The 2020 Lincoln Corsair has made its debut at the 2019 New York International Auto Show, putting other luxury crossovers like the Cadillac XT4 and Buick Envision directly in its crosshairs.
Based on the same scalable front-wheel-drive-based platform as the 2020 Ford Escape, the base Corsair is powered by a 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder making 250 horsepower and 275 pound-feet of torque. Customers can also upgrade to a 2.3-liter turbocharged four-cylinder, which makes 280 horsepower and 310 pound-feet of torque. All-wheel-drive is optional with the 2.0-liter engine and standard with the 2.3-liter engine.
The compact crossover’s exterior looks mimic the larger 2020 Lincoln Aviator, while the interior has a similar look and feel as well. Standard features include an app-based Phone As A Key system, a wi-fi hotspot, active noise control, and Ford’s SYNC3 infotainment system with a touchscreen display. Options include Lincoln’s 24-way Perfect Position seats with massage capability, a head-up display, a Revel 14-speaker audio system, wireless charging, and a larger 8-inch touchscreen.
Lincoln’s Co-Pilot360 suite of driver assist tech is also standard, which comes with Pre-Collision Assist with automatic emergency braking and Pedestrian Detection, blind spot monitoring, lane keeping and more. The more advanced Co-Pilot 360 Plus system is also offered, which adds adaptive cruise control with traffic jam assist, evasive steering assist and park assist.
The 2020 Lincoln Corsair is offering a more competitive engine lineup than the Cadillac XT4. The Corsair’s 250-horsepower 2.0-liter base engine is more powerful than the XT4’s 237-horsepower 2.0-liter and the Lincoln also offers an even more powerful 280-horsepower 2.3-liter engine.
As for the Buick Envision, it will probably turn out to be a less expensive product than the Lincoln – however, it is also beaten in the powertrain department by Ford’s new arrival. It offers a 197-horsepower 2.5-liter four-cylinder as the base engine and has an available 252-horsepower 2.0-liter.
The Corsair also appears to be offering standard equipment that the Cadillac and Buick aren’t – namely active safety tech such as emergency braking with pedestrian detection, blind spot monitoring and the like.
This is more of a personal opinion, but we also think the Corsair looks like the more expensive and upscale product of the three.
It will be interesting to see how these three crossovers compare once the 2020 Lincoln Corsair hits dealerships in the fall of this year.
Source: Ford Authority
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GM is getting left behind in the engine department again. No guts no glory.
So Ford has gone from Aston Martin look alike’s to the Bentley look, just like the Chrysler 300.
This car?
https://hotclutch.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/uglycar41.jpg
^ I can understand you not liking the styling, but that’s one of the most senseless and irrelevant links ever shared.
FWIW, I don’t like that Ford and now Lincoln are styling everything alike, but this is a good looking product on the outside, and it’s especially nice looking on the inside for its class. Speaking of class, I don’t know that power is that important in this segment, but It will likely run circles around the sportier looking XT4.
As an aside, Green Car Reports got just shy of 40 mpg testing the 2020 Escape Hybrid as well. It will be interesting to see if Lincoln offers a hybrid option for this. If they do, it will be just one more reason for Cadillac execs to bury their heads in shame.
One other item of note: this little **** box offers massaging seats–something Cadillac AFAIK makes available only on the Escalade.
Xt4 has massaging seats
I didn’t realize that. Thank you for correcting me.
As does the CT6.
“It will likely run circles around the sportier looking XT4”
Maybe not,
“The standard XT4 engine reaches peak torque at about 1600 RPMs and maintains it until about 5000 RPMs. This creates a customer-pleasing flat torque curve that is designed with spirited drivers in mind.”
https://www.cadillacalghanim.com/news/cadillac-adds-power-and-performance-with-all-new-20l-engine/
2019 Cadillac XT4 Base Curb Weight (lbs) 3660
2019 Ford Escape Base Curb Weight (lbs) 3755 – will the Corsair be smaller or larger the the Escape?
Competition is always a good thing.. and if General Motors didn’t abandon their Volt architecture, they could easily upgrade the Cadillac XT4 with a 300 hp electric motor then have a fuel cell to recharge and extend range which means Cadillac will need to consider some type of engine option because the XT4 will be seen as overpriced and underpowered.
The Volt architecture is outdated.
Well it already has an edge in engine power and maybe refinement. It also looks fresher with the XT4 looking similar to the XT5 which looks very similar to the older SRX. It also has a real proper name and the interior looks richer with more and better color choices.
i hope you have great year ahead…Now you can lodge your complains against Krogers at their online service center and win many fuel points
GM is getting hammered in the media about not offering safety tech std. Is GM deaf to this bashing? To me styling is subjective as I still prefer the XT4 over the Corsair and the only real real advantage is are the powertrain options standard safety gear.
The media don’t care about the reliability of those safety tech systems. Systems that take control of the steering and brakes is a recipe for disaster. It’s why the 737 Max 8 nosedived planes into the ground. Blindspot monitoring and other passive systems should be standard safety tech. But when it comes to auto braking and lane keep systems, they’re getting rushed out too soon by some manufacturers. The last thing I want is a computer slamming the brakes because something shiny confused the sensors.
