2024 Lincoln Nautilus Early Review | Consumer Reports

The 2024 Lincoln Nautilus seems to be focused more on comfort than anything else. The two-row SUV offers plenty of interior space, the BlueCruise active driving assistance system, and an enormous, wraparound screen mounted above the dash. Sure, the display is dazzling, but its overall functionality left a lot to be desired.

[StevenHusak]

After driving my 2024 Nautilus Reserve Hybrid for about 3 hours, all of the issues you had because you prefer old fashioned technology became extremely intuitive. The car is remarkably smooth and the Blue Drive works extremely well and the seats are exceptionally comfortable The car also drew the top safety score from the IIHS. It's fun to drive, gets great gas mileage, has exceptionally good storage for its class and great head and leg room, plus it looks great. I suggest anybody who gets the opportunity to test drive a Nautilus should do so.

[InternetDude]

Automakers need to get a clue - people want physical buttons for HVAC and not have to use the screen to adjust where the airflow goes.

[bountyhunterzam]

My husband bought me this car last week and I love it. I find excuses to drive it. I think the climate control is innovative and I personally like the steering wheel. I fell in love with the car the moment I saw it. It is my first Lincoln. Watching this video did not change my mind. ❤

[dtay]

This is 90% perfect, insise and out but they need to ditch the in screen controls for airflow and implement some physical buttons.

[JamesPhieffer]

Interesting - no complaints about the lack of physical buttons for HVAC controls in the recent Tesla Model 3 review. I mean, either the lack of these controls is either a problem or not.

Or is the issue with the reviewer? The person doing the review of the Tesla was much younger, versus this reviewer. I'm 53 myself, but not afraid of technology (just sometimes annoyed by it if it doesn't work properly).

Also annoying is review sites that don't hold vehicles to the same standards.

[AdamJakowenko]

Who in their right mind pays extra for white paint 😆. But seriously the vent controls being moved into infotainment has got to be one of the absolute worst trends in the industry. I have experienced this in several cars and didnt even realize how often we change vent positions until it was buried in a screen and become distracting and annoying just to make a minor change to one vent. I absolutely refuse to buy any car that doesnt have physical vent controls. It's maddening if you move them a lot, like we do with multiple drivers

[black_soros]

When he said “ you’ve got all this wasted space, what are you gonna put right here” I’m like FOOD!! Lol😂

[DavidBugea]

I love technology, and far from being a Luddite. But the lag of some touchscreens buttons frustrates me to no end; at least with mechanical buttons and switches there is usually a more immediate response. And having to go to the climate control display to change the direction of the vents seems like a solution that didn’t have a problem, and perhaps downright dangerous.

[hittdb]

I would like to see someone else do a review. This guy obviously was not giving the Lincoln a fair shot. I bought mine in February of this year and I absolutely love it. It is a jot to drive and you get used to things like the steering wheel is a little different but after the first day I barely noticed
The climate controls are quirky but you can use voice commands for the adjustments making them hands free. It is a wonderful automobile.

[haysgoodman]

4:13 ‘What Leo wants, Leo Getz. Get it?!’

[ksorsomeplace]

RESERVE 401B - Deletes video screen dash. Replaces with styled dash with real instruments and controls. Deletes tacked on center screen. Replaces with actual controls in a style binnacle canted towards the driver. ($5, 000) -- V6 Package: Replaces Turbo I4 with a normally aspirated DOHC V6 -- $500 --- Chrome package: Replaces all blacked out trim with bright trim and/or two-tone gloss black/polished aluminum trim. --- Color interior package: Deletes black interior with color-keyed interior in burgundy, royal blue, or jade green with contrast stitching. -- Wood package: Deletes black interior trim and replaces with warm walnut (not blacked out or grayed out) or honey chestnut (again not blacked out or grayed out). Now, we have an American Lincoln that pays at least some homage to the past while being new. Lastly: Chinese build delete. Build will now be done in the USA.

[Molishious]

Hopefully this business of moving controls to the screen goes away. It’s not too bad for some things if they are large icons on a large screen and you can get something done in one tap. I see controls where you tap the screen and then a menu comes up and then have to select something else. Not good.

[davidedwards]

Man said it hard to make a quick turn, then make a quick turn. 😂
The car had Google assistant you can voice active the ac, gps, and radio.

And he has the wrong seats, he need the 28 way power seats.

And didn’t review the actual driving.

[swiderski]

I work at a Lincoln dealer and they electrical problems ton of recalls. Great looking Suv with okay reliability 😅.

[kc]

Another mess of controls. Do you think the Euro NCAP penalty for lacking physical controls will help and will we benefit from it in the U.S.?

[TealSide]

It looks so cool in the commercials though

[JamesPhieffer]

It hasn't been the MKX for a number of years - basically since the mid-cycle refresh of the last generation, when it became the Nautilus.

Regarding the HVAC, how much of the difficulty is a result of your testers being unfamiliar with the car? Most people will likely get used to their own vehicle fairly quickly. But I do agree that hard buttons are better for commonly used controls.

And steering wheel shapes are just getting silly. The only useful divergence from the plain circle is the flat bottomed-circle, as it can make getting in and out easier, particularly if you don't have a power adjustment for the steering wheel position.

[nvgwdr]

The idea of the AC vents moving around automatically is really cool why are you guys hating

[josueelombre]

I do not even want to know how big of a pain it will be to replace an ac condenser, heater core or screen.

[jaymartinez]

this video needed to be much much longer. Missed the phone connection/charging and a gang of other things.