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What Do You Want To Know About The 2025 Lincoln Navigator?

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The 2025 Lincoln Navigator is not a Cadillac Escalade, but it’s an still enormous, over-the-top, three-ton $130,000 luxo-mobile with “digital scents” and a four-foot wide screen. I’m sure you have some curiosities about it.

Jason Torchinsky is on his final leg of an absolutely ridiculous cross-country trip in a 375,000 mile beat-to-heck former New York City taxi cab, and I wanted to surprise him with a car he can relax in upon his arrival. Three-thousand miles in an $800 heap that was really designed for city driving and not long freeway runs is no joke, after all. So I chose something ridiculously bougie, but not only that — it’s a car I’m legitimately curious about, because it looks…kinda good!

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It’s basically a swanked-up Ford Expedition (in much the same way that an Escalade is a swanked-up Suburban), but it’s coming from a brand that’s putting some real dollars behind a push towards a much-needed renaissance. I drove the baby-Navigator, the Nautilus, last year, and I thought it was great. Surely the ‘gator will be even better?

We’ll find out.

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If you have any questions about the new 2025 Lincoln Navigator, throw them into the comments below!

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G. R.
G. R.
1 month ago

Did Picasso work on that pointy (awful) rear 3/4?

The World of Vee
The World of Vee
1 month ago
Reply to  G. R.

Seriously that fake range butt is awful

Bruno Ealo
Bruno Ealo
1 month ago

Is it really worth 130k?

MALinium Falcon
MALinium Falcon
1 month ago

Why in the name of cars is this thing $130K?

Genewich
Genewich
1 month ago

Plebian Expedition goes to $90-couple thousand, so I guess they need to make that Lincoln badge cost something to be special.

G. R.
G. R.
1 month ago
Reply to  Genewich

When you put it like this, you may fool someone into believing a Lincoln badge is worth anything…

The NSX Was Only in Development for 4 Years
The NSX Was Only in Development for 4 Years
1 month ago
Reply to  G. R.

15 years ago I would’ve agreed with you, but modern Lincolns are genuinely good.

Angrycat Meowmeow
Angrycat Meowmeow
1 month ago

Maybe it’s the color draining the creativity and joy out of my brain, or maybe I just don’t care, but either way I can’t think of anything.

JDE
JDE
1 month ago

I want to know if it has suicide door options. I actually kind of want to know why the sliding door option is not prevalent on front doors of more vehicles. I know it make people think minivan if place out back, which is a shame, but man I would really like front doors that pop and slide forward out of the way more often than not.

John G
John G
1 month ago
Reply to  JDE

What you’re describing sounds a lot like an airliner door. I actually think this would be cool, but it would be so heavy and over engineered, that no mainstream manufacturer would put it into production. I could see Rolls Royce trying something like it.

Arrest-me Red
Arrest-me Red
1 month ago

Does it come with Matthew McConaughey?

I know it is way over the top. How would you compare it to the Escalade? Nice to drive?

Nlpnt
Nlpnt
1 month ago
Reply to  Arrest-me Red

That color must really pop in person at (checks website) $2000 extra! It’d need to be really spectacular and not just make you look less like an Uber Black at that price.

Max Headbolts
Max Headbolts
1 month ago

Will it Baby? Seriously when I had two little ones I think having something this massive would have been amazing, but it costs more than the house I owned at the time; so it better be.

Doughnaut
Doughnaut
1 month ago
Reply to  Max Headbolts

Why wouldn’t it?

Max Headbolts
Max Headbolts
1 month ago
Reply to  Doughnaut

It absolutely should, but how well does it in the real world? One of my friends had twins, and upgraded to a Jeep Grand Cherokee (in roughly 2011) so they would have room for two car seats and themselves (both over 6 ft) and shockingly didn’t really have the room they were hoping for. I doubt this will be an issue here, but real world expierence that backs up expectations is a nice thing to have.

Sackofcheese
Sackofcheese
1 month ago
Reply to  Max Headbolts

It babies shockingly well. I put two kid seats in the back of one. Only issue is height for shorter parents might make the hoisting of an infant carrier into the seat difficult. My wife (5’2”) struggled with it, but I (6′) did not.

