Textual content by Tom Appel
2025 Lincoln Navigator Reserve 4X4
Specs
| CG Report Card | |
|---|---|
| Room and Consolation | A |
| Energy and Efficiency | B+ |
| Match and End | A |
| Gasoline Economic system | B- |
| Worth | B |
| Report-card grades are derived from a consensus of test-driver evaluations. All grades are versus different automobiles in the identical class. Worth grade is for particular trim degree evaluated, and should not replicate Client Information’s impressions of the complete mannequin lineup. | |
| Massive & Tall Consolation | |
| Massive Man | A |
| Tall Man | A |
| Massive & Tall consolation scores are for entrance seats solely. “Massive” ranking based mostly on male tester weighing roughly 350 kilos, “Tall” ranking based mostly on 6’6″-tall male tester. | |
| Drivetrain | |
| Engine Specs | 440-horsepower, 3.5-liter |
| Engine Kind | Turbocharged V6 |
| Transmission | 10-Velocity automated |
| Drive Wheels | 4WD |
Class: Premium Giant SUV
Nation of Manufacture: U.S.
Shade: Grey Mist Metallic Tri-Coat
Seating Capability: 7
Miles pushed: 111
Actual-world gasoline economic system: 15.2 mpg
Driving combine: 65% metropolis, 35% freeway
EPA-estimated gasoline economic system: 15/22/17 (metropolis, freeway, mixed)
Gasoline kind: Common Gasoline
Base worth: $99,995 (not together with $1995 vacation spot cost)
Choices on check car: Particular paint ($750), energy massaging 2nd-row seats ($2050), heavy-duty tow bundle ($570)
Worth as examined: $105,360
Audio-System High quality
Poor Honest Good Very-Good Wonderful
Execs and Cons
The good: Class-leading refinement, excellent passenger consolation
The nice: Spectacular energy, good dealing with, runs on regular-grade fuel
The not so good: Massive worth improve for 2025
Overview
It might sound odd that there could be an “entry-level” model of Lincoln’s flagship SUV, however for 2025, the idea of an “reasonably priced” Navigator is totally quashed.
Newly up to date with contemporary styling and a daring, new, cabin-wide LCD show, the largest Lincoln is as upscale as ever, and for 2025, with out a base mannequin. We’ll speak extra about trim ranges in a second…
Competitors
Basically a luxurious interpretation of Ford’s well-liked and well-regarded full-size Expedition, the Navigator is as massive as SUVs come, and competes for patrons straight with the Cadillac Escalade, and more-or-less straight with the GMC Yukon Denali and Jeep Grand Wagoneer.
Engines
There is only one powertrain provided for 2025. Navigator is motivated by as 440-horsepower model of Ford’s ubiquitous 3.5-liter turbocharged V6 mated to a 10-speed automated transmission. All Navigators come customary with 4WD, and can run simply effective on regular-grade gasoline.
Massive and Large
And whereas there are not any selections as to what comes underneath the hood, Navigator may be had in two sizes: huge, and large. The usual-length Navigator stretches 210 inches and rides on a 123-inch wheelbase. The L version of the massive Lincoln is really huge, stretching 222 inches total, and using on a 133-inch wheelbase. As for the trim ranges…
Costs and Trim Ranges
Gone for 2025 is the Premiere trim degree, which began final 12 months at simply $83,265. We are saying simply, as a result of the Reserve, beforehand the midlevel Navigator, is now the least costly trim degree, with a beginning worth of $102,190. What this implies for luxury-minded tightwads is that the value of entry for a Navigator has risen practically $20,000 in a single mannequin 12 months. For the report, the least-expensive Escalade now rings the clock at only-slightly much less dear $92,295.
