One of the many features that make the upcoming Cadillac Celestiq stand out from the crowd is the coast-to-coast display panel, which serves to provide passengers with an immersive infotainment experience. More Cadillac vehicles, like the full-size Escalade, are receiving a similar treatment to help leapfrog the competition in terms of display screen size. Now, it appears as though the 2025 Lincoln Navigator is set to feature a pillar-to-pillar display.
GM Authority sister publication, Ford Authority, has learned from sources familiar to the matter that the 2025 Navigator – a direct rival to the Cadillac Escalade – is to boast a coast-to-coast infotainment screen to meet the competition from General Motors. Similar to the enormous screen found in the refreshed 2024 Lincoln Nautilus, the Navigator display will be slightly larger and curved at the ends.
It’s worth noting that the Blue Oval has introduced a coast-to-coast screen to a few Chinese-bound Ford and Lincoln vehicles, including the Zephyr sedan.
As of the time of this writing, it’s unclear what the exact dimensions of the pillar-to-pillar infotainment screen in the 2024 Cadillac Escalade will be. However, if it’s anything like the Cadillac Celestiq’s – which is 55 inches wide and includes highlights like 8K pixel density and Digital Blinds Active Privacy – it will certainly be game changing for the full-size luxury SUV.
In regard to other updates for the Escalade’s upcoming mid-cycle refresh, the exterior is expected to feature revisions to the front and rear fascia, as well as possibly new taillight clusters. Gigantic 24-inch wheel option will be on offer, along with a new roof-mounted communications fin.
Under the hood, the 3.0L I6 LM2 turbodiesel Duramax is expected to be replaced by the 3.0L I6 LZ0 turbodiesel Duramax engine, while the naturally aspirated 6.2L V8 L87 gasoline engine will remain as the standard powerplant. The GM ten-speed automatic transmission will direct power to the ground via the rear wheels as standard, or all four as an option.
As for structure, the Escalade will continue to ride on the GM T1 platform, while production will continue take place at the GM Arlington plant in Texas.
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Enough with the screens already!
It isn’t the first time one auto maker has copied another with features and designs, and it won’t be the last. Inreality, coping something or someone is the highest form of flattery there is. Even though it b may contain negative consequences for the copier. Both Cadillac and Lincoln have been coping each other for years, that’s just the way it is. So complements to Cadillac for being copied, and to Lincoln for recognizing a good idea. There! No big deal.
Bring on MORE screens. Replace the windows with monitors, all controls on screens, including the steering wheel, hell, throw some screens on the exterior. Put ’em in the headrests, the pillars, make the whole roof a screen instead of panoramic glass, and make any and all interior light sources little screens that can rotate through full RGB range for ambiance and whatnot. That’ll show’em. I don’t know who “they” are of what exactly they’ll be shown, but i do know it’ll be shown… On a Screen!
Looks like Lincoln is getting desperate. They have a very attractive and appealing truck! And it’s very popular with many. Cadillac just caught them off guard with the current Escalade and Cadillac hasn’t skipped a beat with younger buyers! The screens are getting out of hand seriously!
Lincoln had this planned before the article stated it was planned. You can go back and see that it was already happening with their Corsair model, it was naturally going to come to the Navigator and likely the Aviator, if it hasn’t already.
Ahhh. I can’t wait till these massive screens start to black out and leave the owners with nothing. They won’t be able to change a radio station, looks at their carplay, change HVAC, see any speed or “guages” and will be lost in the abys of the black or blue screen. And I will be laughing all the way. Then I hope it costs these manufacturers thousands of dollars to keep replacing them.
Hey crysalis_01: You forgot one place they can stick more screens. They can put 28″ rims on these boxes and have plenty of space for a round screen on each massive wheel.
On the one more place:
LOL! I thought you were going to say ‘where the sun doesn’t shine’!
Robert: I thought that was a given due to how much I complain about them!! haha.
I have one more relative thought. For years Lincoln has had much more interesting and pleasant dashboards over Cadillac, only Cadillac never got the message to follow Lincoln. For years Cadillac has had the most boring dashboards of any car. I could never understand how come how Cadillac couldn’t see that. So even though Lincoln seems to be copying Cadillac, Lincoln dashboards have always been more interesting and attractive. So the credit still goes to Lincoln, and even now as Lincoln is copying Cadillac, at least Lincoln can see the benefits in Cadillac’s dash design and are going with it. That has never happened with Cadillac.
I think Cadillac doesn’t copy Lincoln because Lincoln is in Cadillac’s rear view mirror in sales. And objects are not closer than they appear.
They really can spare the cladding covering the Lincoln. Nobody cares what it looks like because no one buys them.
This appears to be a major refresh instead a complete redesign. Lincoln had a refresh recently and the current model been out since 2018. Sales may not get much better as they struggle to reach under 1,500 units monthly. This thing needs a complete redesign ASAP.
It won’t really change much on the Escalade. Current gen already has a huge, sharp screen that is much more cohesive with the rest of the design than the 55 inch one. However, a coast to coast design would be a huge upgrade over the current Navigator, and that plus a new T3 platform (T2 is current gen) and better interior design will likely make it a smash hit on release. Also, the Navigator redesign has likely been finalized for over a year, so they aren’t really copying but rather just using ideas they already had. The big screen was probably an idea since the pandemic began 3 years ago. Combined with the fact that, other than a stiffer chassis and bigger screen, the Navigator is already better in every other appreciable way, the new one will most certainly force Cadillac to take notice, and possibly fix their parts bin interior quality.