Ford Forges New Link to China With Plan to Import Lincoln SUVs

(Bloomberg) — Ford Motor Co. plans to import its restyled Lincoln Nautilus sport-utility vehicles from China, deepening connections to a country other U.S. companies are abandoning.

The SUVs, which will hit the U.S. market next year with a sleeker look and a new electric-gasoline hybrid powertrain, will be the first model Ford imports from China. Its plant in Hangzhou — a joint venture with China Changan Automobile Group Co. Ltd. — already makes Nautilus vehicles for the Chinese market.