Today’s Photos : This Lincoln Navigator Concept With Gullwing Doors Previews Current-gen SUV

Today’s Photos : This Lincoln Navigator Concept with gullwing doors previews current fourth-generation of the full-size luxury SUV.

Ford’s luxury brand stunned the automotive industry during the 2016 New York International Auto Show by unveiling the Lincoln Navigator concept that previewed the current fourth-generation of the full-size luxury SUV.

The yacht-inspired Navigator concept packs several features found in the current Lincoln Navigator, including four cameras that provide a full 360-degree view of the car’s surroundings as well as screens at the rear of the seat headrests.

But one feature on the 2016 concept that failed to make it to the latest production version of the Navigator was the stunning gullwing doors, a special door, pioneered by the 1952 Mercedes-Benz 300SL race cars.

Explaining why the gullwing doors won’t come with the production version, the then-president of Ford North America, Kumar Galhotra, said the gull-wing doors was only used to showoff the cool features on the concept SUV, adding that are too impractical for most consumers.

“Gullwing doors are not at the top of their needs right now,”

“There are two reasons that we did this. One is that it’s a concept. Concept (vehicles) offer great ways to explore ideas,”

“The second is that the interior of the vehicle is very important part of this car for our customers… and best way is to turn the body side into a door.”

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