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  • 2020 Lincoln Aviator, 2018 LA Auto Show

    With the reveal of the 2020 Lincoln Aviator at the 2018 LA Auto Show on Wednesday, Lincoln took another next step in its transformation to a contending luxury brand. The Aviator competes in the mid-size crossover class against the likes of the Audi Q7, BMW X5, Mercedes-Benz GLE, and Volvo XC90. Based on a new rear- and all-wheel-drive platform, the Aviator boasts three rows of seats, an available hybrid system, an air suspension with predictive adaptive dampers, and new safety technology. Lincoln will offer the Aviator with a twin-turbocharged 3.0-liter V-6 that the company estimates at 400...

  • Lincoln Aviator Teaser
    Lincoln Aviator's warning chimes were recorded by Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    When the Lincoln Aviator makes its debut in production form, it will have a little piece of Detroit engrained within it. Instead of using computer-generated tones, Lincoln approached the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) to record the luxury SUV's warning chimes, the brand revealed on Monday. The...

  • 2018 Hennessey HPE600 Lincoln Navigator
    Hennessey's 600-hp Lincoln Navigator has arrived

    This past March, Hennessey Performance Engineering announced HPE500 and HPE600 packages for the 2018 Lincoln Navigator. As of September, HPE has built the first modified luxo-barge. The HPE600 package, as it implies, ups the horsepower from 450 to 600. The package runs $19,950 and the buyer must...

  • 2019 Lincoln Nautilus first drive review
    2019 Lincoln Nautilus first drive review: Deep dive into crossover luxury

    “Underway on nuclear power!” That was the message from the USS Nautilus following its 1954 launch as the world’s first nuclear-powered submarine. From behind the wheel, the optional 335-horsepower, 380-pound-feet, 2.7-liter twin-turbo V-6 in the 2019 Lincoln Nautilus is silent and...

  • 2018 Lincoln Continental
    2019 Lincoln Continental gets more features, higher prices

    Following a price bump for the 2019 Lincoln Navigator, the 2019 Continental is now subject to a higher starting price. Like the full-size SUV, the full-size luxury sedan gains more standard features. Details come from CarsDirect, which reported the 2019 Continental will start at $47,140, or $985...

  • 2018 Lincoln Navigator
    Lincoln Navigator gets up to $3,500 more expensive for 2019, crests $100K

    Luxury SUV shoppers will face higher Lincoln Navigator prices for the 2019 model year. CarsDirect reported pricing analysis on Friday that shows the popular luxury SUV will cost up to $3,500 more, depending on trim. The increase means the Navigator L Black Label now starts at more than $100,000...

  • 2018 Lincoln Navigator

    Lincoln has been on a slow churn toward restoring long-lost former glory. Ford Motor Company's luxury brand is aiming for greatness, and the plan will either work or the company will fall back as a luxury also-ran. In an effort to nudge the ship in the right direction, Lincoln is looking for a few of its key dealers to break their showrooms apart from the Ford footprint. That means stand-alone stores, which Lincoln believes is the path to prosperity. According to a Sunday report from Automotive News, Lincoln is urging dealers located in the top 30 U.S. luxury markets to turn Ford-Lincoln...

  • 2019 Ford F-150
    Ford will shrink platform count to just 5

    Alan Mulally helped steer Ford through the previous decade's global financial crisis by moving the automaker's global lineup onto a core set of platforms under a strategy known as One Ford. It saw Ford go from 30 platforms prior to Mulally joining as CEO in 2006 down to nine in 2015, a year after...

  • 2019 Lincoln Nautilus
    2019 Lincoln Nautilus priced to start at $41,335

    Luxury buyers will have a new name to consider in the mid-size crossover market: the 2019 Lincoln Nautilus. Lincoln announced this week that the Nautilus, which takes over duties from the ambiguous MKX, will start at $41,335. Along with the pricing announcement, the Ford luxury brand also launched...

  • 2019 Lincoln MKC, 2017 Los Angeles Auto Show
    Lincoln MKC to be renamed Corsair

    As Lincoln continues to rid its vehicles of the largely unloved MK naming scheme, it appears the MKC will soon be called the Corsair. The current MKC is one of the remaining Lincolns without a name that is an actual word within the brand's current lineup, and Automotive News reported on Monday that...

  • Jay Leno's 1966 Lincoln Continental
    Jay Leno shows off his latest purchase: an all-original 1966 Lincoln Continental convertible

    Will Jay Leno ever stop expanding his collection of amazing cars? Probably not. One of the world's best-known car buffs recently made room for the latest addition: a 1966 Lincoln Continental convertible. What's so special about this particular Continental is that it's completely unrestored and...

  • Lincoln Aviator SUV, 2018 New York auto show
    Lincoln takes steps to protect resale value

    Lincoln is future-proofing the residual values of its vehicles by curbing sales to fleet businesses. In the short term, the move is hurting monthly sales figures. The plan is part of Ford CEO Jim Hackett's strategy to improve Lincoln's operational fitness, Automotive News (subscription required)...

