Open Letter to Lincoln - How I'd Improve the Nautilus

[Jacyte]

One thing that really bugs me is the windshield does not have a deep enough channel to prevent water/washer fluid from coming into the driver and passenger side windows if they are open and the windshield is wet. Nice day with the windows up, big bug hits the glass and you have to roll up the windows before you use the washer fluid or it will drench the interior.

 

[Davidoo]

I'd like to have a Nautilus but two things about it are a "no go" for me. First, the tiny 2.0 engine in a car that size. I don't care if it is turbocharged. Do you know how hard that engine will have to work and what a short life it will have? Second the very weak class I tow package. I have a 22 Edge ST that I love, and wanted to move to the Lincoln side now that they aren't making the Edge anymore. The Edge of the same size came with a 2.7L turbo and a class II tow package up to 3,500 pounds.

 

[Jacyte]

I'd like to have a Nautilus but two things about it are a "no go" for me. First, the tiny 2.0 engine in a car that size. I don't care if it is turbocharged. Do you know how hard that engine will have to work and what a short life it will have? Second the very weak class I tow package. I have a 22 Edge ST that I love, and wanted to move to the Lincoln side now that they aren't making the Edge anymore. The Edge of the same size came with a 2.7L turbo and a class II tow package up to 3,500 pounds.

Coming from a 19 edge ST to a 24 nautilus hybrid, the 2.0 with the hybrid system is not terrible. Its not as fast off the line as the edge but passing power feels pretty comparable. Also with the hybrid system the engine is hardly ever loaded. You only really need to worry about longevity if your in boost and high in the rpms often. Even the gas models don't need to spool the turbo for typical driving.
Your towing concerns are valid, its not because it doesn't have the power though, its the suspension, wheels and chassis. Its built on the same platform as the maverick but the much softer springs wont allow much tongue weight.

 

[CaptainNeedmo]

2025 Nautilus here.
-The ability to have a default touchscreen view accessed by maybe just a little X on the top left.
Better yet, 4 of these, one on each corner.
-Make the un-used buttons on the steering wheel into custom preset buttons for instant shortcuts to favorite menus/views on the touchscreen.
That would save so much needless looking at the screen while navigating through menus to the most used functions.
-SiriusXM sounds and functions like like crap. constantly dropping out for split seconds especially on the WIFI only channels. Spotify through WIFI is perfect.
Make the Apple Carplay Sirius interface better, it is trash. Unfortunately it is the only way Sirius actually works well.
-A few customizable presets for the vent positions.
-Drive modes should cycle thru when the button is pressed repeatedly, choosing on the screen is an unnecessary distraction.
-Scent selection should stay one what it was when car is turned off/on.
-More backgrounds and useful widgets for panorama screen.
-Ability to customize and make your own or get custom backgrounds.
-A customizable home screen that can link to most used settings from a bunch of virtual buttons instead of having to dig through pages of menus every time.
The map is NEVER needed in 2 places.
-Turn off backup dinging noise, it is so annoying.

Other than that I love the car.

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[CaptainNeedmo]

One thing that really bugs me is the windshield does not have a deep enough channel to prevent water/washer fluid from coming into the driver and passenger side windows if they are open and the windshield is wet. Nice day with the windows up, big bug hits the glass and you have to roll up the windows before you use the washer fluid or it will drench the interior.

UHG YES SO ANNOYING.

 

[john_staub]

2025 Nautilus here.
-The ability to have a default touchscreen view accessed by maybe just a little X on the top left.
Better yet, 4 of these, one on each corner.
-Make the un-used buttons on the steering wheel into custom preset buttons for instant shortcuts to favorite menus/views on the touchscreen.
That would save so much needless looking at the screen while navigating through menus to the most used functions.
-SiriusXM sounds and functions like like crap. constantly dropping out for split seconds especially on the WIFI only channels. Spotify through WIFI is perfect.
Make the Apple Carplay Sirius interface better, it is trash. Unfortunately it is the only way Sirius actually works well.
-A few customizable presets for the vent positions.
-Drive modes should cycle thru when the button is pressed repeatedly, choosing on the screen is an unnecessary distraction.
-Scent selection should stay one what it was when car is turned off/on.
-More backgrounds and useful widgets for panorama screen.
-Ability to customize and make your own or get custom backgrounds.
-A customizable home screen that can link to most used settings from a bunch of virtual buttons instead of having to dig through pages of menus every time.
The map is NEVER needed in 2 places.
-Turn off backup dinging noise, it is so annoying.

Other than that I love the car.

Recently purchased 2026 Nautilus...

Agree to all of the above.
The Sirius interface is clunky at best. It reminds me of something someone designed and built and never used.
I don't seem to be able to get Apple CarPlay to come up by default consistently.
And yes, the scent selection coming up every time I start the car is annoying.
Why can't we select an app (Waze) as the default mapping option? I don't particularly care for Google Maps.

 

[swindler]

Our scent settings stick with every restart.

 

[CaptainNeedmo]

Our scent settings stick with every restart.

Lucky ducky.

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