Last edited 1 month ago by Sackofcheese
Strangek
Strangek
1 month ago
Reply to  Max Headbolts

I just had a Grand Cherokee L as a rental. I loved it but it would baby worse than a normal sedan and way way worse than a minivan. This thing is even bigger and might be easier in some ways from a space perspective, but then you’re wrestling all that stuff into a small house on stilts.

Tbird
Tbird
1 month ago

I know it is positively massive, but with the high beltline and oversized wheels I could not tell it from an Aviaitor at a glance without a frame of reference.

1BigMitsubishiFamily
1BigMitsubishiFamily
1 month ago

How long does it take to roll down a driveway and crash into a tree?

All kidding aside, has anyone noticed the silly, fragile and low-hanging lower control arms that look like they are a half an inch from the ground on these things (and also the GM T1XX triplets Suburban/Tahoe and Cadillac)? Makes me want to sling a rope around one and pull all of that fugly cheap looking suspension out.

Mrbrown89
Mrbrown89
1 month ago

Can you test the scenario that Mercedes just had when she lost the key? Like drive away without the key and see what happens after you park, try to shut it down, etc.

My Chevy cars will let you know you dont have a key and it allows u one restart, the restart to drive and get the damn key lol

Last edited 1 month ago by Mrbrown89
TheDrunkenWrench
TheDrunkenWrench
1 month ago

I would like to know who the hell is buying all these in large enough volumes to justify production.

Or are they actually low production with stupid margins?

Taargus Taargus
Taargus Taargus
1 month ago

Probably the latter instead of the former.

I mean, Expeditions already have massive margins on them. I’d imagine the only additional costs to build a Navigator are the cost of improved interior materials and a few other odds and ends. Outside of covering a whole heaping load of overhead to make sure that someone remembers Lincoln exists (they probably should spend more, honestly) this thing is just a fancy truck.

JDE
JDE
1 month ago

At one time the Lincoln Badge engineered stuff generally got the lower market top engine as the base and then their were better and more powerful options exclusive to the vehicle. This only gets a slightly more powerful 3.5, surprisingly they are not using raptor R opportunities to play in the Competitors V playground. Instead they are hoping the last vestiges of hip hop links and increased interior tech will persuade you to them. It might work?

IRegertNothing, Esq.
IRegertNothing, Esq.
1 month ago

The Navigator took over from the Town Car as the fleet vehicle for my local airport shuttle for about a decade. Now I see them mostly driving Expeditions, which makes a lot more sense to me. Why pay extra for something you are going to flog for a few years and then toss on to the secondary market? I don’t think it did Lincoln’s brand image any favors either.

Spikedlemon
Spikedlemon
1 month ago

Most of the airport transport limo/shuttles in my neck of the woods are Toyota and/or Lexus vehicles.

The drivers note how much less fuel they use than their older vehicles and/or SUVs of comparable size, and how much nicer they are to drive in a congested airport than the SUVs. These are also people that often see a vehicle roll to 7-digits on the odometer.

Drive By Commenter
Drive By Commenter
1 month ago

How many kittens can it hold? How easy is it to pull out of soft sand?

Lastly, why is there no hybrid?!?

Nick Russell
Nick Russell
1 month ago

What does it look like after it has been charged by an angry rhinoceros? How many live octopi can it carry? How long will it take to sink if dropped into a large body of water? I mean, any of these would be more interesting and entertaining than any information you might conceivably discern from actually driving it

Hugh Crawford
Hugh Crawford
1 month ago

“digital scents”

So it smells like somebody’s fingers? The range of things human fingers can smell like is rather broad. Some of them you really don’t want to smell in most contexts. For instance, have you been holding a fish, or a cheese?

So an explanation of the “digital scents” is in order.

Aside from that, how many goats can it carry?
How many chickens?
FYI, don’t try putting goats and chickens in the car at the same time, they freak each other out!

If you ever pull up to a police K9 patrol car with a goat in your car the police dog will absolutely lose it. Big fun.

Last edited 1 month ago by Hugh Crawford
Genewich
Genewich
1 month ago
Reply to  Hugh Crawford

I think it’s because it caught me by surprise, but “so it smells like somebody’s fingers?” grossed me out a a visceral level that few comments have achieved.

Really, this whole comment is top notch work.