That’s because GM can’t hear anybody over the screams of Wall Street, demanding more and more from their spreadsheets and keeping share price artificially low
The Corsair is a better package… it’ll see more than the XT4 by significant numbers… it looks better and it’s touch points blow the 4 into 3rd world status… typical GM, sub par for premium money then add incentives.. Vs build a car people “gotta have!”
If the Navigator is any example of Lincoln’s interior’s, Ford will find all kinds of cheap shortcuts. Lincoln has in the last 30 years always has major problems with the features inside.
“it’ll see more than the XT4 by significant numbers… ”
No.
It won’t.
Why would anyone buy a Ford built copy when for the same money they can have a REAL Audi or Land Rover?
“it looks better and it’s touch points blow the 4 into 3rd world status…”
You cannot, and do not, know this.
Without being bias as a Cadillac Owner, I honestly like the look of both the XT4’s techy, edgy look and the Corsair’s soft, flowing look. Both, in my mind, represent where each brand is headed design wise, but I do agree both are definitely more refine and more upscale than the Envision (although the Envision is getting a little long in the tooth). Inside though, I like that the Cadillac has gone minimalistic, the Lincoln has just a little to much bright work for me. But I do like that they have a lot of safety tech std. Honestly we need to give Ford some praise for finally giving Lincoln some much needed autonomy, although not completely Lincoln still doesn’t have it’s own engines or even one chassis that is unique to them. Not that that is a major complaint.
The interior of this thing is terrible. The Dash looks like something from the 80’s, the profile of the car is actually weird. the door panels and seats look nice but I couldn’t get over the dash..
The floating part of the console looks like it was just glued on; it doesn’t look like it’s a part of the entire dashboard and seems like a gimmicky afterthought.
Don’t believe me? Cover it up with your thumb, and see how the dash looks.
Yeah it looks terrible. They tried to be clever and it just looks tacky. It’s not going to age well. A few years from now it’ll look incredibly dated.
Wow. Lincoln just hit another out of the park! Way to go Lincoln. This Corsair blows the Cadillac XT4 out of the water in every way possible in my opinion. Looks, style, interior engine and a name that is easy on the ears and will be easy for clients to remember. Oh Cadillac, are you paying attention?
easily blows xt4 out of water.
How so? Awful interior and the exterior has too much chrome, and the worst trend of the last 2 years; the fake floating roofline. Its a boring car, in my mind.
It’s definitely the best application of their current design language thus far, but it isn’t much to work with.
only delusional diehard gm fanboyz would pick xt4 over this gorgeous baby. it’s a fact learn to deal with it.
Yet you on a GM site trying to convert GM buyers to defective Ford products…
# Driver Returns On Foot……
No offense Guestt, but Porki has nothing to do with someone like me contemplating moving to Ford (Lincoln) products. That’s a very narrow view point IMO.
It’s not anyone like Porki or others that are starting to drive that wedge between myself and GM. It’s the decisions being made by GM and the product (or lack of good products FOR ME) that are converting me. Just a thought.
But to keep crying about “Ford is so better” because of a couple of products everytime a Cadillac form pops up is redundant and silly. I don’t see many GM guys going to Ford sites trolling thier products but I see the opposite here (and worse on the other GM site).
Where was the better Lincoln in the past 20+ years?. If you want one buy it just like I bought a Ford over a GM one-time because GM didn’t have the vehicle I wanted at the time but maybe they will or I go Chrysler or total import next time, whatever is available to fit my needs, but I won’t have a non-constructive argument about GM every move they make.
We shall see. The XT4 is, according to Cadillac, the best seller in its segment.
I realize there is an extensive history of cars named Corsair, but I have to say I find it funny that it is still in use considering that the name means “raid, plunder”.
Nice styling. Should sell well if they get the word out. I prefer the Envision, but this looks nice.
It has nothing to do with the look of the car, it’s the quality. Lincoln, or for that matter Ford just doesn’t make a quality product. Their electronics suck, always have and I guess always will. When I buy a car I don’t want to spend my time visiting it at the dealers while they try to figure out what’s wrong with it. The last Ford product I owned they spent 1 year trying to repair it and the only way they finally did, after watching their Lincoln expert pulling out his hair at midnight at the dealers, was because of my knowledge of reading wiring diagrams, found a wrong switch that came from the factory that they kept replacing with the same switch, morons!
There was a video on TFL where they compared the Navigator with some of the competitors and they pointed out some glaringly obvious cheap stuff on the inside. The dash was horribly cheap and poorly put together in some areas. I just hope it doesn’t have dash warp like many of Ford’s other vehicles.
2020 Lincoln Corsair Lands To Take On Cadillac XT4, Buick Envision
So they are not taking on the Japanese, Koreans or any of the Euros. So its a race for last place? If you are not aiming for first, what’s the point in competing?
@TruthFl:
Why should Lincoln need to chase after the Europeans? I think the only reason Lincoln listed Cadillac with Buick is because it’s just habit. Personally, I don’t see the XT4 as being in the same league as this Corsair. The Buick is probably the best target at this point.
