At a glance
| Lincoln Town Car | Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid | |
|---|---|---|
| Model years in the US safety record | 1981–2013 | 2010–2026 |
| New cars registered in Europe | — | 7,191 (2012–2022) |
| In traffic in Finland | 120 | 283 |
EEA new-car registrations (CC BY 4.0) · DVLA licensed vehicles (OGL v3.0) · RDW (CC0) · Traficom (CC BY 4.0) · generations: Wikidata (CC0).
Reliability and problems
| Lincoln Town Car | Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid | |
|---|---|---|
| New York safety inspections failed | 3.1% | — |
| … against cars of the same year | +50% | — |
| US owner complaints | 3,305 | 68 |
| Most complaints about | Electrical system | Service brakes |
| Model year with most complaints | 1997 (314) | 2012 (25) |
| US recall campaigns | 47 | 4 |
| Manufacturer service bulletins | 1,680 | 444 |
| NHTSA defect investigations | 77 | 10 |
Complaint, recall and bulletin counts grow with the number of cars sold and are not adjusted for it. UK MOT: DVSA anonymised MOT results (OGL v3.0); New York: DMV inspections; complaints, recalls, bulletins and investigations: NHTSA (public domain); odometer: RDW (CC0).
Safety
| Lincoln Town Car | Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid | |
|---|---|---|
| NHTSA overall rating | — | 4★ (2013) |
NHTSA New Car Assessment Program, most recent rated model year (public domain).
Fuel, emissions and price
| Lincoln Town Car | Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid | |
|---|---|---|
| Official combined fuel use, Canada | 12.9 l/100 km (2011) | — |
| Official CO₂ of new cars in Europe | — | 19 g/km |
| Average power of new cars in Europe | — | 112 kW (150 hp) |
| Average mass in running order | — | 1,605 kg |
| Average odometer in Finland | 222,000 km | 201,000 km |
Canada: NRCan Fuel Consumption Ratings, most frugal version of the latest year (OGL Canada). Europe: EEA monitoring of new-car CO₂ and on-board fuel meters (OBFCM), CC BY 4.0. Price: RDW catalogue price (CC0). Finland: Traficom (CC BY 4.0).