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 will not replicate Client Information’s impressions of the whole mannequin lineup. | |
| Massive & Tall Consolation | |
| Massive Man | A |
| Tall Man | A |
| Massive & Tall consolation scores are for entrance seats solely. “Massive” score based mostly on male tester weighing roughly 350 kilos, “Tall” score 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 Massive SUV
Nation of Manufacture: U.S.
Shade: 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 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)
Value as examined: $105,360
Audio-System High quality
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Execs and Cons
The nice: Class-leading refinement, excellent passenger consolation
The great: Spectacular energy, good dealing with, runs on regular-grade gasoline
The not so good: Massive worth improve for 2025
Overview
It may appear odd that there could be an “entry-level” model of Lincoln’s flagship SUV, however for 2025, the idea of an “inexpensive” Navigator is absolutely quashed.
Newly up to date with contemporary styling and a daring, new, cabin-wide LCD show, the most important Lincoln is as upscale as ever, and for 2025, with no 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 massive as SUVs come, and competes for patrons instantly with the Cadillac Escalade, and more-or-less instantly 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 commonplace with 4WD, and can run simply positive on regular-grade gasoline.
Massive and Enormous
And whereas there are not any selections as to what comes beneath the hood, Navigator may be had in two sizes: large, 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 large, stretching 222 inches general, 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 worth of $102,190. What this implies for luxury-minded tightwads is that the worth of entry for a Navigator has risen almost $20,000 in a single mannequin yr. For the file, 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
Observe 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.
Check Automobile
Client Information just lately spent per 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 check automotive got here to $105,360.
Dimension, Room, and Consolation
As a lot as potential—it’s unimaginable to utterly deny the physics—the Navigator feels smaller from behind the wheel than it’s…except you’re making an attempt to park it in a public storage. Inside, nevertheless, this mighty Lincoln flagship feels large, which is type 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 measurement, the Ford fashions really feel the roomiest to us. We respect the massive 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 good friend, 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 which is positioned beneath the windshield. The sprawling, easy-to-read monitor may be configured to current no matter info you want 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’s not 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 commonplace, 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 greatest in-vehicle sound techniques 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 means 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 price on high-end sound replica.
Trip 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 in search of one thing cushier. We appreciated the delicate really feel of the chassis setup, and suspect drivers transferring up from smaller autos will as nicely. Undoubtedly take time for a check 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 precise gear, and shifts with the refined polish of a European luxurious sedan.
Cargo Area
As for cargo area, there’s plenty of it, particularly with the threerd-row seats folded down. Whereas the load ground is slightly excessive off the bottom, it’s flat, making sliding packing containers 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 go on the bottom mannequin for one thing as nicely outfitted as our check automotive.
Consumers on this phase owe it to themselves to check drive all the pieces out there, however barring that be sure you 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 area and energy, fairly sensible.
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