With the Premiere gone, Lincoln has inserted a brand new Jet collection into the center of its three-trim-level lineup. Take a look:
- Reserve ($102,190)
- Reserve L ($105,180)
- Jet ($105,690)
- Jet L ($108,680)
- Black Label ($119,190)
- Black Label L ($122,190)
New Jet Trim Degree
Observe that whereas Lincoln treats the Jet as a singular trim degree, the mannequin seems on the window sticker as an choice group on the Reserve. You may learn our overview of the Lincoln Corsair in Jet trim right here.
Check Automobile
Client Information not too long ago spent per week behind the wheel of a standard-length 2025 Navigator in Grey Mist Metallic. Together with just a few choices and the vacation spot cost, our check automobile got here to $105,360.
Dimension, Room, and Consolation
As a lot as attainable—it’s unimaginable to utterly deny the physics—the Navigator feels smaller from behind the wheel than it’s…until you’re attempting to park it in a public storage. Inside, nonetheless, this mighty Lincoln flagship feels large, which is kind of the purpose of proudly owning one.
Although all the massive SUVs provided on the market within the U.S.—besides the trimmer Lexus LX—are about the identical measurement, the Ford fashions really feel the roomiest to us. We admire the big door openings, comparatively simple step-in, ethereal cabin, and respectable outward visibility.
Although our check car was not a long-wheelbase L model, 2nd-row area stays huge, and threerd area is grownup buddy, offering that grownup is nimble sufficient to crawl again there.
Controls and Connectivity
Although up to date for 2025, we discovered the management format acquainted, and usually Ford easy-to-use, and that’s excessive reward.
Most spectacular, nonetheless, is the huge, pillar-to-pillar, LCD display which is positioned beneath the windshield. The sprawling, easy-to-read monitor may be configured to current no matter info you wish to see at a look, and is unbiased of the console display (see beneath). This editor selected to have an analog clock, present music alternative, a map, and journey info on show. And, regardless of the display location, it isn’t simply washed out, ever by direct daylight.
Cabin Appointments
The cabin itself is a cultured, understated affair. Lined with top-notch supplies and constructed to a excessive customary, the Navigator inside is among the many classiest within the premium massive SUV phase. Additionally, the Revel-brand audio system discovered on our check car is among the many finest in-vehicle sound programs we’ve ever skilled.
Quietness
Underway the Navigator earns kudos for sound—what you hear, and what you don’t. Little or no wind and street noise makes its approach into the cabin, and simple 1st-to-3rd-row dialog is feasible, even at freeway speeds. As for what you do hear, the aforementioned Revel audio system will delight house owners who put a worth on high-end sound replica.
Journey and Dealing with
The suspension deftly filters out street imperfections, although is biased barely to a firmer trip expertise. We discovered the trip acceptable for the character of this car, however some consumers could also be on the lookout for one thing cushier. We appreciated the delicate really feel of the chassis setup, and suspect drivers transferring up from smaller automobiles will as effectively. Undoubtedly take time for a check drive, although.
Although the Navigator defies being hustled, it handles higher than something this huge ought to. We admire the steering really feel—there may be some—and the short throttle response.
Energy and Efficiency
The turbocharged V6 produces loads of passing and merging energy, and launches the massive Lincoln from a cease with authority. It additionally sounds nice when pushed. The ten-speed automated appears to all the time be in the correct gear, and shifts with the refined polish of a European luxurious sedan.
Cargo House
As for cargo area, there’s loads of it, particularly with the threerd-row seats folded down. Whereas the load ground is somewhat excessive off the bottom, it’s flat, making sliding bins for-and-aft simple.
Worth
Whereas we remorse seeing the bottom worth of a Navigator rise as a lot because it has, we additionally know that almost all of consumers on this class move on the bottom mannequin for one thing as effectively geared up as our check automobile.
Buyers on this phase owe it to themselves to check drive all the things obtainable, however barring that make sure to spend time with each the Navigator and Escalade. Sure, these automobiles are terribly costly, however they’re additionally very luxurious, and, in case you want the area and energy, fairly sensible.
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