Used Lincoln Nautilus for Sale nearKnoxville, TN

How much does the Lincoln Nautilus cost in today's market?

Used Lincoln Nautilus prices span a wide range depending on model year. Here's what the market looks like right now:

The Lincoln Nautilus's current nationwide average price is $34,017, and its nationwide average price reached a low of $33,110 over the past year.

Recently, prices have come down for the 2023, 2024, and 2025 models, making now a good time to shop recent model years.

Is the Lincoln Nautilus a good car?

Yes — the Lincoln Nautilus is a strong pick if you want a luxury SUV that emphasizes comfort, quietness, and upscale features.

The all-generations owner rating is 4.8/5 across every model year in the data.

Owners consistently praise the Lincoln Nautilus for its luxurious feel, quiet cabin, comfortable ride, and spacious interior. They also highlight the stylish design, advanced technology, and strong value for the features offered relative to price.

Expert reviews rate the 2024 and 2021 models among the highest across all years.

The main tradeoffs center on sportiness, screen-heavy controls, and power delivery, with recent expert years pointing to a relaxed driving character and a cabin interface that can feel distracting.

35.3% of listings are priced as good or great deals.

Are Lincoln Nautilus models reliable?

Owners and experts consistently point to the Lincoln Nautilus’s comfortable ride, quiet cabin, and upscale feel as its biggest strengths. The model also earns praise for its stylish design, spacious interior, and technology-rich cabin.

• Owners rate the Lincoln Nautilus between 3 and 5 out of 5 stars across all model years in the data.

For used buyers, the long-term ownership picture looks most reassuring when you focus on well-kept examples with clean history reports and strong maintenance records.

What should I look for when buying a used Lincoln Nautilus?

Across all model years, accident-free inventory is solid at 84.8% — always verify the vehicle history report.

Key things to evaluate:

• Safety package: Lincoln BlueCruise
• Infotainment: standard wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto on the 11.1-inch touchscreen
• Fuel efficiency: The hybrid Nautilus is EPA-rated at 29 mpg city, 31 mpg highway, and 30 mpg combined.

Which Lincoln Nautilus trim should I buy?

The 2026 Lincoln Nautilus offers these trims:

• Premiere: This is the entry point, and it gives you the Nautilus’s core luxury feel with the standard 19-inch alloy wheels and the model’s quiet, tech-forward cabin. It suits you if you want the most accessible way into the lineup.
• Reserve: This is the best-value trim, adding leather upholstery, adaptive dampers, upgraded Revel audio, a panoramic roof, and 20-inch wheels. It’s the sweet spot if you want a richer luxury experience without jumping to the top tier.
• Black Label: This trim brings the most upscale interior treatment, the Lincoln Rejuvenate relaxation system, the top Revel audio system, and 22-inch wheels. It suits you if you want the most luxurious Nautilus experience.

What Lincoln Nautilus do most buyers choose?

The Lincoln Nautilus years with the most listings are 2023, 2024, and 2022.

Those model years tend to draw the most shoppers because they combine strong availability with broad appeal and a useful mix of features, pricing, and deal opportunities. Higher listing volume also gives you more room to compare condition, mileage, and equipment before you buy.

What is the Lincoln Nautilus's resale value?

The table shows broad downward movement across the lineup, which can work in your favor if you’re shopping used. The largest drops are in the double digits, while the newer model years show somewhat smaller declines than the older ones. That pattern suggests you can find meaningful value across several years, especially if you’re flexible on trim and mileage.

The 2023, 2025, and 2024 model years have held their value best, with the smallest year-over-year price changes.

Is the Lincoln Nautilus safe?

• 2026: 9/10
• 2024: 9/10
• 2022: 8/10
• 2021: 8/10
• 2019: 9/10

Lincoln BlueCruise is standard on the 2026 Nautilus.

For the safest used buy, the 2019, 2024 and 2026 models all post the highest confirmed score of 9/10.

Should I buy a used Lincoln Nautilus now or wait for the next model?

Buy now if:

• Price trend: The 2025 model is at −9.59% versus a year ago, and the 2024 model is at −10.05%.
• Deal availability: The 2025 model has 34.1% good and great deals, and the 2024 model has 35.5%.
• Sweet-spot year: The 2023 model has the most listings at a current average price of $34,303. The Lincoln Nautilus offers a quiet, comfortable cabin with a distinctly upscale character.

Consider waiting if:

• Powertrain/efficiency: The Nautilus has only modest power for its price. Its standard turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine makes 250 horsepower and 280 pound-feet of torque, while the hybrid boosts output to 310 hp and 295 lb-ft of torque.
• Tech: This 11.1-inch touchscreen is for the typical infotainment controls, such as navigation, climate settings, audio functions, and phone mirroring via standard wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. Also standard are a 5G Wi-Fi hotspot, a digital key, satellite radio, remote start, and a wireless smartphone charger.
• Safety: Lincoln loads up the Nautilus with standard safety features, including a surround-view camera system, adaptive cruise control, lane-centering steering, lane-keep assist, lane-departure warning, high-beam assist, blind-spot monitors, rear cross-traffic alert, exit warning, front and rear parking sensors, a driver-attention monitor, forward collision warning with pedestrian detection and intersection assist, and front and rear automatic emergency braking.

If you're buying used today, the 2023 model year offers the best mix of value and availability. If you want the latest tech and features, it may be worth waiting for the next model year's inventory to build up.

How does the 2023 Lincoln Nautilus compare to the 2023 Ford Edge?

Read our full side-by-side expert comparison here.

These recommendations are based on CarGurus' proprietary market data from November 3, 2026, CarGurus experts' opinions, and generative AI.