A 2026 Lincoln Nautilus® SUV is being driven on a desert highway.

The 2026 Lincoln Nautilus
vs. The Competition

Reserve model shown with optional features.

The Convenience and Comfort of Space

The 2026 Lincoln Nautilus® SUV delivers a sense of connection with technology designed to help elevate your drive and the space to help make journeys both big and small quite comfortable. With the most rear leg room of the vehicles compared on this page, second-row passengers take a front seat when it comes to their comfort. With an impressive 71.3 cubic feet of cargo space¹ behind the front seats, cargo capability also takes precedence. With Lincoln BlueCruise² hands-free Blue Zones highway driving and an available 28-speaker audio system, the Lincoln Nautilus begins to add up.

Head-to-head Comparison

2026 Cadillac
XT5

The 2026 Lincoln Nautilus® SUV offers more rear leg room and more maximum cargo room behind the front seat when compared to the 2026 Cadillac XT5. The Lincoln Nautilus also offers Lincoln BlueCruise hands-free highway driving2 — the 2026 Cadillac XT5 does not offer a similar hands-free highway driving feature.

2026 Lexus
RX 350

Lincoln BlueCruise, a hands-free highway driving feature, is offered on the 2026 Lincoln Nautilus® SUV.2 The 2026 Lexus RX 350 offers a hands-free highway driving feature that works only at lower speeds and is an optional feature that comes at an additional cost. The 2026 Lincoln Nautilus also provides more rear legroom and more maximum available audio system speakers (28 speakers) when compared to the 21 speakers available on the 2026 Lexus RX 350.

2026 Genesis
GV80

The 2026 Lincoln Nautilus® SUV offers more rear legroom and just four tenths of a cubic foot of maximum cargo room1 less than the 2026 Genesis GV80. The 2026 Genesis GV80 does not offer any form of hands-free highway driving technology similar to Lincoln BlueCruise2 and offers ten fewer speakers when compared to the 28 maximum available speakers of the 2026 Nautilus.

2026 BMW
X5

The 2026 Lincoln Nautilus® SUV offers more rear leg room and more maximum available audio speakers when compared to the 2026 BMW X5. Lincoln BlueCruise,2 our hands-free highway driving feature, is offered on the 2026 Nautilus while the BMW X5 offers a similar feature as optional that comes at an additional cost.

When Comfort and Capability Matter

SECOND-ROW
LEG ROOM
LINCOLN
NAUTILUS

43.1 IN

Cadillac
XT5

39.0 IN

Lexus
RX 350

37.4 IN

Genesis
GV80

38.7 IN

BMW
X5

37.4 IN

MAX
CARGO ROOM1
LINCOLN
NAUTILUS

71.3 CU FT

Cadillac
XT5

63 CU FT

Lexus
RX 350

46.2 CU FT

Genesis
GV80

71.7 CU FT

BMW
X5

72.3 CU FT

MAX AVAILABLE
AUDIO SPEAKERS
LINCOLN
NAUTILUS

28 Speakers

Cadillac
XT5

14 Speakers

Lexus
RX 350

21 Speakers

Genesis
GV80

18 Speakers

BMW
X5

16 Speakers

HANDS-FREE DRIVER-ASSIST
TECHNOLOGY
LINCOLN
NAUTILUS

Includes Lincoln
BlueCruise2

Cadillac
XT5

Not
Available

Lexus
RX 350

Available
(low speed only)

Genesis
GV80

Not
Available

BMW
X5

Available

1Cargo and load capacity limited by weight and weight distribution.

2Available feature on select vehicles. BlueCruise requires an active plan or trial – see lincoln.com/technology/bluecruise for details. Terms apply. BlueCruise is a driver-assist feature and does not replace safe driving or driver’s attention, judgment, and need to control the vehicle. Only remove hands in a hands-free Blue Zone. Always watch the road and be prepared to resume control. See Owner’s Manual for details and limitations.