2020 Lincoln Corsair

Consumer Reports (opens in a new tab) says the Corsair is far more than a name change: it has been completely redesigned on the same platform as the all-new 2020 Ford Escape, with livelier interior styling and added standard advanced safety features, and a plug-in hybrid promised later. MotorTrend (opens in a new tab) describes moderate changes on the outside and huge changes on the inside, in the new direction Lincoln took with the Navigator, Aviator and Nautilus. Car and Driver (opens in a new tab) lists an 8.0-inch Sync 3 touchscreen as standard and a 12.3-inch digital cluster as optional.

Kelley Blue Book (opens in a new tab) puts used 2020 Corsairs at $19,850 for the base to $20,800 for the Reserve at a dealership, and rates fuel economy at 21/29 to 22/29 mpg city and highway. EPA rates the 2020 Corsair at 24 to 25 mpg combined and $2,500 to $2,600 a year in fuel, with front- or all-wheel drive.

NHTSA lists 16 recall campaigns for the 2020 Corsair. Several cover rearview camera faults: 20V575000 a poor electrical connection that may show a blank or distorted image, and 21V735000, 23V022000, 25V159000 and others a video output that may fail. 20V470000 covers insufficient clearance between the rear coil springs and toe link brackets, 20V550000 covers a start-stop accumulator endcap with missing or loose bolts, and 22V953000 and 25V338000 cover the driver seat belt warning chime.

Owners have filed 61 complaints with NHTSA: back over prevention with 18, electrical system with 12, unknown or other with 11, and service brakes, engine and exterior lighting with 6 each. CarComplaints (opens in a new tab) tracks the year's problems by category, and Consumer Reports (opens in a new tab) keeps a reliability page.

EPA rates the 2020 Corsair at 24 to 25 mpg combined and $2,500 to $2,600 a year in fuel. The Acura RDX lists 23 to 24 at $3,250 to $3,350, the Lexus NX 24 to 31 at $2,000 to $3,250 including its hybrid, the Audi Q5 24 to 27 at $2,850 to $3,250, and the Volvo XC60 23 to 27 at $2,850 to $3,350. The Corsair is ahead of the RDX on cost and in line with the others on mpg.