Complete current-market desk
Lincoln vehicle research
The Lincoln vehicle research desk indexes 4 current EPA model families for model years 2026–2027, totaling 9 certification records across 9 model/option labels. Current Lincoln certification data spans Regular, Regular Gas and Electricity fuel types and All-Wheel Drive, Front-Wheel Drive, Part-time 4-Wheel Drive, Rear-Wheel Drive drivetrains, with combined efficiency of 17–33 MPG/MPGe. The archive extends further back with 11 additional model-year records across 4 Lincoln models. 4 dedicated model hubs break this down by nameplate, and each family page adds its own 12-answer decision desk covering configuration choice, ownership, maintenance and used buying. Every figure here traces back to its own EPA row or dated manufacturer source, never averaged across the make.
Trim guides
Trims, with primary source trails.
3 trims · 3.0L turbo V6 · RWD / AWD · seating for 7.
3 trims · full model guide →2025 · Compact luxury SUVCorsair3 trims · 2.0L turbo four-cylinder or 2.5L plug-in hybrid (Grand Touring) · FWD / AWD · seating for 5.
3 trims · full model guide →2025 · Midsize luxury SUVNautilus3 trims · 2.0L turbo four-cylinder or 2.0L turbo hybrid · Standard AWD · seating for 5.
3 trims · full model guide →2027 · Full-size luxury SUVNavigator3 trims · 3.5L twin-turbo V6 · Standard RWD, 4WD optional · seating for 7 or 8.
3 trims · full model guide →2026 · Mid-Size SUVAviator3 trims · 3.0-liter V6 (Twin Turbo) · AWD · seating for 6–7.
3 trims · full model guide →2026 · Compact SUVCorsair3 trims · 2.0-liter 4-cylinder (Turbo), 2.5-liter 4-cylinder (Hybrid) · AWD · seating for 5.
3 trims · full model guide →2026 · Mid-Size SUVNautilus3 trims · 2.0-liter 4-cylinder (Turbo) · AWD · seating for 5.
3 trims · full model guide →Official market snapshot
Every Lincoln EPA family in the dataset.
| Family | Year | Vehicle class | Configurations | Model/option labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aviator → | 2027 | Standard Sport Utility Vehicle 2WD, Standard Sport Utility Vehicle 4WD | 2 | 2 |
| Corsair → | 2026 | Small Sport Utility Vehicle 2WD, Small Sport Utility Vehicle 4WD | 3 | 3 |
| Nautilus → | 2026 | Small Sport Utility Vehicle 4WD | 2 | 2 |
| Navigator → | 2027 | Standard Sport Utility Vehicle 2WD, Standard Sport Utility Vehicle 4WD | 2 | 2 |
2 certified configurations · 2 model/option labels
9 model answers · Part-time 4-Wheel Drive, Rear-Wheel Drive →2026 · Small Sport Utility Vehicle 2WD, Small Sport Utility Vehicle 4WDCorsair3 certified configurations · 3 model/option labels
12 model answers · All-Wheel Drive, Front-Wheel Drive, +1 more →2026 · Small Sport Utility Vehicle 4WDNautilus2 certified configurations · 2 model/option labels
12 model answers · All-Wheel Drive, Part-time 4-Wheel Drive →2027 · Standard Sport Utility Vehicle 2WD, Standard Sport Utility Vehicle 4WDNavigator2 certified configurations · 2 model/option labels
13 model answers · Part-time 4-Wheel Drive, Rear-Wheel Drive →Model research hubs
Every Lincoln nameplate, with all of its published model years.
Lincoln Corsair specs by model year, with the trim and EPA configuration record for each one.
Open the Lincoln Corsair model hub →Full-size luxury SUVLincoln NavigatorLincoln Navigator specs by model year, with the trim and EPA configuration record for each one.
Open the Lincoln Navigator model hub →Midsize luxury SUVLincoln NautilusLincoln Nautilus specs by model year, with the trim and EPA configuration record for each one.
Open the Lincoln Nautilus model hub →Three-row luxury SUVLincoln AviatorLincoln Aviator specs by model year, with the trim and EPA configuration record for each one.
Open the Lincoln Aviator model hub →Model-year archive
Every indexed Lincoln model year.
11 model-year records across 4 Lincoln models.
Other makes
Compare Lincoln against other current-market makes.
Recall record across the lineup
Lincoln: which models carry more or fewer federal safety recalls than the brand’s own average.
Above the Lincoln average
- Lincoln Aviator : about 17.7 recalls per model-year on file across 7 published years.
| Model | Average recalls per model-year | Total recalls on file | Model years covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Aviator | 17.7 | 124 | 7 |
| Lincoln Corsair | 11.3 | 79 | 7 |
| Lincoln Navigator | 8.1 | 97 | 12 |
| Lincoln Nautilus | 4.7 | 33 | 7 |
Method: each model’s average is computed from the same NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation: Recalls API model-year data shown on that model’s own hub, queried by exact make, model and model year. Data pulled 2026-09-04. Models with fewer than 3 published model years of recall data are excluded from this comparison.
Check open recalls by VIN for one particular vehicle.
Q01Which Lincoln models have the most federal recalls?
Aviator carries a higher average recall rate than other Lincoln models checked here. See each model's own hub for the year-by-year breakdown.
Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation: Recalls API.
About the brand
About Lincoln.
Lincoln Motor Company, or simply Lincoln, is the luxury vehicle division of American automobile manufacturer Ford Motor Company. Marketed among the top luxury vehicle brands in the United States, Lincoln is positioned closely against its General Motors counterpart Cadillac. Starting with the 2021 model year, the brand solely offers SUV and crossover vehicles.
- History
- The Lincoln Motor Company was founded in August 1917 by Henry Leland and his son Wilfred. Among the founders of Cadillac, Leland had sold Cadillac to General Motors in 1909; staying on as an executive, he left in 1917 over a dispute with GM President William Durant regarding war production. Leland named Lincoln Motor Company after Abraham Lincoln, stating that Lincoln was the first President for whom he ever voted (1864).
- Lineup
- Lincoln's lineup today is entirely SUVs and crossovers except for one sedan, a stark contraction from decades when the brand's identity centered on large coupes and sedans, including the long-running Continental Mark series (Mark III through Mark VIII, 1968-1998) and the flagship Continental itself, first introduced in 1939. The Navigator, launched in 1998, is the brand's longest-running current model and its full-size SUV flagship; the three-row Aviator and two-row Nautilus crossovers, both introduced around 2019-2020, cover the mid-size segment; the Corsair is Lincoln's compact crossover; and the Lincoln Z, sold only in China, is the brand's remaining sedan, absent from the U.S. lineup entirely. Ford's decision to concentrate Lincoln almost exclusively on SUVs mirrors the parent company's own broader move away from sedans. Lincoln has a scattered motorsport history rather than a sustained program: it won NASCAR's first Grand National Stock Car race in the 1950s, campaigned the Continental Mark VII in Trans-Am in the mid-1980s without success, and set a stock-car land-speed record with a Mark VIII prototype in 1992, though none of these efforts became an ongoing performance identity the way BMW's M or Cadillac's V-Series did for their brands.
- Sales
- Lincoln achieved its two best U.S. sales years to date in 1989 (200,315) and 1990 (231,660). This followed the redesign of the Continental for 1988 and the Town Car for 1990. In 2025, Lincoln sold 106,868 vehicles in the U.S. and 69,864 vehicles in China.