If it were any bigger, it would be pushing into the RV segment.
The new Lincoln Navigator features gullwing doors, a three-step fold-out aluminum stairway, up to 30 seat configurations, a twin-turbo V-6 offering 400 horsepower and, in the words of Lincoln president Kumar Galhotra, “shifter buttons that resemble piano keys.”
How big is it? Designers took their cues from yachts.
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The concept vehicle presented at the New York International Auto Show on Wednesday is painted in a sea-and-sky effect “storm blue.” Inside there are teak finishes with aluminum trim and a “wardrobe management system” to contain gear for “a day on the water” or at the ski hill.
Ford Motor Company CEO Mark Fields said the Navigator, which would be more spacious than any of its vehicles, represents the brand’s “commitment to quiet luxury.” He says the premium full-size segment has only a few competitors (read: Cadillac Escalade) feeding a hungry market.
He introduced the Navigator as a concept vehicle, with evident intention to produce it for the 2018 model year.
When can we buy it, and at what cost?
Presuming it goes ahead, sales would begin midway through 2017.
Cool quotient
4.0 stars (out of 5)
Fields brought Lincoln spokesman Matthew McConaughey on stage at the Javits Convention Centre. The actor announced that he will continue as spokesman for a few more years. “It’s working for me, and it’s working for them,” he said. McConaughey personifies the cool class Lincoln is selling, but does anyone really need this gargantuan vehicle?