Makes LincolnNavigator

Lincoln Navigator MPG

Its best-rated version reaches 19 MPG combined in 2018–2020 and 2022–2023, the Navigator 2WD. Its weakest year peaked at 12 MPG (2001).

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882.4 gal

a year at 15,000 miles for the best 2026 version, the Navigator 4WD. Put it next to its 1998 predecessor, at your own mileage.

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The Lincoln Navigator has EPA ratings for 29 model years, 1998–2026, most often among standard SUVs. In 2001 even its most efficient version rated lowest of 48 SUVs (next up: the Toyota Land Cruiser); it sat in its class's bottom five in 12 model years.

The weakest year of the Navigator is the fourth lowest yearly peak among 208 SUV nameplates. Averaged over 1999–2003, its best version placed second from the bottom of 47 among SUVs rated at least three years in that span, and it was in the bottom five in one other five-year span.

Among 58 standard SUVs, 2026

The Navigator placed 49th (tied). The class leader was the Jeep Cherokee at 37 MPG. The next higher rating, 18 MPG, is shared by three nameplates.

The Navigator, five years at a time

Average rating of its best version per span, placed in the class it sat in most often.

1999–0346th of 47SUVs

2004–0872nd of 75SUVs

2009–1378th of 88SUVs

2014–1828th of 38standard SUVs

2019–2330th of 46standard SUVs

2024–2644th of 53standard SUVs

Where the engine list turned over

2009
New: 5.4-liter 8-cylinder flex-fuel. Best rating 14 → 16 MPG.
2015
New: 3.5-liter 6-cylinder. Best rating 16 → 18 MPG.

Powertrains under the name

Gasoline
Rated in 1998–2008 and 2015–2026.
Flex-fuel
Rated in 2009–2014.

All 29 model years, best and lowest version

Model years	Best version	Combined	City / hwy	Lowest version	Versions
2025–2026	Navigator 4WD	17	15 / 22	17	1
2024	Navigator 4WD	18	16 / 22	18	1
2023	Navigator 2WD	19	17 / 23	17	4
2022	Navigator 2WD	19	17 / 23	18	2
2021	Navigator 2WD	18	16 / 22	17	3
2020	Navigator 2WD	19	16 / 22	18	3
2018–2019	Navigator 2WD	19	16 / 23	18	3
2017	Navigator 2WD	17	15 / 21	16	4
2015–2016	Navigator 2WD	18	16 / 22	16	4
2012–2014	Navigator 2WD FFV flex-fuel	16	14 / 20	15	2
2011	Navigator 2WD FFV flex-fuel	16	14 / 20	13	3
2009–2010	Navigator 2WD FFV flex-fuel	16	14 / 20	16	1
2008	Navigator 2WD	14	12 / 18	14	1
2007	Navigator 2WD	14	12 / 17	14	1
2006	Navigator 2WD	13	11 / 16	13	1
2005	Navigator 2WD	13	11 / 17	13	1
2004	Navigator 2WD	13	11 / 16	13	1
2003	Navigator 2WD	13	11 / 15	13	1
2002	Navigator 2WD	13	11 / 15	12	2
2001	Navigator 2WD	12	11 / 15	12	2
2000	Navigator 2WD	13	11 / 16	13	2
1999	Navigator 2WD	13	12 / 16	12	4
1998	Navigator 2WD	13	12 / 16	12	2

Version names in the EPA list: Navigator 2WD, Navigator 2WD FFV, Navigator 4WD, Navigator 4WD FFV, Navigator L 2WD, Navigator L 4WD, Navigator Limo. 2WD FFV.

Same class, 2026

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