As a challenger in the domestic luxury car market, in recent years, Lincoln Motor has launched many explosive star cars in the SUV market, especially in 2020 to achieve localization, the brand's adventurer, navigator, aviator SUV "Three Musketeers" continue to sell well, widely recognized by users; the total sales in 2021 91,621, an increase of 48%; among them, the adventurer sales exceeded 50,000 for the first time, an increase of 57% year-on-year.
In 2022, Changan Lincoln will return to the luxury car market with the Lincoln Z, with a length of nearly 4982mm, a wheelbase of 2930mm, and a pre-price of 255-342,000 yuan, which has attracted the wide attention of German "34C" and "56E" prospective customers. The latest news shows that this Lincoln Z model that replaces MKZ will be listed on March 12, and today we will take a look at whether this new luxury sedan can give BMW the 5 Series a lesson.
Lincoln Z
BMW 5 Series Li
For domestic young users, high value is becoming a hard indicator of luxury cars, in this context, the family design language of German luxury cars seems to be somewhat the same, especially the entry-level entry models of low prices, such as BMW 525Li models, the cookie-cutter double kidney grille seems to be no different from 1/3 series in Xiaobai's view, and the details of low-end models, sports suits and luxury suits of the main sales are not so significant.
In contrast, Lincoln Z fully takes into account the young user's high requirements for product details, when the user carries the car keys close to the vehicle, the Embrace & Farewell welcome light and shadow system will automatically start, the "through-horizon light strip" will be lit, and the largest 1.8-meter welcome light blanket in Lincoln's history will appear on both sides of the body, and the sense of ceremony will be full.
In addition, it provides two styles of i cool and i enjoy two styles of appearance, grille, rim, side air intake decoration and body trim style have obvious differences, with fender decorations, hidden door handles, through-type taillights and many other fashionable elements, for users with different aesthetic appeals have a very targeted value interpretation.
The official definition of Lincoln Z is a luxury B-class car, but the length, width and height reached 4982/1865/1485mm, the wheelbase is 2930mm, but compared with the domestic "34C" long-axis version is not inferior, "three circumferences" have approached the C-class car standard, especially the body width and height, and BMW 5 Series Li is relatively close, which is of great benefit to the spacious and luxurious experience of the cockpit.
BMW 5 Series Li rear rear is raised in the middle
Lincoln Z rear row is raised in the middle
More importantly, Lincoln Z as a product of the transverse platform, its rear space compared to the longitudinal platform bmw 3 Series / 5 Series also has inherent advantages, the latter because of the central drive shaft and other components, the floor middle position is generally convex higher, Lincoln Z fully optimized the detailed design, the tiny bulge does not affect the middle riding experience at all, more friendly to the rear occupants.
Lincoln Z Center Control
BMW 5 Series Central Control
If you are ready to buy an entry-level BMW 5 Series Li, then practical features such as keyless entry, inductive trunk, 360° panoramic image, front seat heating, etc., all need to spend extra money to choose, slightly pursue the value experience of luxury cars, and the price on the road will run towards 500,000. The "cai version" that is simply not optional, the high probability of functional configuration and technology configuration is not as good as that of 150,000-200,000 domestic cars.
Compared with the German luxury car with a huge difference in high and low, the Lincoln Z interior can be described as "entry is the flagship", the whole series is equipped with a 27-inch 4K multimedia system, a 1.1-meter-long central control screen integrated into the Nebula interactive interface and SYNC+ Zhixing interconnection system, rich integration functions, split-screen design facilitates the independent operation of the main co-pilot, and supports intelligent AI voice interaction, intelligent navigation, in-vehicle entertainment ecology and car-home interconnection and other functions. In addition, the new car supports FOTA upgrade, and with the help of high-precision maps, some car scenes can achieve L2+ level intelligent auxiliary driving functions.
Also adhering to the principle of entry and flagship is the Lincoln Z powertrain, the whole series of standard EcoBoost 2.0T turbocharged engine, the maximum power of 246 horsepower, the maximum torque of 376 Nm, the book data is the same level of leadership, and with the latest 8-speed automatic transmission, the vehicle 0-100km/h acceleration time of 6.8 seconds, more fierce than the main sports attributes of the Honda Civic.
The German "56E", which we are familiar with, generally uses a 2.0T low-power engine in its low-end models, and even used a 1.5T engine (Mercedes-Benz E200). In contrast, the low-power version of the B48 2.0T engine used in the BMW 525Li also has only 184 hp /290 Nm of power output, and this data is now even surpassed by many 1.5T high-power engines, such as Mercedes-Benz's M254 1.5T, Nissan's VC-TURBO 1.5T, SAIC-GM's Ecotec 1.5T and many domestic 1.5T high-power engines, which is a bit compared to the positioning and price of the BMW 5 Series.
●Summary:
2020-2021, Lincoln Automobile localization full speed up, thanks to the cost compression brought by the shared chassis and production line with Changan Ford, the high cost performance of adventurers, navigators, aviators three domestic luxury SUVs has been widely recognized by users, Lincoln Z is also the product of the successful development strategy, high-quality experience with a very competitive price, for young users who look at the Sino-American luxury experience is very attractive, the future market prospects are also worth looking forward to.