  • Lincoln Aviator SUV

    “I think we had a series of sprints, then we got a bit winded and we stepped off the track,” said Robert Parker, Lincoln’s global director of marketing, sales, and service in an interview with Motor Authority at the New York auto show. After a series of fits and starts early this century, Lincoln now appears to be on the right track. According to Parker, it started a little more than five years ago. In December 2012 Ford Motor Company named Jim Farley, former group vice president and general manager of Lexus, senior global leader for Lincoln. That was the same time that the...

  • 2018 Lincoln Navigator
    Lincoln test-drives used-car subscription service

    Lincoln announced on Thursday it will launch a pilot for its car-subscription program in West Los Angeles and San Francisco. Unlike rival services, the vehicles will be used 2017 models, not new cars. The pilot will run through the Ford Canvas program, Ford's own subscription program that also...

  • Lincoln Aviator SUV, 2018 New York auto show
    Lincoln Aviator video preview

    Lincoln has been Ford's wayward son for decades. But suddenly the brand that didn't seem to have a direction has one. The future at Lincoln involves more SUVs and more electrification, and both are embodied in the reborn Lincoln Aviator. We last saw the Aviator in 2006, when it was a gussied up...

  • Lincoln Aviator SUV, 2018 New York auto show
    Lincoln Aviator returns as elegant three-row SUV with plug-in tech

    More than a decade on since the nameplate bowed out of production, Lincoln's Aviator is finally back. Unveiled Wednesday at the 2018 New York auto show, a new Aviator SUV carries the influences of the Continental and Navigator and takes things further, providing us with a better view of Lincoln's...

  • 2017 Lincoln Continental
    Could Lincoln bring back suicide doors for a future Continental?

    A beloved element is reportedly returning to the Lincoln Continental: suicide doors. The doors, featured on the 1961 Continental, have long been a cult favorite among fans. Automotive News (subscription required) first reported on the return of the suicide doors last Saturday following the 2018...

  • 2018 Hennessey HPE600 Lincoln Navigator
    Lincoln Navigator gets boost from Hennessey, but still no V-8

    Lincoln's Navigator impresses with its luxury and presence, but with a curb weight approaching 6,000 pounds the big SUV could definitely do with some added performance. Sure, the stock 3.5-liter twin-turbocharged V-6 is perfectly adequate with its 450 horsepower and 510 pound-feet of torque, but...

  • Teaser for Lincoln Aviator concept debuting at 2018 New York auto show

    All the rumors are about to prove true as Lincoln has just announced the reveal of an Aviator concept at this month's 2018 New York International Auto Show. The Ford luxury division posted a video to its Facebook page on Thursday that gives us a few glimpses of the SUV concept, which looks to continue the design theme first introduced in 2015 on the Lincoln Continental concept. We can expect something similar to the smaller Nautilus (nee MKX) SUV. Although a concept, the vehicle bound for N.Y. is expected to preview a production Aviator due in the next couple of years. This production Aviator...

  • Lincoln Navigator with brand ambassador Serena Williams
    Lincoln taps Serena Williams as latest face for Navigator

    Move over Matthew McConaughey. Lincoln has another face, and more specifically, it's for the new Navigator. Ford's luxury marque launched a new online social media campaign with tennis champion Serena Williams on Thursday. The announcement doesn't claim Williams will oust McConaughey, but she will...

  • Ford Kentucky Truck Plant
    Ford increasing production of Expedition, Navigator SUVs

    It's nothing but good news for Ford and Lincoln's full-size SUVs. Ford Motor Company announced on Monday it will increase production of the 2018 Expedition and 2018 Navigator to meet customer demand. Ford is making an additional $25 million investment in the Kentucky truck plant to boost output of...

  • 2018 Lincoln Navigator
    9 things you need to know about the 2018 Lincoln Navigator

    The Lincoln Navigator was once the gold standard for luxury SUVs, but it faded into history as time—not to mention limited investment from parent company Ford in its luxury brand—marched on. For 2018, the Navigator has been reinvented with the lofty goal of once again becoming the...

  • Matthew McConaughey in 2018 Lincoln Navigator ad
    Matthew McConaughey returns for 2018 Lincoln Navigator spot

    Lincoln's brand ambassador has returned for another intriguing advertisement, this time for the new 2018 Navigator luxury SUV. The brand launched the spot on Thursday before it makes its television debut on January 1 during the College Football Playoff. The spot, titled "Perfect Rhythm," features a...

  • 2019 Lincoln Nautilus, 2017 Los Angeles Auto Show
    Set sail for luxury? 2019 Lincoln Nautilus video preview

    What’s in a name? Well, for Lincoln, it’s a lot. We’re looking at the 2019 Lincoln Nautilus now, and also the luxury automaker’s future. And we mean it this time. In reality, the Nautilus is an updated MKX with a new nose. From some angles we see a lot of styling elements...

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