Coach Door Edition Hits Auction With 2,400 Miles
Coach doors have long been the calling card of Rolls-Royce and Bentley, but Lincoln quietly built its own version — and one of the rarest examples just surfaced on Bring a Trailer with barely 2,400 miles on the clock. The car is a 2020 Lincoln Continental 80th Anniversary Coach Door Edition, number 48 of just 80 ever produced, and it’s about as close to a time capsule as American luxury gets.
When new, this Continental carried an MSRP of $114,685 — serious money for a Lincoln, and serious engineering to match. Cabot Coach Builders in Massachusetts handled the conversion, stretching the wheelbase by six inches, reinforcing the structure, and fitting a set of rear-hinged coach doors that transform the back seat into something closer to a private lounge than a car interior. At 2,400 miles, this example hasn’t even broken in yet.
What Cabot Coach Builders Did To Make This Continental Special
The Continental 80th Anniversary Coach Door Edition wasn’t a factory trim Lincoln bolted together on a Tuesday afternoon. Cabot Coach Builders — a Massachusetts coachbuilder with a long history of high-end conversions — took the Continental Black Label as a starting point and went to work. The wheelbase stretch of six full inches sounds straightforward, but it required significant structural reinforcement to keep the car from handling like a stretched limo. The result, notably, doesn’t look like a stretched limo. The proportions hold together well — arguably better than the standard Continental, which always looked a touch short for its width.
The coach doors themselves are the centerpiece. They’re rear-hinged, opening in the opposite direction from the front doors, which creates a wide, pillar-free entry that makes boarding feel genuinely theatrical. It’s the same trick Rolls-Royce uses on the Ghost and Phantom, and it reads just as well on the Continental.
The Rear Cabin Is Where the Real Money Went
Step into the back of this Continental and the spec list starts making sense. The rear seats are heated and ventilated recliners — not power-adjustable in the token sense, but genuine recliners with the kind of range you’d expect in a first-class cabin. Inflatable seat belts add a layer of passive safety that most luxury sedans at this price point don’t bother with. An LCD screen in the rear lets passengers control both the audio and climate systems without leaning forward to ask the driver.
The material choices reinforce the premium positioning. Jet Black Venetian leather covers the rear cabin, paired with Chilean maple wood trim — a combination that photographs dark and rich and, in person, reads as genuinely upscale rather than aspirationally so. This is not a Continental that got a badge and a sunroof. It’s a fundamentally different vehicle from the standard Black Label.
Only 80 Were Built, And Finding One With 2,400 Miles Is Genuinely Rare
Lincoln capped production at exactly 80 units, which makes this coach-door Continental rarer than most limited-edition performance cars people chase at auction. The example on Bring a Trailer is number 48, and its 2,400-mile odometer reading puts it firmly in time-capsule territory. At that mileage, the Venetian leather hasn’t creased, the maple trim hasn’t faded, and the coach-door mechanism still operates with the deliberate weight of something new.
For collectors in the American luxury space, this is a legitimate discovery. The Continental nameplate ended production after the 2020 model year, which means the coach-door edition represents not just a rare variant but the final expression of a nameplate with roots going back to 1939. There won’t be another one like it from Lincoln — at least not anytime soon.
One Open Recall Worth Knowing Before You Bid
The Bring a Trailer listing flags one item prospective buyers should factor in: there is an open recall on the rear-view camera, which reportedly produces a foggy image. According to the listing, the camera has not been replaced under the recall. It’s a minor functional issue on a car that is otherwise in excellent condition, and recall repairs are typically handled at no cost through a dealer — but it’s worth confirming the status before the auction closes.
The coach-door Continental offers a genuinely compelling alternative to European ultra-luxury for collectors who want something distinctly American, deeply rare, and — at its original $114,685 price point — far more accessible than a comparable Rolls-Royce. Whether the final bid reflects that value proposition is the question Bring a Trailer is about to answer.
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