The future Aviator features a full-length glass roof, hardly pulled from the past, shedding light on a wonderfully opulent interior. The dash is vaguely reminiscent of the current model, with its tall center stack in brushed aluminum trim. The same metal covers other key surfaces, with stunning vertical vents unlike anything currently in production.
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| Although vaguely reminiscent of the current model, the new Aviator's interior is stunning and features many unique styling cues. (Photo: Ford Motor Company of Canada) |
The squared off theme continues over to the stunning gauge package, retrospective in design but looking more like a classic wristwatch, maybe a Cartier Tank Americaine, Bvlgari Rettangolo, Patek Philippe Rectangular, TAG Heuer Monaco, or the like, rather than an instrument panel. Lincoln tries something different with its requisite wood trim too, featuring it at the lower edge of the dash rather than the usual placement across the upper middle. The result is original and effective.
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| The Aviator features a stunning gauge package, retrospective in design but looking more like a classic wristwatch than an instrument panel. (Photo: Ford Motor Company of Canada) |
The leather clad seats are wonderfully modern too, separated by a large, solid looking console. But as nice as they are, I'd prefer the middle row of seats hands down. Not only is the largest set of plasma screens that I've ever seen integrated into both front seatbacks, the rear center console deploys first-class folding lap tables with leather-trimmed pads, just like those in the front half of an airliner. Personal climate and navigation controls are also integrated.
The prototype's four reclining chairs include integrated leg rests, optimizing comfort. Just below, the literal floorboards are beautiful albeit hardly practical, matching the wood trim set into in the lower seatbacks. If Lincoln manages to bring this concept to production with its features and perceived quality in place, it will rival the Maybach 62 for rear accommodations, and probably have to be priced as extravagantly.