If you're a fan of big, beefy luxury off-roaders like Range Rovers and the Lexus GX, the most exciting thing to come out of the rumor mill this month has been whisperings of a new Lincoln based on the Ford Bronco. The new luxury off-roader, as reported by Autoweek, would see the brand building something like a Bronco with the front-end of a Lincoln Nautilus in order to compete with the Mercedes-Benz G-Class.The only problem? Lincoln is said to be eyeing a launch window of 2029 to 2030. That's a long time to wait for a fancy Ford Bronco. In the meantime, the next best thing might be a Lincoln Blackwood. The Blackwood was a mostly overlooked luxury pickup truck, undone in part by its outrageous MSRP. Now that a quarter-century has passed, and the price is lower than ever, we think it's worth a second look. The Blackwood Was A Handsome Pickup That Struggled To Find Its Place Lincoln Based on a Ford F-150, the Lincoln Blackwood went into production in 2000, and was sold in the US for the 2002 model year before being quietly retired.Just like the truck's exterior design, the Blackwood's interior was a near-perfect clone of the Lincoln Navigator's, refitted for an F-150 four-door SuperCrew cab. The pickup's swanky cabin featured imitation black oak, heated and cooled Connolly leather seating for four, and a suite of creature comforts including premium sound, multi-zone air conditioning, an automatic sunroof, and a then-modern CD changer in the front console.Sharing its hefty 300-hp V8 engine with the Navigator, the Blackwood could pull more than four tons, and its four-foot-eight-inch bed could carry 1,200 lbs of cargo.This all sounds like a pretty attractive luxury pickup, but Lincoln only managed to sell 3,066 of these trucks in 2002, and another 153 stragglers in 2003. Lincoln only produced 3,383 Blackwoods in total, making it the brand's rarest production vehicle. The Blackwood Was Only Available In Rear-Wheel Drive Lincoln If you could pin the Blackwood's failure down to a single factor, it's most likely the fact that it was only available in rear-wheel drive.The truck's MSRP, as high as $54,495, comes out to a whopping $100,082 in 2026 dollars. That definitely wasn't helping matters any, but, without a four-wheel drive option (the truck was only offered in a single trim), we're not sure whether it could have been a hit at a lower price. The same year the Blackwood hit the market, Cadillac launched the Escalade EXT luxury pickup at an MSRP of $49,990 ($96,323 adjusted for inflation), outselling its Lincoln competitor four to one, with optional four-wheel drive and seating for five.Ironically, the Blackwood had been a product of Lincoln's rivalry with Cadillac. When Lincoln launched the Navigator in 1998, the brand was finally able to beat Cadillac in overall sales. Following that success, with what was essentially a pickup truck variant of the Navigator, and marketed as the "ultimate utility vehicle," seemed like a no-brainer.What Lincoln wound up producing was a bit of an oddity. Luxury SUV buyers weren't looking for something that could haul a load of gravel to the job site between executive meetings, and anyone who wanted to take a luxury vehicle off-road wasn't going to settle for two-wheel drive. Lincoln's Next Pickup Truck Was A Modest Hit Lincoln They say that you learn more from your failures than from your successes, and Lincoln's next pickup truck – the Mark LT – would go on to sell 10,274 units in its first year. The Mark LT packed a 300-hp 5.4-liter DOHC InTech V8 (branded as Triton in some contexts) paired to a six-speed automatic transmission. It could tow up to 8,500 lbs in its first model year, and, most importantly, it was available with four-wheel drive.The Mark LT was always a modest seller, having its best year in 2006, with 12,753 units sold, but luxury pickup trucks will always be a niche market, and Lincoln had finally found a way to approach that niche with the Mark LT. What Will A Lincoln Blackwood Cost You In 2026? Lincoln Now that we've spent the past 800 words or so tearing down this truck's shortcomings and faults, wouldn't you love to buy one for yourself? But seriously, the Blackwood is an attractive pickup, we just don't think a rear-wheel-drive-only full-size luxury truck justifies a price tag higher than a comparable Escalade. At current used prices, the Blackwood's powerful engine and handsome exterior could make for a very slick street truck, or a cushy weekend warrior that can occasionally pull a boat down to the lake.These trucks have always been somewhat scarce, and that's kept their used prices fairly high, despite a lack of serious demand. But, taking a look at current pricing via our own marketplace tools, we were able to turn up a handful of listings that see the trucks selling for a more reasonable average price than ever. A 70,976-mile Blackwood is selling for $15,999 in Illinois. A 123,109-mile Blackwood is selling for $8,995 in Georgia. A 77,219-mile Blackwood is selling for $10,899 in Minnesota. A 112,395-mile Blackwood is selling for $14,500 in Virginia. Our data is somewhat limited, given the scarcity of these trucks, but we've got all the numbers we need to tally up the current pricing range.Finding a Lincoln Blackwood for sale is like finding a needle in a haystack. Even so, 25 years later, sellers can see that nobody's beating a path to their door to take it off their hands, so it's a buyer's market out there. Lincoln Blackwoods Aren't Too Expensive To Maintain Lincoln It's basically a fancy Ford F-150, which means you'll have no trouble finding replacement parts, and every mechanic in the country knows their way around this truck. RepairPal estimates an annual maintenance cost of just $521, with the following accounting for the most expensive common fixes. Heater core replacement $1,599–$2,139 Air conditioning refrigerant line replacement $993–$1,043 Water pump replacement $635–$735 Parking brake shoe replacement $356–$491 Spark plug replacement $260–$360 Before you get too excited about cheap maintenance, remember that this is a luxury pickup from the era of big gas guzzlers, and it has a taste for premium. The Blackwood gets a meager 13 miles to the gallon, combined, with the EPA estimating an annual fuel cost of $4,450, assuming 15,000 miles a year, split 45/55 between highway and city driving.There's a lot to like about this truck, but, a quarter of a century later, there's just as much to dislike. It's cushy, attractive, and capable of pulling more than four tons in its wake. It's also outdated, inefficient, and only available in rear-wheel drive.We can imagine the Blackwood being perfect as a street truck, or for someone who wants to flex on a budget, but it doesn't make a lot of sense as a daily driver, given its abysmal fuel economy. It's not a great work truck, given the fact that you could buy a comparable Ford F-150 for less than $5,000. It's not a great off-roader, since it's not available in four-wheel drive. Ultimately, the Blackwood is a fascinating oddity, but its market appeal is just as limited in 2026 as it was in 2002.