The Lincoln Nautilus is getting a new home port.
Ford Motor Company CEO Jim Farley told Reuters that Nautilus production for the U.S. market will be moved from China to the U.S. in 2030 in order to avoid tariffs on vehicles imported from China.
Farley said the Nautilus is currently subject to a 52.5% levy and he doesn’t expect things to change soon.
“We made this decision as soon as the policy of the administration was set,” Farley said. “We knew exactly what they wanted to do, and we knew exactly what it meant for Ford.”
General Motors recently reached the same conclusion about the China-made Buick Envison and will begin assembling it in Kansas in 2028.
Lincoln delivered 39,641 of the SUVs when the latest generation launched in 2024, 33,744 last year and 20,050 from January through July of this year.
The midsize Nautilus starts at $56,420 for a model with a 250 hp turbocharged four-cylinder engine and $59,420 for a 310 hp hybrid that delivers 30 mpg combined fuel economy.
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Farley did not disclose which factory would build the Nautilus or if it would be joined by a Ford model built on the same platform. The previous generation Nautilus and Ford Edge were built alongside each other in Canada and Ford sells a new Edge in China built on the Nautilus platform, but has not yet exported it to the U.S.
Lincoln’s lineup is down to three models. The U.S.-built Navigator and Aviator still in production, but the discontinued Corsair is being sold from existing inventory this year with no replacement yet confirmed.
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