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| The 2019 Lincoln Nautilus Black Label. |
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| 2019 Lincoln Nautilus Black Label. |
The Nautilus looks believable as the Navigator's baby brother. And it backs up the visual impression with luxury and performance---especially in top-tier Black Label gear, which is how our tester was equipped.
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| 2019 Lincoln Nautilus Black Label interior. |
That extra money buys premium materials including Venetian leather, premium Alcantara cloth, rich woods and unique aluminum trim. There's a premium four-year/50,000-mile maintenance plan, and the special treatment starts with the shopping. Black Label customers have a mobile showroom that comes to them, can take advantage of an in-dealership studio with a private fitting room where you choose the interior theme for your Black Label Nautilus (our tester was done in "Gala"---there's also "Chalet" and "Thoroughbred"), and, when it's ready, they offer remote vehicle delivery. There's also a free car wash and an annual free detailing.
Other standard equipment:
- Dual chrome exhaust tips.
- Full LED lighting.
- Hands-free, foot-activated rear liftgate.
- Adaptive LED headlamps with signature lighting.
- LED taillamps.
- Lincoln approach/farewell elements (the Lincoln logo is projected onto the ground alongside the car by lamps built into the bottoms of the exterior mirrors).
- Automatically folding heated side-view mirrors with memory and built-in turn indicators.
- Rear-view camera with washer.
- Security approach lamps.
- Ambient lighting.
- Dual-zone electronic automatic climate control.
- Embroidered Black Label insignia.
- Black Label brand badge.
- Heated and ventilated front seats.
- Panoramic vista roof.
- Premium leather-wrapped steering wheel with cruise, audio, climate and media controls.
- Heated rear seats.
- Upgraded floormats.
- Adaptive cruise control.
- Blind spot detection with cross-traffic alert.
- Dynamic brake support.
- Forward collision warning.
- Lane keeping.
- Lincoln Connect 4G Wi-Fi modem.
- Lincoln Drive Control.
- Pushbutton start.
- Rain-sensing wipers.
- 19-speaker Revel Audio system featuring SYNC3 with voice-activated navigation.
- Windshield wiper de-icer.
- Wireless charging pad.
- AdvanceTrac with RSC.
- Auto Emergency Braking.
- Tire pressure monitoring.
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| 2019 Lincoln Nautilus Black Label 2.7-liter V6. |
Our test vehicle also had several extra-cost options:
- 2.7-liter GTDI V6 engine. Twin turbocharged. 335 horsepower, 380 lb-ft of torque ($2,070).
- Intelligent all-wheel drive ($2,495).
- Class II trailer tow hitch and cargo utility package ($995).
- Driver Assistance Package---Adaptive cruise control with stop-and-go and lane centering, adaptive steering and Collision mitigation system, which includes distance alert/distance indication and evasive steering assist ($1,590).
- Technology Package---360-degree camera, active park assist, front park aid sensors ($1,720).
Factor in $995 destination charges and a $645 acquisition fee (?) and the price is $67,405---but Lincoln is currently offering $1,500 in incentives, so all this can be yours for $65,905. Which is decidedly not cheap, but then it's not supposed to be. Looking at it from Lincoln's point of view, the Navigator Black Label starts at $96,395, the Aviator Black Label at $77,695---so the Nautilus Black Label is logically priced.
After a week with it, I will say it's a very nice machine. It does the job a luxury object is supposed to do---it makes you feel as though you have---and perhaps you are---something special. Whether that's worth $65,095 as equipped is a question only you can answer.
