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Lincoln Corsair

The Lincoln Corsair is a compact luxury crossover manufactured by Ford and marketed by its Lincoln brand since 2019, superseding the MKC. The Corsair was Lincoln's best-selling model through 2023.

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Predecessor: Lincoln MKC

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Overview

The Corsair made its debut on April 17, 2019, at the New York Auto Show and shares its underpinnings with the fourth generation Ford Escape. The Corsair joined the Nautilus (previously the MKX), Aviator, Continental, and Navigator in the Lincoln model line. The name "Corsair" has previously been used on several other Ford products including the Edsel Corsair and the British Ford Corsair. The Corsair went on sale in late 2019 with Standard and Reserve trims, with the exclusively plug-in hybrid Grand Touring trim arriving later in 2020. In the Chinese market, deliveries of the Corsair (Chinese: 冒险家; pinyin: mào xiǎn jiā; lit. 'buccaneer') began in May 2020. The interior features a standard 8-inch display flanked by a speedometer and tachometer in the instrument cluster and 8-inch infotainment screen running Lincoln Sync 3 software. Integrated air vents span the width of the dashboard with buttons for operation of the computer-controlled transmission mounted below the vents, below which HVAC and media controls are located. Standard equipment featured a driver assistance suite marketed as Co-Pilot360 which included blind spot monitoring, automatic emergency braking and lane-keep assist. Optional upgrades include a 12.3-inch fully digital gauge cluster with integrated navigation, 24-way power seats marketed as Perfect Position, a 14-speaker Revel sound system, and a heads-up display. the optional "Co-Pilot360 Plus" package included adaptive cruise control, automatic parking, and a 360-degree view camera. Production of the Corsair, along with the Ford Escape ended in December 2025 at the Louisville Assembly Plant to make way for a midsize all-electric pickup to enter production in 2027. Powertrain. The Corsair comes with three engine options. The base engine is a 2.0 L turboc

Safety

The Corsair was an IIHS Top Safety Pick for its first 3 years of production. NHTSA crash test ratings (2020): Front Impact Rating: Side Impact Rating: Rollover Rating:

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Specifications

name

Lincoln Corsair

Production

August 2019–December 2025 (US), 2020present (China)

Model years

2020–present

Manufacturer

Lincoln (Ford)

Assembly

United States: Louisville, Kentucky (Louisville Assembly Plant), China: Chongqing (Changan Ford)

Designer

Kemal Curić, Shawn Wehrly

Class

Compact luxury crossover SUV (C)

Body style

5-door SUV

Layout

Front-engine, front-wheel-drive, Front-engine, all-wheel-drive

Platform

Ford C2

Related

Ford Escape/Kuga, Ford Bronco Sport

Engine

Gasoline:, 2.0 L EcoBoost turbo I4, 2.3 L EcoBoost turbo I4, Gasoline plug-in hybrid:, 2.5 L Duratec iVCT Atkinson cycle I4

Transmission

8-speed SelectShift 8F35/8F40 automatic, eCVT (Grand Touring)

Battery

14.4 kWh NMC Samsung SDI (Grand Touring)

Wheelbase

2710 mm

Length

4608 mm

Width

74.3 in

Height

1630 mm

Predecessor

Lincoln MKC

sp

us

Electric range

27-28 mi (Grand Touring, EPA)

Charging

AC: 3.3kW SAEJ1772 (Grand Touring)

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US EPA fuel-economy records

US EPA test figures (US MPG, US test cycle).

Sources

• Wikidata — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65075518CC0 1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-01
• Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_CorsairCC BY-SA 4.0 · Text © Wikipedia contributors; revision 1372053044 · retrieved 2026-10-01
• Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2020_Lincoln_Corsair_%27Signature%27_2.0L_Ecoboost,_front_2.20.20.jpgCC BY-SA 4.0 · Photo: Kevauto · retrieved 2026-10-01
• Manufacturer website (link only) — https://www.lincoln.com/luxury-crossovers/corsair/Link only; no content copied · retrieved 2026-10-01
• Car Model Index — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/Compiled record. Sources that do not permit reuse are not copied; this index is credited instead.

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