2020 Lincoln Aviator to Alert Drivers with Symphonic Chimes at Los Angeles Show

Modern day cars have all sorts of audible alerts telling the driver of this or that event taking or not taking place. These sounds are usually cold, impersonal, and at times down right annoying because of the volume and type of sound used by the carmakers.

Because the Aviator is supposed to be the pinnacle of Lincoln's luxury SUVs, so must the experience of owning one, so those rigid sounds that told drivers they need to buckle up, for instance, were replaced with something easier on the ear.

With the help of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Lincoln created six unique chimes that will be telling the drivers they need to act and get some issue fixed. Ford says the chimes cover about 25 features in the vehicle, ranging from an open fuel door to an unlatched seat belt.

The chimes are structured in three alert levels, namely non-critical, soft-warning chimes and hard-warning and are the result of recording a violin (played by Adrienne Rönmark), principal viola (Eric Nowlin) and principal percussion (Joseph Becker).

Ford says it took the people involved several hundred recordings before deciding on chimes that satisfied all parties involved.

“This is quite a departure for us – introducing music into the informational chime world,” said in a statement announcing the feature Jennifer Prescott, supervisor, vehicle harmony at Lincoln.

“But we’re always thinking about luxury, and this was a way to take Lincoln to an even higher level.”

In the video attached below you can have a taste of how these symphonic chimes sound like.