Lincoln Teases the 2025 Navigator Ahead of Official Reveal

Chris Teague
by Chris Teague

The Navigator has long been Lincoln’s flagship SUV, but its star has been eclipsed by the Cadillac Escalade in recent years. The automaker has a redesigned vehicle coming for the 2025 model year and recently teased the Navigator ahead of its official reveal this Thursday.


We don’t get a full view of the new SUV in the teaser video, but Lincoln showed a few key elements. The Navigator’s grille features an illuminated logo and LED lightbar, while the model’s logo still graces the front fenders. A brief shot of the wheel design shows a black and polished look, but no other exterior details are visible.

Inside, the vehicle retains its funky “piano key” shift buttons and gains a rotary control dial, likely for scrolling through the infotainment system. As it did with other recently updated SUVs, Lincoln focused heavily on the sanctuary aspect of the Navigator’s interior, saying that it “captivates your senses.”


Lincoln is expected to continue offering the twin-turbocharged 3.5-liter V6 from the current Navigator but could adopt the F-150’s hybrid system in the next-gen SUV. The automaker initially planned an electric variant, but parent company Ford pumped the brakes on new EV development in favor of new hybrid models.

If you’re interested in learning more about the 2025 Navigator, more information will become available on Thursday night after the company’s media briefing on the new vehicle.


[Images: Lincoln via Youtube]


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Chris Teague
Chris Teague

Chris grew up in, under, and around cars, but took the long way around to becoming an automotive writer. After a career in technology consulting and a trip through business school, Chris began writing about the automotive industry as a way to reconnect with his passion and get behind the wheel of a new car every week. He focuses on taking complex industry stories and making them digestible by any reader. Just don’t expect him to stay away from high-mileage Porsches.

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  • Nicholas Ford and GM never show proper long term commitment to any new market, and the lack of commitment leads to disastrous wastes of resources and poor market reception.
  • Jkross22 The best day to get mail is garbage day. Collect mail then walk by recycling bin and throw nearly all mail in trash. I wonder if they'll use these Scooby vans in cold weather cities where charging will be a crap shoot during cold snaps and battery life will be a joke for the same reason. Should've made a deal for TransitConnect vans. Those things were great. I guess Ford didn't bribe the right people.
  • Tassos I PRAISE FORD FOR EMBRACING THE FREEDOM TO CHOOSE WHICH SOURCE OF ENERGY ONE CAN USE TO EXERCISE THEIR RIGHT TO TRAVEL FREELY.
  • NJRide Wonder how many pre-downsized domestics were traded for these. Probably 100's of thousands of X-Cars for the later 1980's Accords
  • Fred On a positive note now you can join the Orphan's Car Club
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