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 |
| Gas Financial system | B- |
| Worth | B |
| Report-card grades are derived from a consensus of test-driver evaluations. All grades are versus different autos in the identical class. Worth grade is for particular trim stage evaluated, and should not replicate Client Information’s impressions of the complete mannequin lineup. | |
| Large & Tall Consolation | |
| Large Man | A |
| Tall Man | A |
| Large & Tall consolation scores are for entrance seats solely. “Large” score primarily based on male tester weighing roughly 350 kilos, “Tall” score primarily based on 6’6″-tall male tester. | |
| Drivetrain | |
| Engine Specs | 440-horsepower, 3.5-liter |
| Engine Sort | Turbocharged V6 |
| Transmission | 10-Pace automated |
| Drive Wheels | 4WD |
Class: Premium Massive SUV
Nation of Manufacture: U.S.
Colour: Grey Mist Metallic Tri-Coat
Seating Capability: 7
Miles pushed: 111
Actual-world gas financial system: 15.2 mpg
Driving combine: 65% metropolis, 35% freeway
EPA-estimated gas financial system: 15/22/17 (metropolis, freeway, mixed)
Gas kind: Common Gasoline
Base value: $99,995 (not together with $1995 vacation spot cost)
Choices on take a look at automobile: Particular paint ($750), energy massaging 2nd-row seats ($2050), heavy-duty tow bundle ($570)
Value as examined: $105,360
Audio-System High quality
Poor Truthful Good Very-Good Wonderful
Professionals and Cons
The nice: Class-leading refinement, excellent passenger consolation
The nice: Spectacular energy, good dealing with, runs on regular-grade gasoline
The not so good: Large value improve for 2025
Assessment
It may appear odd that there can be an “entry-level” model of Lincoln’s flagship SUV, however for 2025, the idea of an “reasonably priced” Navigator is absolutely quashed.
Newly up to date with recent styling and a daring, new, cabin-wide LCD show, the most important Lincoln is as upscale as ever, and for 2025, and not using a base mannequin. We’ll discuss extra about trim ranges in a second…
Competitors
Basically a luxurious interpretation of Ford’s common and well-regarded full-size Expedition, the Navigator is as giant as SUVs come, and competes for patrons immediately with the Cadillac Escalade, and more-or-less immediately with the GMC Yukon Denali and Jeep Grand Wagoneer.
Engines
There is only one powertrain supplied 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 superb on regular-grade gasoline.
Large and Big
And whereas there are not any decisions as to what comes underneath the hood, Navigator could 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 actually huge, stretching 222 inches total, and driving on a 133-inch wheelbase. As for the trim ranges…
Costs and Trim Ranges
Gone for 2025 is the Premiere trim stage, which began final yr at simply $83,265. We are saying simply, as a result of the Reserve, beforehand the midlevel Navigator, is now the least costly trim stage, with a beginning value of $102,190. What this implies for luxury-minded tightwads is that the worth of entry for a Navigator has risen practically $20,000 in a single mannequin yr. 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 sequence 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
Notice that whereas Lincoln treats the Jet as a singular trim stage, the mannequin seems on the window sticker as an choice group on the Reserve. You may learn our assessment of the Lincoln Corsair in Jet trim right here.
Take a look at Automobile
Client Information just lately spent every week behind the wheel of a standard-length 2025 Navigator in Grey Mist Metallic. Together with a number of choices and the vacation spot cost, our take a look at automobile got here to $105,360.
Dimension, Room, and Consolation
As a lot as attainable—it’s unimaginable to fully deny the physics—the Navigator feels smaller from behind the wheel than it’s…except you’re attempting to park it in a public storage. Inside, nevertheless, this mighty Lincoln flagship feels enormous, which is kind of the purpose of proudly owning one.
Although all the massive SUVs supplied on the market within the U.S.—besides the trimmer Lexus LX—are about the identical dimension, the Ford fashions really feel the roomiest to us. We respect the massive door openings, comparatively straightforward step-in, ethereal cabin, and respectable outward visibility.
Although our take a look at automobile was not a long-wheelbase L model, 2nd-row house stays huge, and threerd house 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 structure acquainted, and customarily Ford easy-to-use, and that’s excessive reward.
Most spectacular, nevertheless, is the huge, pillar-to-pillar, LCD display screen which is positioned beneath the windshield. The sprawling, easy-to-read monitor could be configured to current no matter info you wish to see at a look, and is unbiased of the console display screen (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 screen location, it isn’t simply washed out, ever by direct daylight.
Cabin Appointments
The cabin itself is an aesthetic, understated affair. Lined with top-notch supplies and constructed to a excessive customary, the Navigator inside is among the many classiest within the premium giant SUV section. Additionally, the Revel-brand audio system discovered on our take a look at automobile 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 highway noise makes its method into the cabin, and straightforward 1st-to-3rd-row dialog is feasible, even at freeway speeds. As for what you do hear, the aforementioned Revel audio system will delight homeowners who put a price on high-end sound copy.
Experience and Dealing with
The suspension deftly filters out highway imperfections, although is biased barely to a firmer experience expertise. We discovered the experience acceptable for the character of this automobile, however some buyers could also be searching for one thing cushier. We appreciated the subtle really feel of the chassis setup, and suspect drivers transferring up from smaller autos will as properly. Positively take time for a take a look at drive, although.
Although the Navigator defies being hustled, it handles higher than something this huge ought to. We respect the steering really feel—there’s 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 at all times be in the proper gear, and shifts with the refined polish of a European luxurious sedan.
Cargo Area
As for cargo house, there’s loads of it, particularly with the threerd-row seats folded down. Whereas the load ground is just a little excessive off the bottom, it’s flat, making sliding containers for-and-aft straightforward.
Worth
Whereas we remorse seeing the bottom value of a Navigator rise as a lot because it has, we additionally know that almost all of buyers on this class move on the bottom mannequin for one thing as properly outfitted as our take a look at automobile.
Consumers on this section owe it to themselves to check drive all the things accessible, however barring that remember to spend time with each the Navigator and Escalade. Sure, these autos are terribly costly, however they’re additionally very luxurious, and, in the event you want the house and energy, fairly sensible.
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