Lincoln markets itself as a luxurious model and on the subject of offering comfy, serene driving experiences, it hits the mark. The Corsair’s well-tuned chassis isolates occupants from highway bumps and abrasions and there is sufficient cabin damping to maintain highway and wind noise at bay. Adaptive suspension is customary on the Grand Touring fashions however could be added to the Reserve trims too if you need much more cushioning. Passengers will not thoughts spending time within the Corsair, and whereas it isn’t an entertaining or overly-fun driving expertise for the one behind the wheel, it is nice and compliant. The steering feels mild and exact, and the SUV is sort of simple to maneuver.
All fashions get the Lincoln Drive modes, together with ‘Excite’, which is de facto simply Lincoln’s tackle ‘Sport’ – it companies up the suspension setting and tweaks the transmission shifts a bit of, however it’s probably not sufficient to warrant calling the drive sporty (which is possibly why the producer opted for the extra correct ‘excite’ descriptor). Throw it into corners at velocity and you will get noticeable physique roll, so whereas the Corsair is certainly not a rival for the likes of extra athletic SUVs just like the BMW X3 or Audi Q5, it handles each day driving and even longer highway journeys brilliantly.
Grand Touring fashions have PHEV-specific drive modes referred to as Protect EV and Pure EV, with the previous banking electrical energy for if you want it most by using each the engine and electrical motors; Pure EV mode permits the Corsair to run on electrical energy alone, in close to silence.