I give Lincoln a lot of credit for not full-on going after the German (Euros as you put it) or the others. I give them a lot of credit for, what appears to be, them going back to doing what they have done well for many years. Build quality luxury vehicles that are quiet and ride well.
Really don’t understand why some insisted the Corsair easily outclasses the xt4 in a major way in every which way? The XT4 is outselling its competitors and is number one in the segment. Will the Corsair be # one in the segment when it arrives? In terms of features and technology, both the Corsair and XT4 are equally match which both of them look good from inside and outside. Time will tell how well the Corsair drives compared to the XT4. Although the Corsair may seem to have an edge to some of you, the Corsair will be in a see of traffic that you can not distinguish from several feet. The front end, side profile and rear end is anonymous while the XT4 is very distinctive from every direction from several feet in traffic.
What is the XT4 compet?
@Johnls_39:
“Although the Corsair may seem to have an edge to some of you, the Corsair will be in a see of traffic that you can not distinguish from several feet. The front end, side profile and rear end is anonymous while the XT4 is very distinctive from every direction from several feet in traffic.”
I’m not sure I would agree with your above opinion. To me (an opinion), the Corsair is the one that stands out and looks the luxury part much better than the XT4. To me, the XT4 is difficult to tell apart from a Hyundai, Kia, Chevy, VW or a number of other smaller SUV’s. Although the Corsair also has too much ugly black plastic all around the bottom/sides of the car, it’s the XT4 that wins every award for having the most. The only color the XT4 looks good in is the black because it helps hide all the plastic.
You are in the minority who thinks the Corsair stands out in traffic. Just be honest, if you are several feet away and you see the rear of the Corsair, EQC & Cayenne in traffic all at once, would you be able to tell the Corsair? No, not likely you will tell and second guessing yourself.
I’m not taking anything away from the Corsair. It looks like a nice vehicle on paper but the reason why some on here ready to say that the Corsair is more effort put than the XT4 is that the XT4 does not offer a Platinum trim or Platinum Package where the Corsair offers a Black Label model in the line-up is not a fair comparison. Comparing the Reserve model against the Premium Luxury/Sport models is more of a fair comparison.
Apparently, 2.3K XT4s found new homes monthly between January-March and people disagree with your assessment about the looks of the vehicle.
The problem with Lincoln is they really lost their identity.
You see any Lincoln and it look nice but it really has nothing that says what it is. This one from the side has a little Land Rover or Saab to it. There is no distinct design language. here.
You see a BMW it looks like a BMW, Bentley looks like a Bentley, Benz still looks like a Benz. No mistaking an Audi for much else other than a VW. Even Cadillac has a look of its one and the new styling is more a transition than a change.
You get a Genesis it looks like a Discounted Benz.
You can debate HP and how big the screen is but Lincoln will never advance till they give people something that sets them apart in styling.
Ford suffers from the same thing Cadillac suffers from. No one is willing to fully commit to the brand and and the ever changing leadership sends a mottled message to the customer.
As for Buick it matters little as they have China and what they have here is just add on sales.
Lincoln dropped the ball on interiors. That looks pretty piss poor. The controls actually still look like a double din.
Here’s a fairly good article to read. Lots of pics of both the XT4 and Corsair. They tend to give the nod to the Lincoln, which I can certainly agree.
https://www.autoblog.com/2019/04/18/2020-lincoln-corsair-vs-2019-cadillac-xt4-how-they-compare-on-p/#slide-7289633
Lincoln has become Cadillac’s worst nightmare: better design, quality appearance, interior, engine. Maybe Cadillac still has the edge dynamically?
Amazing , the progress this once archaic brand has made.
The XT4 has an edge in overall feel and engineering of the vehicle than the Corsair. The engine in it is world class and out-classes Lincoln’s with less hp/tq., has a 9 Speed transmission which should help maximize fuel economy, has few unique things that the Corsair don’t have like vision camera mirror and NFC. And also, Super Cruise will even enhance this vehicle even further when it debuts.
Better design, quality appearance, and interior are a matter of opinion and subjectiveness.
Yea that V8 Lincoln is Killin Cadillac……?
Another article I just read on Left Lane News about the MKZ going back to a real name and going rear drive. Lincoln, you are beginning to steal my heart from Cadillac!
https://leftlanenews.com/lincoln/lincoln-mkz-successor-to-resurrect-zephyr-name-get-rwd/
My, don’t you have low standards (and a misplaced understanding of importance).
Brand names are always more important than model names, and not the other way around. It’s more impressive to say you drive a Audi or Cadillac then it is to have add needless qualifiers that require explanation like CT6 or Corsair.
Nobody knows what a CT6 or a Corsair is, and they won’t bother to wait for an explanation. They’d sooner hear the brand name and make their personal judgement about the owner and their status.
“I drive an Audi”
“I drive a Cadillac”
“I drive a Lincoln”
That’s all someone will hear, and where all of their impressions of what someone drives are developed. Anything more is superfluous and won’t change their opinion of what it is you drive.
All this back and forth over two brands that have had a century to get it right and still struggle with crap products…I’ll take the Tesla Model Y.