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Lincoln Navigator
The Lincoln Navigator
serves as Lincoln's full-sized luxury SUV.
The Navigator shares the same platform with
the lesser Ford Expedition full-size SUV.
Introduced in 1998, the Navigator has proven
extremely popular, comprising 40% of the American
luxury SUV market in 2001. It is the larger
of the two truck-based SUVs produced by Lincoln
in the early 2000s, the smaller being the
Aviator.
The 2007 Navigator was
unveiled at the Chicago Auto Show in February
2006. It is joined by a long wheelbase Navigator
L based on the Expedition EL and shares the
new Ford T1 platform with that vehicle. The
L model is 14.7 in (373 mm) longer than the
standard Navigator.
The new Navigator
sports a large chromed grille and "power
dome" hood to emphasize its size and
power. An independent suspension debuted
in the second generation Navigator. However,
the 2007 model has a greatly improved design
that will cause the new Navigator to ride
even better than the vehicle it replaces.
The 5.4 L 3-valve InTech engine remains
unchanged, however, and is now surpassed
in size by the 6.2 L unit in the competing
Cadillac Escalade.
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