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The price of Lincoln's new Corsair (known in Chinese as "adventurer") was exposed on Sept. 12, with a starting price of $38690 (about 270000 yuan). At present, the overseas version of the mid-term revamped Lincoln adventurer official map has been released, as a medium-term revamped model, the new car will be adjusted for appearance, interior and power, and will be available in overseas markets in 2023. According to the online car market, the CX483 FHEV project is currently under tender, and CX483 is the internal code name for adventurers, and FHEV stands for hybrid power. It is expected that after the overseas listing, it will also be introduced into China at the same time.

Appearance design, the biggest changes of the new car are mainly concentrated in the front face, the front face is replaced with a larger polygonal intake grille, the interior is blackened by a dot matrix design, and on both sides is a new shape of split LED headlamp group, which is more recognizable as a whole. In addition, the surrounding area under the new car has also been adjusted, the lower grille is decorated with through strips, and the fog lamp area on both sides uses a new shape, which looks more fashionable.

The side and rear parts of the body are basically consistent with the cash model, but are optimized in detail. On the side of the body, the new car still uses a suspended roof, a classic hidden D-pillar and a through taillight design, with large-size rims. In terms of body color matching, red and blue body colors will be added to the new car. In the rear part, the new car continues to use through-type taillights, with a round and rugged exhaust layout, and the bottom panel of the new car turns black.

In the interior part, the new car continues the design style of the current model "T", which uses a lot of soft leather and is equipped with a 12.3-inch digital instrument screen and a 13.2-inch central control display. The central control screen of the new car has been upgraded from 8 inches to 13.2 inches. The interior of the new car is equipped with a Sync 4 system, and the area below the central control screen has also been rearranged to make it look more concise. At the same time, the new car is equipped with Lincoln's latest ActiveGlide 1.2 driving assistance system.

In terms of power, the new car canceled the 2.3T engine and replaced it with a 2.0T engine with a maximum power of 186kW. The plug-in hybrid model is composed of 2.5L engine and motor, and the maximum power is 198kW. Depending on the configuration, the new car will offer two options: front drive and four-wheel drive. After domestic production, it is expected that the new car will continue to carry 1.5T three-cylinder plus motor version. In addition, the new car is expected to add a new FHEV power version. Whether this is the case eventually needs further official verification. For comparison, the new Changan Lincoln cash adventurer offers 2.0T and 1.5T plug-in hybrid systems with maximum power of 180kW and 203kW, respectively.

As for the future performance of the car, Dan Dreubes, manager of the adventurer series, said in an interview with the media: "it is natural for adventurers to be the sales leader, and I think this is an approach that we will continue to adopt in other projects in the future." In terms of market competition, combining the current domestic luxury SUV market and the positioning of the new car, the new car will continue to compete with its competitors BMW X1, Audi Q3 and Mercedes-Benz GLB after its launch.

According to automotive industry concerns, Lincoln LINCOLN, founded in 1917, is a luxury car brand owned by Ford Motor, founded by Henry Leland. Lincoln China held a press conference in Shanghai in 2014 to announce that its luxury SUV MKC and luxury sedan MKZ officially entered the Chinese market. After entering the Chinese market, its sales have been growing by leaps and bounds. According to the data, Lincoln sold 11630, 32558, 54124, 55315 and 46629 cars respectively in China from 2015 to 2019.

At the end of 2019, the Lincoln brand decided that the Lincoln Corsair (Chinese name "adventurer") was put into production by the Changan Lincoln Joint Venture Company. The car is positioned as a medium-sized SUV and can be regarded as the successor of Lincoln MKC, with a 2.0T engine. On March 12, 2020, Lincoln's first domestic car, the adventurer, was officially put on sale at a price of 24.68-345800 yuan. The Lincoln adventurer, as the entry model of the Lincoln brand SUV product rectangle, is also the cheapest model. Positioning the luxury brand compact SUV is also one of the important sales sources of the Lincoln brand. After the launch of new cars, Lincoln car sales in China continued to grow. Data show that from 2020 to 2021, Lincoln car sales in China totaled 61761 and 91621 respectively, including an increase of 48% in 2021 compared with the same period last year. Become the largest seller of Lincoln cars in the world.

At present, Lincoln mainly sells domestic cars in China, including the SUV camp composed of adventurers (24.68-345800 yuan), aviators (51.38-763800 yuan), navigators (32.88-478800 yuan) and the car camp composed of Lincoln Z (25.28-340800 yuan). Lincoln's first domestic car went on sale in March this year. The new car has launched two models, iCool and I enjoy. The price of the iCool series is 25.28-335800 yuan, and the price of the ishare series is 26.98-340800 yuan. In addition, the mid-term redesign navigator also went on sale on July 29th this year. The new car launched only one model with a price of 1.428 million yuan. The new car is mainly designed for appearance and configuration optimization, and the power is still equipped with 3.5T V6 engine.

According to sales figures released by Lincoln, Lincoln sold a total of 19471 new cars in China in the first quarter of this year, 18215 in the second quarter, and 37686 in the first half of this year. The Lincoln brand risked 7659 vehicles in July this year, mainly from adventurers.

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