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As part of the second generation, the Nautilus is Lincoln’s first SUV to be exclusively made in China. For the 2025 model year, Lincoln has introduced its Rejuvenate System, that incorporates seat massage, a scent diffuser, and even an audio experience that matches your mood.
More controversially, Lincoln has changed its BlueCruise feature into a paid subscription, but every new Nautilus comes with a four-year complementary subscription.
Bespoke Lincoln styling
Peppy EcoBoost engine
Comes with or without hybrid drivetrain
Nicer Upgrades only available on highest trim levels
BlueCruise is now a subscription
Polarizing 48” Digital Dashboard
The Nautilus benefits from its 2024 upgrade
The 2025 Nautilus’ interior might not look like an extra shiny Ford with a clever badge on the front, but it sure is a Ford underneath. In fairness, the EcoBoost series of turbocharged Ford engines has been one of its biggest highlights over the last decade plus.
The turbocharged two-liter EcoBoost four-pot in the Nautilus keeps with this trend. Granted, it’s not the most powerful thing out there, sans hybrid. We’re talking 250 horsepower and zero-to-60 run in about 7.3 seconds give or take. You’ll get a combined fuel economy of 24 MPG for your troubles. Not great by any means, but not awful for an SUV of this size.
This same motor plus a 1.1 kWh lithium-ion battery, two electric motors, and 60 extra horsepower, and now this posh family runabout is very nearly into hot rod territory. It doesn’t quite make it there, but an improved zero-to-60 spring of 6.6 seconds and 30 combined MPGs does make for a much more tempting drivetrain. According to Lincoln, you’ll get up to 600 miles out of one tank of fuel.
Rule one of a luxury car is to make it spacious and comfortable inside. Step two is to trim it in as much high-quality leather as you can possibly source. Step three is profit. Well, Lincoln’s giving us hope with the quality of this interior.
Apart from the acres of plus leather trimmed in Black Onyx, Light Smoked Truffle, Dark Smoked Truffle, or Cashmere Sanctuar, the interior space is rather well laid out. For one, rear legroom isn’t sacrificed to make the front two seats feel spacious. You get 43.5 inches in the front and only 0.4 inches less in the rear. Now, that’s a well-thought-out use of interior space.
Cargo storage is pretty great too, and you’d hope it is considering what class of vehicle we’re dealing with here. We’re talking 36.4 cubic feet with the rear seats in place and a healthy 71.3 cubic feet with the rear seats in the stowed position. With a better fit and finish fresh from the factory than Lincolns of old, we can only hope it stays this nice over time.
By far, the highlight inside is the Onyx interior with contrasting Dusted Copper interior on offer with the Jet Appearance Package. Its a seriously impressive looking interior that takes some notes from ultra-luxurious makers. It might even trick some drivers into thinking it’s a Bentley inside.
Don’t like screen overload in your vehicle’s interior? Here’s your chance to click away. Not only does the Nautilus’ 11.1-inch high-fidelity center touchscreen look large and in charge, but the all-encompassing LCD panoramic panel next to it is an astonishing 48 inches. Believe it or not, that’s far from the biggest panoramic screen in a luxury vehicle these days.
Everywhere you look, the entirety of the dashboard is bathed in the glow of a sci-fi spaceship. Either you love it, or you hate it. But this is more than likely the way all luxury vehicles will be outfitted going forward. But if there were any stats you could point to on the Nautilus to make your jaw drop, it’d be the available Revel Ultima 3D audio system consisting of 28 speakers.
Elsewhere, available 22-way adjustable front seats cradle your body and adjust to your driving style beautifully. All while, the Nautilus Reserve trim nets Lincoln’s Co-Pilot360 Vision 2.2 driver assistance suite, the latest and greatest that Ford Motor Company has to offer at the moment. In every metric that matters for a luxury vehicle at this price point, the Nautilus checks the boxes in 2025.
A base model in name only. All the luxury and comforts a modern luxury SUV needs, just with some of the more over the top options packages and gadgets omitted and slightly less variety in the leather seats.
The remarkable 28-speaker premium sound system is the Hallmark of this trim. As is the available Jet Appearance Package with 22-inch blacked-out wheels, blacked-out exterior trim pieces, and a package-specific interior.
The halo Nautilus trim ups the ante with a sliding vista roof, two interior themes, Redwood or Chalet, plus trim-specific 22-inch rims. You can always get the Jet Appearance Package too for extra exclusivity.
If you’re only familiar with Lincolns from ten to 15 years ago, the advancements made on the 2025 Nautilus are nothing short of mind-blowing. But does that make it a better pick than a Lexus, Cadillac, or Audi? Well, the Cadillac XT5 sure looks a lot more like a Chevy Blazer with extra tinsel than this Lincoln does a bade-engineered Ford.
But as for the rest of its rivals, the Nautilus serves as a worthy and fitting adversary to industry heavyweights. Perhaps trademark Blue Oval reliability issues make the Nautilus a better deal as a lease. But hey, that’s how lots of luxury cars are obtained. So long as it puts butts in seats, it’s a win for Lincoln.
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Even on its own, the Nautilus is a fascinating luxury SUV. One with strong merits and not all that much to complain about fresh from the factory. At the very least, it’s one of the finest mid-size SUV Ford/Lincoln has ever produced. That alone is quite an accomplishment.
The Nautilus is made in the Changan Ford Plant in Hangzhou, Zhejiang China
No, the Lincoln Nautilus offers a regular hybrid
No, the Nautilus does not have third row seating