The Mark VII featured standard equipment including an onboard trip computer / message center and digital instruments (on all except the LSC models after 1985), and four wheel air suspension.

The Mark VII featured standard equipment including a fully digital dashboard, onboard trip computer, message center, automatic climate control four-wheel air suspension, four-wheel disc brakes, sensitivity adjustable automatic dimming high-beam lights and AM/FM stereo — as well as power seats, windows, locks, mirrors, deck-lid release and trunk lid pull-down, where the last movement of the closing trunk lid was power assisted.

The Mark VII was the first modern American manufactured vehicle to be equipped with a replaceable bulb headlamp system.

[citation needed] Ford had petitioned NHTSA for a rule change permitting replaceable bulb headlamp systems, which was enacted in the summer of 1983 in time for the introduction of the Mark VII.

For 1986, the Mark series was integrated into the Lincoln brand after being within the Continental marque for 18 years, ending the naming confusion.

To update its performance image, the 1986 LSC was given analog gauges in place of the all-digital dash; the engine output increased to 200 hp.

As the Mark VII carried a large list of features, the base-trim model was discontinued, leaving the luxury-oriented Bill Blass Edition and the performance-oriented LSC; both versions were priced the same.

For 1990, to accommodate passive-restraint regulations, the Mark VII was given a driver-side airbag and three-point seatbelts were added to the outboard rear seats.

There was also a 'Comtech' Mark VII, with a CRT touch screen, which did exist in at least one vehicle, it was on loan to Bob Bondurant while he had his driving school at Sears Point Raceway.

Ford Motor Company allowed him to have a fleet of new vehicles every year, and one of Bob's choices was the Comtech Mark VII.

[citation needed] Larry Albedi Motors (Lincoln-Mercury) in Vallejo, California, serviced the vehicle a couple of times before it was returned to Ford at the end of the year.