Lincoln debuted the Star Concept, giving us a glimpse of the marque’s design philosophy moving forward. Ford’s luxury brand will launch three new EVs by 2025, and the Star Concept is a rough idea of how the cars will look when they arrive.

The Future Of Lincoln Is Here

Lincoln is a century-old company now, and even though it never really is in the spotlight, it has been doing pretty well lately. In fact, the brand reported its best sales figures in the last 21 years, showing that it is ready to enter the electrification era with a bang. The Star Concept, as the company’s president, Joy Falotico, noted, will “lead the way for our portfolio of fully electric vehicles”.

What’s Special On The Outside?

Although the company will be evolving its ‘Quiet Flight’ design philosophy moving forward, the company’s executives noted that the future also gives them a chance to reimagine what a car could look like. On that front, the Lincoln Star concept succeeds. It doesn’t look too mainstream in this form, but it definitely looks like something that could be toned down a little and be offered to the market in the production form.

‘Light’ plays an important role in the concept, and that’s evident in a lot of aspects. For starters, the A- and D-pillars are see-through, thanks to the 3D-printed metal latticework. The frunk hood is an electro-chromatic glass that is transparent when driving, and opaque when the car is parked. Under the frunk, you get illuminated first-row floors that flow into the interior to create an airy, open cabin.

The concept also showcases Lincoln’s rear- and all-wheel-drive flexible battery-electric architecture. The lighting aspect is taken to the next level with things like illuminated crystallines, and backlit doors, seats, and exterior features. Even the Lincoln star that you see up front lights up when you approach the car.

What’s Special On The Inside?

On the inside, you get a wing-shaped floating instrument panel, inspired by aircrafts. This isn’t something new with Lincoln. There’s a display here that runs coast-to-coast to basically create a digital panorama. It integrates the center control screen as well as the second-row screen.

The cabin also features wraparound seating, reclined lounge posture, and individual lounge leg rests. There’s also a glass beverage chiller integrated between the back seats. An interesting thing here is the Lincoln Attaché, which is a digital briefcase concept with a hidden compartment in the rear coach door that provides safe storage of tablets and laptops and doubles up as a charging pad.

For further convenience, Lincoln has installed a new Lincoln Intelligence System, that’s basically a digital assistant. It helps not just with the basic activities you see in cars these days, but also enables experiences such as connected vehicle-to-vehicle and infrastructure capabilities. It can even be used for driver-assist features by giving commands like Help Me See and Park for Me. The Star concept even features a one-touch pedal.

Lincoln also noted that there are three rejuvenation moods here, reflecting on the ‘morning’, ‘afternoon, and ‘evening’ parameters:

• First up, there’s the ‘Coastal Morning’ that uses oceanic sounds, a fragrance of sea mist, and the warm glow of the sun

• Next is the ‘afternoon’ aspect reflected in the ‘Mindful Vitality’. It helps re-energize the senses with upbeat audio, abstract artwork, glowing lighting, and a flowery fragrance

• The last is the ‘Evening Chill’ setting for you to wind up the day with a calming night soundtrack, a night sky video, and an evergreen fragrance

What They Had To Say

Conclusion

Lincoln didn’t mention anything about the battery, range, power outputs, or performance figures. All we know is that the electric architecture will support rear-wheel- and all-wheel-drive layouts. By 2025, Lincoln will have three new EVs, and in 2026, a fourth one will be presented as well. So, it’s safe to say that Lincoln might not be as proactive as Mercedes or Audi, but the marque will have a bright future from the looks of it.

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