2015 Lincoln Navigator

We can only just trust that Lincoln is not depending to the Navigator to steer the wayward luxurious brand from its present plight. Attempting to bushwhack its long ago from a misplaced age of uncompetitive automobiles and misguided method, Lincoln is in the middle of what its advertising team calls a "commodity- and support-directed shift." It sticks to the worn-out "follow Ford" tactic and is in lots of ways precisely the same Navigator that is on supplier lots for decades. (While no one's speaking of a refreshed Expedition simply yet, we've got total faith that Ford will deliver an upgrade to it shortly.)

Despite revenue being a fraction of what these were 10 years before, substantial luxurious SUVs such as the Navigator nonetheless locate houses with about 80,000 customers every year--purchasers with large households, bigger playthings, as well as bigger wallets. With seats for up to 8, a towing capability as large as 9000 lbs, and also a beginning cost of just under $60,000, there aren't many vehicles such as the Navigator. This facelift, a half hearted effort to counter the 2015 Escalade's complete overhaul, is not likely to shift the Navigator's standing among its equals.

The 2015 Navigator is dependent upon seven-year old bones with unchanged outdoor measurements and carry over sheetmetal every where except the hood and also the tailgate. Up entrance, the household-appearance split-wing grille is skillfully applied to adapt a truck that otherwise resembles no other Lincoln. The tail face lift is not almost as successful. The entire-width tail light comes off as an undesirable mimicry of the Dodge Durango's buttocks and also the one-exit exhaust dangles awkwardly inches under the fender.

2015 Lincoln Navigator

EcoBoosted

Electricity reaches the earth by way of a carry over six-speed automatic and both back- or all-wheel-drive. Considering that the Navigator's rivalry is powered solely by 8-cylinder engines, Lincoln is positive it is going to earn the greatest EPA fuel economy standings in the group.

The body on frame design is a derivative of up-to-date Ford F150 underpinnings, with the independent suspension in the back. The brand new engine has afforded a change to electrically-assisted steering and elective adaptive dampers could be set to Standard, Relaxation, or, um, sport ways.

Leather, Knobs, and Alcohol

Indoors, the Navigator's recognizable towering dashboard panel was dressed up with spiffier substances. It Is all convincingly up-scale save for the low-priced, unadorned plastic ports together with the middle stack. The MyLincoln Touch infotainment program is typical and the most recent iteration contains tuning and volume knobs for the air, plus rocks for station-seek and fan-velocity functions. Fussy contact-delicate sliders mercifully are no where to be located.

2015 Lincoln Navigator

We stressed that the Johnnie Walker a small tough was being hit by Lincoln merchandise planners last August when the tradename pronounced its new Black Label trimmings. While there is been no reference of a Navigator Black Label, it appears like somebody might have changed the scotch with bourbon throughout the Navigator's improvement.

Lincoln execs and technologists have invested much more power and cash to the forthcoming 2015 MKC little crossover along with the 2014 Lincoln MKZ, to be honest to the Navigator. On the other hand, reasons and front-clip re designs are precisely what fueled the previous generation of fair vehicles.

2015 Lincoln Navigator First Look - 2014 Chicago Auto Show