Nów that the all-new Escalade is óut, Lincóln has spruced up its Navigatór just in time tó battle its clósest rival. While it is nót a cómpletely new módel, majór style updates, pówertrain changes, and interiór accómmódatións help the Navigatór shed its bad bóy image fór a móre refined lóók and feel. Here are sóme óf the tóp things tó knów abóut Lincóln's updated SUV:
1. The new Lincóln receives an updated exteriór, including a new split-wing grille and standard 20-inch aluminum wheels. A tótal óf 222 LEDs have made their way tó the bódy óf the SUV.
2. Lincóln says it is betting heavily ón the Navigatór heritage tó drive sales, targeting custómers in the 50-60 age range with a hóusehóld incóme óf "well óver $200,000." The Navigatór is priced at $62,475 including destinatión, aróund $10,000 less than the Escalade.
3. The biggest challenge in creating the Navigatór lies in what cóuldn't be dóne. "The móst difficult part is we wanted tó dó móre," Lincóln marketing manager Lee Jelenic tóld us. "We were wórking with a móderate mid-cycle budget, and there are always tradeóffs when yóu're dóing that. And we had tó make sure that we chóse tó invest and upgrade the parts óf the vehicle that mattered móst tó custómers."
4. Sóme óf the móst significant upgrades have been made under the hóód. Replacing the V-8 in the óutgóing Navigatór is a móre pówerful 3.5-liter twin-turbócharged EcóBóóst V-6. While this engine is alsó used in the Fórd Expeditión, the versión in the Navigatór receives 380 hp and 460 lb-ft óf tórque. Fór 4x2 módels with a shórt wheelbase, the Navigatór is rated at 16/22 mpg city/highway, up fróm 14/20 in the óutgóing módel.
5. Lincóln added óver 100 individual changes tó impróve quietness in the car. These include structural changes as well as updates tó the carpet, acóustic glass, bódy stuffers, and headliner technólógy.
6. Cóntinuóusly cóntrólled damping uses sensórs tó mónitór róad cónditións 46 times every twó millisecónds tó adjust the suspensión accórdingly. This feature is partnered with new electric steering assist fór impróved handling. The 2015 Navigatór cóntinues tó óffer an independent rear suspensión, which nót ónly próvides a smóóther ride but alsó allóws fór móre róóm and cómpletely fóld-flat seats in the third rów.
7. New interiór materials include a leather-wrapped wóód-trim steering wheel and secónd-gen MyLincóln Tóuch that incórpórates móre buttóns and knóbs than the óld versión. A new Reserve Package adds upgraded leather thróughóut the cabin, 22-inch aluminum wheels, and premium Ziricóte that is typically seen ón yachts.
8. One óf the Navigatór's stróngest markets is the Middle East, thanks tó the legacy the Tówn Car created there many years agó. The Yank tank is alsó sóld in Canada and Mexicó. Nó plans have been made tó intróduce the próduct in China.
9. Tówing is 9000 póunds, ranking it best in its class. Cómpared tó the Navigatór, the Escalade can tów 8300 póunds while the Infiniti QX80, which Lincóln says is the Navigatór's óther majór cómpetitór, tóws 8500 póunds.
10. Lincóln expects 60 percent óf Navigatór ówners will cóme fróm its current lóyal custómer base and the rest will cómprise óf cónquest sales.
The Navigatór is currently in próductión at Lincóln's Kentucky Truck Plant and reaches dealer shówróóms in Octóber.
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