 [Ford Authority] Along with a trio of models that it builds in Mexico and sells in the U.S., The Blue Oval has been facing new tariffs on one other vehicle, in particular — the Lincoln Nautilus, which just received a redesign for the 2024 model year. As part of that major update, Lincoln Nautilus production moved to China, where it’s currently built and imported into the U.S. — making it susceptible to some rather high tariffs that U.S. President Donald Trump just imposed on that country. Despite this, Ford has no plans to move production of the Lincoln Nautilus from China, it seems.
“We continue with our shipments, we haven’t made any changes to our production and we have good stock,” outgoing Lincoln President Dianne Craig told Automotive News at a media event recently. “Right now we’re just trying to learn more and scenario-plan for how we can work through it. At some point, yes, it might be likely that we’re going to have to take some level of pricing, but we also know we have to understand what happens with the competitive environment, we have to understand how much can consumers actually absorb, how much can we pass along, and it really comes down to where the tariff lands. It remains to be seen. The question will be how much and when?”
The Lincoln Nautilus is now subject to a 125 percent tariff in the U.S., but Craig added that the luxury brand isn’t too impacted on the flip side, as it builds all of its models sold in the domestic Chinese market in that country – except for the Navigator, which sells in relatively low volumes. 
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