Yup, it's for real. I drove one about 10 years ago. Couldn't get past the Lincoln-ness of it, though the BMW bits were fine. Sorta wish I had bought a BMW 524TD when I had the chance, but then when they break....

__________________
80 300SD (129k mi) 82 240D stick (193k mi)77 240D auto - stick to be (153k mi) 85 380SL (145k mi) 89 BMW 535i 82 Diesel Rabbit Pickup (374k mi) 91 Jetta IDI Diesel (155k mi) 81 VW Rabbit Convertible Diesel 70 Triumph Spitfire Mk III (63kmi)66 Triumph TR4a IRS (90k mi)67 Ford F-100 (??)