2018 Lincoln Navigator reviews
02-09-18, 12:13 PM
#121
My point is "A new Range Rover is great off road" is all marketing hype. They want the customer to recall a picture like the one you posted, even though the trucks aren't equipped to do that sort of thing out of the box and nobody uses them that way. At least not until they're down to their 3rd or 4th owner who bought it for $2000 to bash around in the woods.
02-09-18, 01:07 PM
#122
I was decently impressed with it's interior at NAIAS. However, the doors were hard plastic from the halfway point down and a flap of the carpet on the front passenger side had peeled off (and this was 30 minutes after the show had opened to the public). I suppose it's still better than the Escalade which is all Ford needed to do to make sales.
02-09-18, 02:14 PM
#123
Lexus Fanatic
Thread Starter
I was decently impressed with it's interior at NAIAS. However, the doors were hard plastic from the halfway point down and a flap of the carpet on the front passenger side had peeled off (and this was 30 minutes after the show had opened to the public). I suppose it's still better than the Escalade which is all Ford needed to do to make sales.
02-09-18, 02:37 PM
#124
Lexus Fanatic
I like the Range Rover because I like the style, it’s classy, it’s capable, it’s a great size for me, and it rides and drives like a luxury sedan while having the ability to get me where I want to go in any weather. If I were to buy a Range Rover that would be why, not because “it’s a Range Rover”.
Ive driven all of those big luxury SUVs, not the new Navigator yet obviously. The RR is heads and shoulders the nicest vehicle to drive. You would never know it was a big, heavy a vehicle as it is when you drive it which you cannot say about anything else in the segment.
02-09-18, 02:49 PM
#126
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I was decently impressed with it's interior at NAIAS. However, the doors were hard plastic from the halfway point down and a flap of the carpet on the front passenger side had peeled off (and this was 30 minutes after the show had opened to the public). I suppose it's still better than the Escalade which is all Ford needed to do to make sales.
02-09-18, 03:55 PM
#127
Lexus Fanatic
Thread Starter
I'm not saying they don't have a great heritage of building off road vehicles, but that picture is a 20 year old Discovery, not a new Range Rover. Granted new RR's do have a pretty trick electronic 4wd system and adjustable air suspension, the hardware is there under the skin, but then the factory gimps them with on-road performance 22" low profile tire package.
My point is "A new Range Rover is great off road" is all marketing hype. They want the customer to recall a picture like the one you posted, even though the trucks aren't equipped to do that sort of thing out of the box and nobody uses them that way. At least not until they're down to their 3rd or 4th owner who bought it for $2000 to bash around in the woods.
My point is "A new Range Rover is great off road" is all marketing hype. They want the customer to recall a picture like the one you posted, even though the trucks aren't equipped to do that sort of thing out of the box and nobody uses them that way. At least not until they're down to their 3rd or 4th owner who bought it for $2000 to bash around in the woods.
02-09-18, 04:45 PM
#128
Lexus Fanatic
I'm not saying they don't have a great heritage of building off road vehicles, but that picture is a 20 year old Discovery, not a new Range Rover. Granted new RR's do have a pretty trick electronic 4wd system and adjustable air suspension, the hardware is there under the skin, but then the factory gimps them with on-road performance 22" low profile tire package.
My point is "A new Range Rover is great off road" is all marketing hype. They want the customer to recall a picture like the one you posted, even though the trucks aren't equipped to do that sort of thing out of the box and nobody uses them that way. At least not until they're down to their 3rd or 4th owner who bought it for $2000 to bash around in the woods.
My point is "A new Range Rover is great off road" is all marketing hype. They want the customer to recall a picture like the one you posted, even though the trucks aren't equipped to do that sort of thing out of the box and nobody uses them that way. At least not until they're down to their 3rd or 4th owner who bought it for $2000 to bash around in the woods.
Originally Posted by LexsCTJill
100% completely agree. Those Discos have solid axles. Proper locking diffs. Excellent angles of approach and depart.
http://robbreport.com/motors/cars/la...velar-2770781/
02-09-18, 04:49 PM
#129
Lexus Fanatic
Small it ain't. The Navigator has always been done on the F-150/Expedition chassis. And, if course, a few years ago, they introduced a long-wheelbase version to compete with the Escalade ESV.
02-09-18, 05:38 PM
#130
Lexus Fanatic
Range Rovers actually are quite capable off-road out of the box.
02-09-18, 05:46 PM
#131
Lexus Fanatic
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02-09-18, 06:17 PM
#132
Lexus Fanatic
02-09-18, 06:23 PM
#133
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02-09-18, 06:30 PM
#134
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Your are not going to go very far with 19” tires either. The new Tacoma Pro has 16” tires. It’s all good Navigator, Escalade, LX and R.R. models are all going nowhere off pavement.
Last edited by Toys4RJill; 02-09-18 at 06:34 PM.
02-09-18, 06:42 PM
#135
Lexus Fanatic
Now, of course, there is the added question if owners want to pay 90-100K (or more) for vehicles like this and then take them, with those nice paint jobs, plush interiors, and nice trim out in conditions which would scratch them up (SCRATCH-OUT is good stuff, but can only do so much LOL) and get them filthy. There is also the fact, of course, that many insurance policies won't cover off-road damage, even if the vehicle is capable of it. But those issues are probably off-topic here, and best left for another thread.