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Video: How Useful Are the 2024 Lincoln Nautilus’ Tech Features?

lincoln nautilus 2024 04 interior portrait scaled jpg 2024 Lincoln Nautilus | Cars.com photo by Jonathan Earley

With the redesigned 2024 Nautilus, Lincoln went big — on technology. The mid-size luxury SUV’s tech suite includes a massive 48-inch panoramic display that spans the dashboard, an available gas-electric hybrid powertrain that gets an EPA-estimated 30 mpg combined, and BlueCruise hands-free cruise control with automatic lane changing. It’s a technological tour de force.

Related: 2024 Lincoln Nautilus Review: Reinventing the Feel

But just how useful is all of this tech, and is any of it distracting to use when driving? To find out, we tested a nearly $70,000 Nautilus Hybrid Reserve and offer our take on the SUV’s tech features — and its driving experience, which had one especially unusual characteristic — in the video below.

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