Cadillac’s crosstown rival, Lincoln, has pulled the veil from the all-new 2025 Lincoln Navigator, showing off its overhauled exterior and interior filled to the brim with all manner of technology. Notably, when the 2025 Navigator hits the market next year, it will directly rival the Cadillac Escalade full-size luxury SUV.
Contrasting the Escalade’s vertically oriented front lighting signatures, the 2025 Lincoln Navigator features a horizontal light bar underscoring its headlight clusters, which are feature side-by-side LEDs. A revamped front end with a large grille and generous lower intakes is also present and accounted for.
Out back, the Navigator gets a horizontal taillight bar that stretches across the rear hatch, terminating in a downturn on either side of the liftgate. Speaking of the liftgate, the new Navi now boasts the new Lincoln Split Gate, which splits the rear door into two parts: the top three-quarters of the hatch lifts upward, while the lower quadrant lowers like the tailgate of a pickup. Not only does it result in ease of access, but it also prevents items (like groceries) from falling out when the rear door is opened. The luxury SUV rolls on a set of 22-inch wheels as standard, while optional 24-inch rollers are available at a premium.
Inside, the 2025 Navigator features a 48-inch coast-to-coast (pillar-to-pillar) display front and center, which is paired with an 11.1-inch touchscreen control panel on the vehicle’s center stack. Built-in tech includes Google Assistant, Google Maps, Apple CarPlay, and Android Auto, while the Google Play store offers quite a few other apps and features. The Navigator also gets BlueCruise, Ford’s semi-autonomous driver assist technology, as standard. Seating for up to eight passengers is part of the options list, as is a seven-passenger version in two configurations: regular second-row captain’s chairs or a new Second-Row Power Tailored Seats, which bring the comfort of power-adjustable, heated, ventilated and massaging captain’s chairs to second-row passengers.
As for motivation, the 2025 Navigator features Ford’s twin-turbocharged 3.5L V6 EcoBoost engine, good for 440 horsepower and 510 pound-feet of torque. Four-wheel-drive is standard. Buyers who wish to haul with the Navigator can purchase the optional Heavy Duty Trailer Tow Package, which enables the luxury SUV to haul 8,700 pounds.
The 2025 Lincoln Navigator will go on sale in Spring 2025. Pricing has not yet been revealed.
Comparatively, the refreshed 2025 Cadillac Escalade is on the way, boasting revamped exterior styling and an overhauled cockpit featuring its own 55-inch coast-to-coast screen. Powertrain options include the standard naturally aspirated 6.2L V8 engine (production code L87), while the supercharged 6.2L V8 engine (production code LT4) is found under the hood of the high-performance Escalade-V. Production will commence in late 2024 at the Cadillac Arlington plant in Texas.
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2025 Lincoln Navigator Photos
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- The Immersive Navigator Experience — Curated in collaboration with globally renowned interior designer, Corey Damen Jenkins, the space takes the innovative design vision of the new Navigator and transforms it into a luxurious retreat home.
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- The Immersive Navigator Experience — Curated in collaboration with globally renowned interior designer, Corey Damen Jenkins, the space takes the innovative design vision of the new Navigator and transforms it into a luxurious retreat home.
Jonathan Newsome
Other than the seats ….. I’ll pass. I would love to have the Lincoln seats in a Escalade
Jess
I’m certain that those of us that subscribe to Cadillac Society are Cadillac people through and through, as I am, but we should nonetheless not underestimate the Navigator, and by extension, the Lincoln brand. While I have no doubt the Escalade will continue to dominate the large, luxury SUV space, Lincoln recognizes what it is that it wants to be, i.e., America’s luxury brand. After two XT5s, I leased for my wife a 2024 Lincoln Nautilus. It is noticeably quieter, noticeably more refined, noticeably more luxurious, and thus far seems to be of a higher build quality than the XT5s I leased. As a lifelong Cadillac guy, it almost hurts to acknowledge this, but I believe that anyone that rides in or drives a 2024 Nautilus compared to a 2024 XT5 would clearly see this. I can therefore only conclude that the 2025 Navigator would likely be quieter, more refined and more luxurious than the 2025 Escalade. Now, as I mentioned, I’m a Cadillac guy, and drive a CT5-V (not a B/W), which is a VERY nice, high performance sedan. But not everyone wants a high performance vehicle; I think Lincoln recognizes this and, IMHO, has found its niche. I do think the 2025 Navigator will take some market share from the 2025 Escalade.
Jonathan Newsome
Agree with you Jess 100% I do wish Cadillac had a more luxury riding type vehicle while wanting Lincoln to offer more of a performance vehicle. I have a CTSV, Escalade, XT4, C8 and a Ford Shelby F150. I love cars! and I like Burger King and McDonalds meaning Im not so brand loyal that if one or the other make something Im interested in I won’t go look at it