Lincoln offers its Navigator SUV for 2023; three crossovers available

Just last year, Lincoln updated its full-size Navigator three-row sport-utility vehicle. Besides the redesigned full-size Navigator SUV, the Lincoln luxury brand includes the Aviator, Nautilus and Corsair crossover utility models.

The Navigator, which is essentially a full-size, luxury, body-on-frame SUV based on the Ford Expedition, is the flagship of the Lincoln line.

Lincoln Navigator

With three rows of seating and lots of cargo capacity, Navigator (base price range $79,725-$112,300) is Lincoln’s most-versatile vehicle, and also its mostpowerful.

Five models are offered: Standard ($79,725); Reserve ($91,935); Reserve L ($94,965), Black Label ($109,255); and Black Label L ($112,300).

Navigator’s twin-turbo V-6 engine produces up to 440 horsepower and 510 foot-pounds of torque. It’s connected to a 10-speed automatic transmission. Rear-wheel drive is standard, and four-wheel drive is available.

And with the debut of the newest Navigator, Lincoln raised the bar again in the full-size luxury SUV class with the introduction of more technologies.

Navigator is the first Lincoln vehicle to offer ActiveGlide, which the company says is “an evolution of Intelligent Adaptive Cruise Control with Stop-and-Go, Lane Centering and Speed Sign Recognition.”

Also updated, the Navigator’s SYNC 4 system, enabled by cloud connectivity, is now more intuitive than ever, with twice the computing power and the ability to wirelessly connect smartphones for seamless integration of Apple CarPlay, Android Auto and SYNC AppLink apps, Lincoln says.

Among its standard features are the Lincolnexclusive “Phone as a Key” technology, which first arrived on the new Aviator. Activated through the Lincoln Way app, the technology allows owners to lock and unlock, open the liftgate and, most importantly, start and drive their Navigator – all without a traditional key fob, the automaker says.

Power running boards are standard, as are heated and ventilated front-row seats and a wireless charging pad for compatible mobile phones.

Navigator also includes Lincoln’s Co-Pilot360, a suite of driver-assist technologies that include Auto High-Beam Headlights, Blind Spot Detection with Cross-Traffic Alert and trailer coverage, LaneKeeping System with Driver Alert, Lane-Keeping Alert, Lane-Keeping Assist, Pre-Collision Assist with Automatic Emergency Braking, Dynamic Brake Support, Forward Collision Warning with Pedestrian Detection, and a rearview camera with washer.

Lincoln Aviator

The Lincoln Aviator is a rear- or all-wheel-drive midsize, three-row, luxury crossover, which arrived all new for 2020, including regular gasoline-only and plug-in hybrid versions.

Lincoln previously used the Aviator name on a luxury version of the Ford Explorer in the early 2000s, and now has revived it for the new model, which is similarly based on the architecture of the current Explorer.

There are five versions – three of them gasolineonly, with either rear-wheel drive (standard) or the optional all-wheel drive: the Standard ($53,340), Reserve ($59,005); and Black Label ($80,725); and two with the plug-in hybrid system: the Grand Touring ($70,190) and Black Label Grand Touring ($90,280), both with all-wheel drive.

Gasoline-only models come with a twinturbocharged 3.0-liter V-6 engine connected to a 10-speed SelectShift automatic transmission. Allwheel drive is $2,500 extra. The engine is rated at 400 horsepower and 415 foot-pounds of torque.

The hybrid models have the same 3.0-liter engine combined with electric drive for a total of 494 horsepower and 630 foot-pounds of torque. This system combines a 10-speed SelectShift automatic with a modular hybrid transmission.

Hybrid models have impressive EPA ratings of 54 city/58 highway mpg-equivalent, with a range of about 21 miles on battery power only. Fast charging at 240 volts with the plug-in system takes 2-3 hours.

Regular gasoline models have EPA ratings of 18 mpg city/26 highway/21 combined with front drive, and 17/24/20 with all-wheel drive.

The Aviator has a long list of standard features and luxury amenities, with more added at each succeeding trim level.

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