El Chubbacabra
El Chubbacabra
1 month ago

How big is it, calculated in football pitches?

Doughnaut
Doughnaut
1 month ago
Reply to  El Chubbacabra

Soccer fields aren’t a standardized size though… so you’ll have to be more specific about what one you want used as the standard.

Hugh Crawford
Hugh Crawford
1 month ago
Reply to  Doughnaut

About half the length of a shuffleboard court and about 30% wider with erect mirrors.

Or a third the length of a bowling alley and twice as wide.

Or the area of five pool tables.

Last edited 1 month ago by Hugh Crawford
Chris D
Chris D
1 month ago

No questions. It’s an overpriced, bloated, thirsty station wagon for spoiled wives to drop off their children at school in, then go get a Starbucks and a mani-pedi.

Cheap Bastard
Cheap Bastard
1 month ago

Is it big enough to safely drive a baby half a mile to daycare or would it be better to upsize to a bus?

Luxobarge
Luxobarge
1 month ago

Which of the luxury touches feel like actual luxury, and which feel like they’re just there for novelty’s sake?

Also, which feature would you expect to break first?

Ash78
Ash78
1 month ago

Our first house in 2004 was not much more than $130k. I can’t even.

The gap between that and an Expedition is just too much for me. It’s one thing to talk about a loaded Camry XSE being twice the price of a base model. It’s a whole nother deal when you’re in this price range. That’s 3-4 modern classics plus a hefty maintenance and insurance reserve. I just don’t assign that much cachet to Fancy Ford. I can’t.

Cars? I've owned a few
Cars? I've owned a few
1 month ago
Reply to  Ash78

My Tacoma, WA condo bought in late 2011, was $125K. And unlike this Lincoln, it has appreciated nicely and likely will continue to do so.

Urban Runabout
Urban Runabout
1 month ago

Is the leg room up front quite short or is everything else just really, really, really massive?

And can I put it in the washer or is it dry clean only?

Ash78
Ash78
1 month ago
Reply to  Urban Runabout

“This SUV says dry clean only, which means…it’s dirty.”

–Hedberg, RIP

Sandy Eggo
Sandy Eggo
1 month ago

I’ve ordered a “Reserve L” (base, extended length) with bench seat, but I haven’t gotten to see one in person yet. Planning to replace our 2020 Telluride with it. My questions are:

How comfortably can it fit three car seats across the 2nd row?

Are there 2nd row window shades? Any other nice touches for kids?

I know the 2nd row seats are supposed to be able to tilt and slide even with a forward-facing car seat (provided it is attached via LATCH); how quick and easy is that to operate in practice, and does it actually give decent third-row access?

How roomy is the 3rd row? Suitable for 2 adults?

How good and user-friendly is BlueCruise?

Urban Runabout
Urban Runabout
1 month ago
Reply to  Sandy Eggo

Any other nice touches for kids?”

When I was a kid, the nice touches in the car were clean windows, Dad leaving the AM radio on the rock station with the volume up on that single speaker in the dash so we could hear it in back, turning up the AC, and not being touched by my Sister.

Sandy Eggo
Sandy Eggo
1 month ago
Reply to  Urban Runabout

I hear you. I grew up as one of five kids in a Taurus station wagon, road tripping from NY to FL in the rear-facing third row, sitting on a beach towel so I didn’t have to peel myself off the hot vinyl. When my parents got a Suburban as a company car it was a game changer.

Cars? I've owned a few
Cars? I've owned a few
1 month ago
Reply to  Urban Runabout

The nice touches when my brother and I were kids was being in the back seat of our ’65 Olds 88 and not totally unrestrained in the bed of an older pickup truck without any form of climate control with whatever debris swirling into our eyes.

The only nice thing about being in the pickup bed was not being subjected to secondhand smoke from our parents smoking Camel non-filters almost continuously.

We’re both still alive and relatively healthy in our late 60s, so it could have been worse.

V8 Fairmont Longroof
V8 Fairmont Longroof
1 month ago
Reply to  Urban Runabout

You had AC??? “…if you tell that to the young people today, they won’t believe you…”

Urban Runabout
Urban Runabout
1 month ago

Mother insisted on it in ’69 when they bought the Galaxie 500 – and ever since.

