Ford Motor on Thursday unveiled a smooth, futuristic idea automotive to showcase the corporate’s imaginative and prescient for its Lincoln luxurious model.

The Mannequin L100 idea pays homage to Lincoln’s 1922 Mannequin L — the carmaker’s first luxurious automobile — whereas showcasing its imaginative and prescient of what an electrical, autonomous luxurious automotive might appear like from the century-old model, Ford stated.

“Idea autos permit us to reimagine and illustrate how new experiences can come to life with the assistance of superior applied sciences and permit our designers extra inventive freedom than ever earlier than,” stated Anthony Lo, Ford chief design officer, in a launch.

The automobile is just not meant for manufacturing or to be offered to shoppers. Automakers routinely use idea autos to gauge buyer curiosity, generate consideration or present the long run course of a automobile or model.

The corporate declined to launch focused efficiency or electrical vary of the idea or such a automobile, if it have been to be produced sooner or later.

The idea is a smooth fastback with 360-degree glass across the prime of the automobile and enormous, outstanding wheels and tires. Lincoln badging, just like a earlier crossover idea earlier this yr, is illuminated on the automobile rather than bodily emblems.

Like futuristic ideas from different automakers, doorways and roof open outward from the again, permitting simpler entry and egress.

Contained in the automotive is loungelike seating and a big display for the middle management. It additionally has a “jewel-inspired chess piece controller” that replaces the steering wheel, based on the corporate. The inside is modular, permitting for modifications in seating configurations.

The Lincoln Mannequin L100 debuted as a part of Lincoln’s 100^th anniversary celebration at Pebble Seashore Concours d’Class, an ultra-luxury automotive celebration and present in California.