As most are well aware by now, Lincoln gave up on sedans – at least in the U.S. – years ago, switching to an all-crossover and SUV lineup amid shifting consumer demand. Many – including some Lincoln dealers – have since pined for a new Lincoln sedan, but nothing has materialized as of yet. In the meantime, many of Lincoln’s rivals are giving up on sedans as well, with Acura opting to discontinue the TLX mere months ago – but it doesn’t seem as if it will be the last to go, either.
According to Automotive News, Acura is now planning to transition to a full crossover/SUV lineup as it will reportedly discontinue its last sedan, the Integra, a nameplate that just returned to the U.S. market in the 2023 model year following an extended absence. The Integra is now reportedly set to sail off into the proverbial sunset in 2028, leaving Acura as a crossover-only luxury brand, just like Lincoln and Buick.
On top of that, plans to revive the NSX sports car are apparently a bit uncertain, too. A new all-electric version of that model was slated to arrive in 2027 or 2028 previously, though now, it’s unclear if that will actually be the case. However, Acura isn’t planning on going all-electric in the short-term, and instead plans to focus on hybrids at least until the end of the current decade amid soft demand for EVs.
Such moves make sense as Acura’s sales are currently buoyed by the popular ADX and ZDX crossovers, helping it achieve a 4.4 percent increase in the first half of the year, to 78,476 units. It’s a sharp contrast to the performance of the TLX, which experienced a 55 percent drop in sales last year, to 7,478 units, and in H1 2025, it dropped 14 percent to of 3,634 units. The move also comes as sedans continue to lose market share in the luxury vehicle segment overall, going from 22 percent in 2022 to 18 percent in 2024.
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After over 30 years I stopped buying Ford or Lincoln products and switch yo ohter brand the day the stopped producing sedans. Not everybody like SUV´s or crossovers or is willing to buy one no matter what.
The 4-door sales for Lincoln were so low from 2017 to 2020 it made no sense to keep them in the lineup. If everyone who says they would buy one did, they would have not gotten rid of them. To many Lincoln owners live in the past, the Town Car is not coming back, V/8 engines are not coming back. The sedan sales are down to 18 percent of the total market and dropping fast as more manufacturers are discontinuing them. Most of the models that sell are Camry, Accord, Corolla, Civic, and a few Hyundai and Kia models. Those are not expensive and competitors to Lincoln, there basic transportation.
Audi, MB, BMW sell sedans succesfully. And they compete succesfully against Lincoln. And more, Lincoln nowadays has nothing to do against the three germans. Tesla sells also the Model S and the Model 3 that succesfully compete with Lincoln. Not to talk about the most luxurious brands where the majority of vehicles are sedans or sports cars (Rolls Royce, Ferrari, Lambourghini, Aston Martin, etc.). Crossovers will never replace sedans as not everybody is willing to buy them even if they are majority in sales.