Andy Individual
Andy Individual
1 month ago

None of our family cars had AC. I was on my third new car before I got one with AC. Then again, the planet was a touch cooler back then.

Dumb Shadetree
Dumb Shadetree
1 month ago
Reply to  Urban Runabout

Oh man I hear you. Nice touches were my parents not objecting to me opening the windows (there was no AC) or not yelling at me to read a book instead of staring out the window. A luxury touch was when we took a portable cassette player with us in the back seat so we didn’t have to listen to AM radio.

Urban Runabout
Urban Runabout
1 month ago
Reply to  Dumb Shadetree

Oh yeah – Luxury touches:
Beach towels over the dark blue vinyl seats in summer.
And a new set of Michelins after the Firestone 500 debacle.

Shot Rod Lincoln
Shot Rod Lincoln
1 month ago

How quickly does it tow a NV200 taxi on a trailer from 0-60? Would you prefer to drive it or the Cybertruck in West Hollywood? Same question but in South Gate? Does it a proper Hot Rod Lincoln up the Grapevine?

Urban Runabout
Urban Runabout
1 month ago

If you drive the Navigator in WeHo – everyone will assume you’re an Uber XL.

If you drive the Cybertruck in WeHo – everyone will assume you’re a Fascist.

If you drive the Navigator in South Gate – everyone will assume you’re a Landlord or a Realtor.

If you drive the Cybertruck in South Gate – everyone will assume you’re pretending to be ICE.

Last edited 1 month ago by Urban Runabout
DialMforMiata
DialMforMiata
1 month ago

How easy is it to clean various baby emissions from perforated nappa leather?

Ash78
Ash78
1 month ago
Reply to  DialMforMiata

Or “nappy leather” as the Brits more accurately call it.

Reasonable Pushrod
Reasonable Pushrod
1 month ago
Reply to  DialMforMiata

Good so far in my wife’s car. But the fear is in the back of my head.

MikeInTheWoods
MikeInTheWoods
1 month ago

I have no questions. It’s a hulking huge luxo-barge. Same as every other vehicle out there these days.

V10omous
V10omous
1 month ago

Ideally an in depth comparison of the 3.5TT vs the competitors engines. There’s actually a decent amount of variation in the segment compared to most (NA V8 or I6 diesel from GM, V6 turbo from Ford and Nissan, V6 turbo hybrid from Toyota). What are the strengths and weaknesses of each?

Also objectivity and open-mindedness in the comment section is probably hopeless, as is the case with anything expensive and/or large in size, but for those of us who like/find uses for large, expensive vehicles, how well does it fulfill its mission as defined by those buyers? How does it tow? How well does it fit adults in the back? How easy is it to add multiple child seats, and how much space is there? How is the cargo room with different combinations of seats up and down?

DialMforMiata
DialMforMiata
1 month ago
Reply to  V10omous

I kid, but for what this is I actually like it. It doesn’t fit my vehicular needs or budget in any way, but if it did I’d go with this over an Escalade or Range Rover. It’s got real presence.

V10omous
V10omous
1 month ago
Reply to  DialMforMiata

A comparison between this, an Escalade/Denali, and an LX600 would be very informative for me.

DialMforMiata
DialMforMiata
1 month ago
Reply to  V10omous

Well, it’s David, so you’ll be lucky to get a comparo between this and a manual Jeep ZJ that the Jeep will somehow win.

1BigMitsubishiFamily
1BigMitsubishiFamily
1 month ago
Reply to  V10omous

Will this 3.5 twin-turbo V6 overheat and go into low-power mode every time I went up an incline in the hills of East Tennessee?

Sackofcheese
Sackofcheese
1 month ago
Reply to  V10omous

It was super easy to fit the rear facing and forward-facing kiddo seats in the back of one of these. As for Adults, plenty of space in the middle row, and the people I shuttled to and from my friend’s wedding didn’t mind the third row either. I didn’t get a chance to tow with it, but I’d wager it tows the same as the last gen which is great. Cargo room with all 3 rows up is a little small on the SWB model but with it down its a massive space. Granted my references are a Civic Type R and Mazda CX9, so it felt big.

That 3.5 Ecoboost is a torque monster, but man its either eco or boost. I averaged 16.4 mpg over the 1000 miles I put on one back in January.

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